Here is some reaction across the blogosphere to the WSB piece on government waste and Georgia Porkbusters…

- PJNet
- Drifting Through the Grift
- The Spacey Gracey Review
- RedState
- What Is Goin’ On
- Peach Pundit
- Club for Growth
- National Journal

I also received a very positive e-mail from US Senate candidate Josh Lanier.

All in all…it seems that the response was positive, let’s just hope it turns into something when appropriators start working on the FY 2009 budget.

[UPDATE - 5:26pm] I just got this from Senator Tom Coburn’s office:

Excellent work. You are an American hero! We need people in every state doing exactly what you’re doing in Georgia. Keep up the great work.

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Back in September, WSB-TV shot an interview with me for a segment on government waste, corporate welfare and government spending…and Georgia Porkbusters. I got word last week that the segment will be featured on Thursday, November 8th at 6pm.

[UPDATE] The word on the street is that WSB is already running previews of the story for tonight.

[UPDATE #2] Here is the video…

Tom Schatz from Citizens Against Government Waste was also interviewed for the segment.

Orginally posted on November 5, 2007.

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The Club for Growth has release the Senate RePORK card, which measures how individual Senators vote on anti-pork amendments.

Saxby Chambliss voted for 14 our of the 15 (93%) anti-pork amendments brought to the Senate floor, putting him near the top of the list. Johnny Iskason voted for 11 out of 14.

The Club notes:

Only two amendments were successful. The most popular amendment was offered by Senator DeMint to bar the use of funds appropriated for spinach growers in the Iraq Supplemental Bill (Roll Call #123, 03/29/07); it passed 97-0. The other amendment was offered by Senator Coburn to eliminate $1 million for a museum dedicated to the Woodstock Festival (Roll Call #377, 10/18/07); it passed 52-42.

Did you know that it was a responsibility of the taxpayers and the federal government to provide sand on the beaches on San Diego and to give Democrats and Republicans $100 million for their conventions? I can’t see to find important functions of government anywhere in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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