Posted by Tina
Wow…what a patriot!!!
The Amazing Pelosi Military Earmarks, by Richard Henry Lee
** Nancy Pelosi has a $1.5 million earmark titled Reducing Chronic Disease in Military Personnel which seems to do nothing to help the military, but instead appears to reward a major Democratic contributor. *** This earmark would go to the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute based in upscale Sausalito, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The founder of this institute, Dr. Dean Ornish, gave $28,500 annually to the Democratic Congressional Campaign in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and $25,000 in 2006. In addition, Dr. Ornish gave $14,250 to the Obama Victory fund on August 12, 2008 (which is an apparent violation of the campaign spending limits of $2300). In the past year, Ornish has given a total of $84,750 to Democrats. *** The institute specializes in changes to diet to promote good health, and Dr. Ornish has written several books about healthy eating. **
Thaaaats right…make sure military defense spending is cut and then…soothe those ruffled eagle feathers with a “party favor”.