"I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!"

As a fiscal conservative, I welcome the New York Times into the fold. The Times editorialized today on the waste and shear stupidity of pork barrel spending. Of course, I’m sure it was just a coincidence that all of the legislators mentioned were Republicans. It was mere oversight that projects such as $4,337,000 for the establishment of a Geographic Information Center for Excellence, requested by Robert Byrd, (D-West Virginia) and $3,300,000 for Remote Rural Hawaii Job Program – Inouye, (D-Hawaii) were not mentioned.

Look, the New York Times never calls for a decrease in Big Government spending, except when they refer to tax cuts as spending. It’s only when they feel they can get in a few shots a Republicans (not that the Republicans don’t deserve it here) that the Times sees the fiscal light. The hypocrisy is sad, but not unexpected.