NZR - US Gov't spending...

An excerpt from an article on US government spending from Yahoo's Oddly enough section:

Other "egregious and blatant examples of pork" cited by the group

included:

*$800,000 for Satsuma orange research in Alabama;

*$400,000 for the Montana Sheep Institute to improve the profitability of the

state's sheep industry;

*$273,000 for the Blue Springs (Missouri)

Youth Orchestra Outreach Unit for educational training to combat Goth

culture;

*$249,000 to give each student a laptop computer at Schurz Elementary School in Nevada;

*and $50,000 for a tattoo removal programme

in San Luis Obispo, California.