Pompous Frauds

Our lawmakers will lecture us on how much we should sacrifice for the victims of Katrina. But, not one of them will give up a pork project in his own district.

" Sen. Tom Coburn, playing his familiar role of skunk at the Sunday school picnic, is arguing that massive federal spending in the wake of Hurricane Katrina must entail some sacrifice. By that he meant the pork so dear to his colleagues. That has evoked an icy response, not only from Congress but from the White House as well."