Taxpayers Fund Research on Bugs, College Sex Lives, Facebook, and Rabbit Droppin

[Chris_]

Taxpayers Fund Research on Bugs, College Sex Lives, Facebook, and Rabbit Droppings with Stimulus Bill

(CNSNews.com) – In Ansonia, Conn., $2.3 million in federal stimulus funds is being used for insect research, specifically the “rearing [of] large numbers of anthropoids” which includes the “Asian long-horned beetle, the nun moth and the wooly adelgid,” the New Haven Advocate reported.
 
Duluth, Minn., rarely known for its high temperatures, received $6 million in economic stimulus funds for a snowmaking facility, even though it is the 15th snowiest city in America, according to City-Data.com.
 
As much as $30 million in federal funds will go to spring training facilities for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, two Major League Baseball teams. The full cost of the training complex in Scottsdale, Ariz., is $100 million.
 
These were just three projects – ranked numbers five, six and 10 respectively – being funded by the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in February. The goal of this economic stimulus bill was to revive the ailing economy.
 
But Senate Republicans Friday released a ranking of “10 Stimulus Projects to Remember.” It cites real projects funded by the stimulus while questioning (and poking fun) at their alleged effectiveness. The projects in the rankings are described with quotations from local newspapers.

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The "10 Stimulus Projects to Remember" mentioned above at LINK

1.    $300,000 FOR MAPPING RADIOACTIVE RABBIT FECES:
“A Week Mapping Radioactive Rabbit Feces With Detectors Mounted On A Helicopter Flying 50 Feet Over The Desert Scrub. … $300,000 In Federal Stimulus Money.”

2.    $4,200-$5,500 TAX CREDIT FOR PURCHASING GOLF CARTS:
“President Obama’s Stimulus Plan… Is Now Paying Americans To Buy That Great Necessity Of Modern Life, The Golf Cart.”

3.    $219,000 TO STUDY THE SEX LIVES OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMEN:
 â€œFive Hundred Syracuse University Freshmen Will Divulge The Details Of Their Sex Lives … $219,000 In Stimulus Funds For The Study.”

4.    $1 MILLION TO RENOVATE “THE SUNSET STRIP”:
“Sunset Boulevard, Also Known As ‘The Sunset Strip’ And One Of The Most Famous Streets In The World, Will Be Getting A $7 Million Facelift After More Than 75 Years Of Use, With A Free Million Dollar Nose Job Coming From Uncle Sam.

5.    $2.3 MILLION FOR BUG RESEARCH IN CONNECTICUT:
“$2.3 Million” “Federal Economic Stimulus Cash” For “Rearing Large Numbers Of Arthropods” Such As “Nasty Invasive Insects Like The Asian Longhorned Beetle, The Nun Moth, And The Infamous ‘Predator Of The Hemlock,’ The Woolly Adelgid.”

6.    $6 MILLION FOR A SNOWMAKING FACILITY IN THE 15th SNOWIEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY:
“The Other Third Of The Stimulus, Government Infrastructure Spending, Has Been The Most Controversial From The Start. Some Proposals Have Been Criticized As Wasteful, Such As A $6 Million Snowmaking Facility In Duluth, Minn.”

7.    $500,000 TO STUDY “SOCIAL NETWORKS LIKE FACEBOOK”:
“A $498,000, Three-Year Grant” To Study “Social Networks Like Facebook.”

8.    $380,000 TO SPAY AND NEUTER PETS IN WICHITA, KANSAS:
“The City Recently Launched A $55,000 Project To Spay And Neuter Pets Owned By Low-Income Residents. Unwanted Pets Ultimately Cost $240 Apiece To Collect, Board And Euthanize

9.    $3.4 MILLION FOR A TURTLE TUNNEL IN FLORIDA:
“The Other Third Of The Stimulus, Government Infrastructure Spending, Has Been The Most Controversial From The Start. Some Proposals Have Been Criticized As Wasteful, Such As … A $3.4 Million ‘Ecopassage’ To Help Turtles Cross A Highway In Tallahassee, Fla.”

10.    $30 MILLION FOR A SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL COMPLEX FOR THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS AND COLORADO ROCKIES:
“A Big Chunk Of The Money That Will Pay For A New Spring-Training Baseball Complex On Tribal Land In The East Valley Will Be Delivered Via A Financing Program That's Part Of The Federal Economic-Stimulus Plan.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

You wanna know what's in rabbit droppings?

I'll tell you...

...my opinion of politicians.

[Ptarmigan]

You wanna know what's in rabbit droppings?

I'll tell you...

...my opinion of politicians.

Good one.

[docstew]

You wanna know what's in rabbit droppings?

I'll tell you...

...my opinion of politicians and pieces of ptarmigans.

Fixed

[thundley4]

This isn't no surprise.  All of this would have been done without the stimulus, but they would have been tucked into various bills scattered throughout the year. This just allows a person to go through one source to find all some of the BS spending.  We know they are still putting other crap in other bills though.

[Thor]

The only one I even remotely agree with is the spay & neuter your pets thing. We have plenty of animals that have been "dropped off" in our neighborhood that were once someone's pet or the unwanted offspring from someone's pet. It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to declare war on these unwanted animal as they come to our house because we feed our cats outside. (The cats stay outside) I've taken out two pesty stray cats, with a third one being hunted. I loathe having to kill these animals, but they are feral cats and serve no purpose except to raid our cat food supplies and procreate. It would be nice IF people could get their animals spayed or neutered at a reasonable cost or some sort of subsidy to get that done.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

The only one I even remotely agree with is the spay & neuter your pets thing. We have plenty of animals that have been "dropped off" in our neighborhood that were once someone's pet or the unwanted offspring from someone's pet. It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to declare war on these unwanted animal as they come to our house because we feed our cats outside. (The cats stay outside) I've taken out two pesty stray cats, with a third one being hunted. I loathe having to kill these animals, but they are feral cats and serve no purpose except to raid our cat food supplies and procreate. It would be nice IF people could get their animals spayed or neutered at a reasonable cost or some sort of subsidy to get that done.

I say we spend the money to fill the local sewers and canals with alligators.

It's the eco-friendly solution.