Bloggers Win Over Smoke Filled Room

[Dubh Aingeal]

A few days ago a bi-partisan bill (PDF) to create a searchable on-line database of government contracts, grants, insurance, loans, financial assistance, earmarks and other such pork was put on 'secret hold' using a procedure that does not appear to be mentioned in the Constitution or in the Senate bylaws. This raised the ire of bloggers left and right and started an all out bi-partisan effort to expose the culprit by process of elimination. As it turns out it was our old friend the right honorable Senator from Alaska, Mr. 'Series of Tubes', Ted 'Bridge to Nowhere' Stevens.

[Guest Game of Chance]

Dude, please don't ever stop posting here.

[Msterbeau]

Dude, please don't ever stop posting here.

Heh. I haven't seen a worthless post from him yet either.

I guess they didn't want us having access to all that stuff? Regular citizens might get all uppity, ya know?? I'd like to see the name of the senators who proposed it, too. I'd like to know whom to admire now that I know whom NOT to. Oh wait... I've heard about Stevens before. My respect for him was already bottomed out.