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A Tea Party Earmark for Paul Revere

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  December 15th, 2010 at 08:00 PM  | 

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Paul Revere received a $400,000 earmark in the Omnibus Spending bill – well at least his house did.  The Paul Revere House received an earmark, thanks to Congressman Mike Capuano (D-MA).  It is ironic that the Tea Party movement has risen up to fight against out of control government spending, yet the elites in Washington, DC think it appropriate to soil the name of an American Patriot by funnelling federal money to the Paul Revere House.

Here are three Massachusetts Earmarks that will make your head spin:

Spalding House, Lowell – $125K – Requested by Congressman John Olver (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA)

Paul Revere House – $400,000 – Requested by Congressman Capuano

Lightship Museum Nantucket, Boston – $275,000 – Senator John Kerry (D-MA)

Paul Revere is the famous Patriot who fought in the battles of Lexington and Concord.  Historians believe that he was at the Boston Tea Party in 1773.  Revere is best known for his midnight ride from Boston to Lexington to warn the Minutemen of the movements of the British Army. 

Now don’t get me wrong, I love the Paul Revere House.  I am originally from Massachusetts and loved to go there as a kid.  It is a small house in the middle of Boston and the tour of the house does not take that long.  They have a freedom trail that takes you through the city to the House. 

To paraphrase the famous poem about the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere:

Listen, my children, and you shall hear

Of the midnight earmark for Paul Revere’s house,

On the fifteenth of December of one-zero;

Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that day when Tea Party Patriots could be hear yelling,

THE EARMARKERS ARE COMING!!!  THE EARMARKERS ARE COMING!!! THE EARMARKERS ARE COMING!!!

And they are going to take all our money away.

Why do they need $400,000 of federal tax monies?

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  • ricki

    Kennedy Institute-Ed Markey

    $8 million

  • maindependent

    These three and eight of the remaining are all an embarrassment to the Commonwealth. The jury is still out on the newest one, number twelve.

  • swami7774

    This is a fat, hanging curve ball. If you swing and miss, or even if you let it go by, you get NO more chances.

    • http://www.FranBaker.com frankieb

      It’s time to stiffen the spines. Grow some. Stand up and say “NO.”

  • med151

    These historic sites can be maintained by private donations. These private donations can include charitable foundations, corporate entities and individuals.

    $800,000.00 is the total. If the need is worthwhile the money will be raised.

    • davesinsanantonio

      cumbersome and time consuming to do it that way, instead of just asking someone in Congress to give you a handout of other people’s money. That, of course, is the problem with our whole country–everyone wants to do it the easy way. Everyone has a reason why their particular pet project, or subsidy, is special, and is necessary to the good of the country. Well, it isn’t that special!!! Stop sucking at the government teat!!! Get off your butt and do some real fund raising and stop sticking your hand in my pocket. It is my money you are stealing so you can buy votes at home. Stop it! It is immoral!!! It is WRONG!!!!!!

    • ihateliberals

      and not the Fed’s. Private donations will go a long way to maintaining these historic sites.

  • givemefreedom

    Earmarking is porkulous and I’ll never believe otherwise.
    There HAS TO BE a paradigm shift in Washington away from thinking that the US government was meant to be the sugar daddy to everyone and anyone who had the idea, ‘what will a little extra spending in MY district hurt’?

  • talgus

    political appointee job of caretaker for whoever you want to pay off for favors granted in the future Mass politics. Always thinking ahead those Dems.

  • voicefromthevoid

    To achieve the “revolutionary situation” and communist revolution they need to bankrupt America. So they are literally burning money as fast as they could no mater on what and the obvious stupidity of the projects does not make them hesitate even a bit.

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack
  • flyingace

    To the Author, Mr. Brian Darling: The Tea Party has nothing to do with the Revere House earmark. Using hyperbole to describe this issue is not only inaccurate but remimnds me of how the left paints with such broad strokes. Shame on you.