Yes, Your Federal Gov't Is Filled with Liars:

Republicans garnered a lot of votes this fall by claiming they hated earmarks, but you knew all along they were lying through their teeth.

So guess which two senators are the biggest liars of all? Republican senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both from the glorious state of Mississippi. These latter day descendants of Frank and Jesse James have a combined total of 486 earmarks in the current spending bill, worth a grand total of $937.6 million.

Yes, both senators claim they'll vote against the spending bill. They figure that they'll get the earmarks into the bill, make sure there are enough votes so that it'll pass without them, and then claim that they were against earmarks while being slapped on the back by the contractors who'll make handsome profits off of the new walking paths on the beaches in Mississippi that the earmarks will pay for. Win! Win! Unless you're looking for honesty and were really hoping the crumbling bridges in this country would be fixed.

(See The Washington Post story.)