2 pounds of Ham, at $595,600 a pound


Promoted from the diaries. We’d assume that this was some sort of data entry error, but then again, we have no reason to believe that at all. It is, after all, government ham.

UPDATE by Erick: The contract calls for nearly 800,000 lbs of ham sliced in 2 lb pieces. I’d bump this back off the front page, but am running into a technical problem doing that. Nonetheless, the contract appears legitimate.

I give up. I freaking give up. I tried to sit on the fence, reserve judgement. I tried to be a lefty among right wingers, a righty among left wingers. I told myself, hey, RedState is just as crazy as the Daily Kos, two sides of the same coin. I told myself that I’d give Obama a year before I made any judgment. But ham is now $1.1 million a pound, which changes everything. You guys win. This is wack.


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That certainly gives new meaning to "pork". -nt-

bs Saturday, July 18th at 11:24PM EDT (link)

Decorum is fo’ suckas

 

Go back to Create New Diary Entry.

mbecker908 Saturday, July 18th at 11:26PM EDT (link)

Click “Manage”.

Select this Diary.

Select the HTML tab.

Copy the link that is your opening paragraph.

Write a NEW opening paragraph, select an appropriate word to use as a link to the story and highlight it. Then, using the “link” thingy, paste your copied link into the pop-up.

Doing that will make seeing what you want us to see significantly easier. Thank you.

CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

Don't change the title!..lol

$peciallist Saturday, July 18th at 11:33PM EDT (link)

And come back and update after you calm down…lol

 

Can you still do that?

bs Saturday, July 18th at 11:41PM EDT (link)

I thought Neil & co. removed the ability to edit a diary after it was posted.

Decorum is fo’ suckas

Sure can. Diaries are fully editable.

mbecker908 Saturday, July 18th at 11:50PM EDT (link)

Comments aren’t and you can’t delete a comment - unless maybe you’re a moderator. And mods can also edit comments. Moe is very creative at it. :-)

I just edited my latest diary - I screwed up the subtitle first time around. Caught it and went back in and edited it.

I’m guessing that whoever did the promotion did the HTML edit to this one because it’s fixed now.

CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

That is how I roll. -nt

Leon H. Wolf Saturday, July 18th at 11:51PM EDT (link)

————
They’re *illusions*, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money. Or candy!

 
 

The last time I tried to edit,

Flagstaff Monday, July 20th at 8:48PM EDT (link)

it worked, but I still got a warning that it wasn’t allowed.

How do you do a subtitle now?

Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!

 
 
 

It's all the fault of Teh Eeeeevil Jooooooooooos !

Kenny Solomon Saturday, July 18th at 11:41PM EDT (link)

Contract entered 28 April 2009 ; completed 30 June 2009.

That’s right….. My people ordered the ham to help bankrupt America for sending us Hillary, George Mitchell, Harold Koh and Samantha Power.

===========

The CongressCritter representing the meat packing company’s district is Ms. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D - CA - 34)

http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400347_lucille_roybal_allard

===========

I can’t offer any real comment on this thing and not stay out of prison for hate-speech and incitement.

Of course you can have my guns……. Bullets first.
I didn’t say rounds, shells or magazines……
I said bullets first.

Kenny... call me. I've got a hell of deal on some

mbecker908 Saturday, July 18th at 11:54PM EDT (link)

really good bacon for you. Top quality. Peppered. And I can do a deal for you at just $1,375 a pound including shipping. Overnight in dry ice. Twenty five pounds minimum order.

And if you’re interested, I can probably get you a distributorship for all the synagogues in your area. Waffles and bacon are really good fundraisers and if there’s many Catholics in your area, you can modify the waffle iron and play bingo while they eat. HUGE moneymaker.

CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

 

You and Michelle Malkin...

farstar99 Sunday, July 19th at 2:02AM EDT (link)

…must have the same spellchecking dictionary.

Mine only puts ten o’s in “Joooooooooos.”

I understand Farstar99,

Kenny Solomon Sunday, July 19th at 8:20AM EDT (link)

……but ours go to eleven.

;)

Of course you can have my guns……. Bullets first.
I didn’t say rounds, shells or magazines……
I said bullets first.

5^ n/t

Pomme Sunday, July 19th at 12:08PM EDT (link)

n/t

“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views” William F Buckley Jr.

 
 
 
 

I don't think they even have to Cook it...

$peciallist Saturday, July 18th at 11:55PM EDT (link)

I wonder how much they would charge to heat it up?

Either way, they better do it soon

TNJim Saturday, July 18th at 11:58PM EDT (link)

before the carbon tax kicks in…

“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane

 
 

Were they spiral hams....?

NeoKong Sunday, July 19th at 12:10AM EDT (link)

Those cost more than regular hams you know.

The opinion of a wise whitino male.

Yeah, and with a left-handed thread on the spiral. Special order, no bid. nt

Vladimir Sunday, July 19th at 9:26AM EDT (link)

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer

 
 

Please change the link $ amount as well to match your new title

civil_truth Sunday, July 19th at 12:33AM EDT (link)

…just to be consistent.

 

This must be world class ham. -nt-

Brian Simpson Sunday, July 19th at 12:37AM EDT (link)

And I thought Kretchmar was expensive.

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Important principles may and must be inflexible. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Wow.

Brian Simpson Sunday, July 19th at 12:38AM EDT (link)

This is what you call -nt- fail!

The Minority Report | Twitter | Facebook | Digg | Politics4All | Missouri Matters | Rebuild the Party
Important principles may and must be inflexible. ~ Abraham Lincoln

 
 

Holy smokes

drealoth Sunday, July 19th at 12:38AM EDT (link)

Front page!

I did get the math wrong - in my eagerness to post, I said 1.1 million per pound however the title has the correct amount. Which clearly makes all of the difference.

I am a supporter of the Canadian Green Party, but forgot to mention that when I came here to troll around.

drealoth, change the link to match the title -nt-

civil_truth Sunday, July 19th at 12:39AM EDT (link)

Umm

drealoth Sunday, July 19th at 12:43AM EDT (link)

I don’t believe that I can. The true shame in this is that I am but inches away from a degree in mathematics.

I am a supporter of the Canadian Green Party, but forgot to mention that when I came here to troll around.

Follow..

$peciallist Sunday, July 19th at 12:49AM EDT (link)

mbeckers instructions above

 
 
 
 

This diary calls for...

Brian Simpson Sunday, July 19th at 12:44AM EDT (link)

The Minority Report | Twitter | Facebook | Digg | Politics4All | Missouri Matters | Rebuild the Party
Important principles may and must be inflexible. ~ Abraham Lincoln

I'd like this on a white Tshirt please...

$peciallist Sunday, July 19th at 12:46AM EDT (link)

Caleb needs some walkin around money…

 

My also-ran entry

6eorge Jetson Sunday, July 19th at 1:01AM EDT (link)


Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years

That contest was epic...

$peciallist Sunday, July 19th at 1:07AM EDT (link)
 
 
 

I need to sell ham to the government.

Darin_H Sunday, July 19th at 1:12AM EDT (link)

Yay government. Can’t wait until they bring that kind of cost savings to health care! Not to mention 2 months to slice and deliver it too.

___________________________________

 

Cause - Effect

Patrick McGarry Sunday, July 19th at 1:38AM EDT (link)

Sheesh, with prices like that you’d think cap and trade was already law. Either that or Barack likes to glaze his hame with pure Colombian blow.

 

Who Stole the People's Money?

6eorge Jetson Sunday, July 19th at 2:45AM EDT (link)


Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years

 

Seems a little high

Ben White Sunday, July 19th at 3:03AM EDT (link)

But seriously, it is REALLY hard to slice ham when it’s frozen.

 

A bit more info

pliny Sunday, July 19th at 3:59AM EDT (link)

And who fed you that talking point?

Neil Stevens Sunday, July 19th at 4:28AM EDT (link)

And how do we know it’s the ame?

Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis

I googled

pliny Sunday, July 19th at 6:04AM EDT (link)

the contract number. Same firm, same date, same amount of money. And yes, 2lb ham, sliced. But 760,000 lb.

Fair enough (nt)

Neil Stevens Sunday, July 19th at 6:10AM EDT (link)

Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis

 

Good info... funny thing

randy streu Sunday, July 19th at 9:37AM EDT (link)

anyone else noticed what a bad buying decision it was? Why not get the 3;b ham, which is clearly a better value?

 
 
 

I don't think anyone thought it was really 2 lbs

bs Sunday, July 19th at 9:45AM EDT (link)

Note Leon’s diary promotion notes. We thought it was good for the humor factor.

Decorum is fo’ suckas

True... it does serve a good purpose, though...

randy streu Sunday, July 19th at 9:56AM EDT (link)

I like this whole “transparency” idea, but they have to learn to do it right. It’s not as though, in THIS government, 1/2million-dollar-a-pound ham is totally OUTSIDE the realm of possibility.

With Obama's sense of economics, he may have actually thought...

bs Sunday, July 19th at 10:05AM EDT (link)

that that’s how much ham should cost.

Decorum is fo’ suckas

Yeah, you have to pay a higher price to get a better deal

6eorge Jetson Sunday, July 19th at 2:04PM EDT (link)

The thieves are that stupid so as to try to get away with this. But there was a non-zero chance that the workflows somehow generated an unintended artifact before it could be covered up.


Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years

a Freudian slip...meant "aren't that stupid" nt

6eorge Jetson Sunday, July 19th at 2:07PM EDT (link)

nt


Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years

 
 
 

Ham discrimination

ddstrain Sunday, July 19th at 10:15AM EDT (link)

Why is there none of the fine cured Virginia ham on that schedule of purchases? Is there some sort of discriminatory action takinh place?

I would like Gov. Tim Kaine (D) to investogate this. Of course, he would actually need to in Richmond doing the work he was elected to do, and not flying around the country in his role as DNC Chair.

Oh and Gov. Tim … release your travel records for public review.

 
 
 
 

$191,200 for the ham itself

bk Sunday, July 19th at 6:19AM EDT (link)

and $1,000,000 in advisory/outreach fees to CAIR after they complained that our being involved with the filthy pig the ham came from was offensive to US Muslims.

$191,200? wow, thats almost as much as WHole Foods charges -nt

kyle8 Sunday, July 19th at 7:54AM EDT (link)

nt

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

You should see what they get for arugula. nt

Vladimir Sunday, July 19th at 10:00AM EDT (link)

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer

 

You mean Whole Paycheck? nt

6eorge Jetson Sunday, July 19th at 2:06PM EDT (link)

I do occasionally hold my nose and shop there


Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years

 
 
 

It's not the amount. It's the purpose of the "golden calf" ham.

Rod_Patrick Sunday, July 19th at 7:01AM EDT (link)

The Holy Ham will be distributed to the worshippers of a demi-god named “Socialism” under the instruction of its Highest Priest, Obama, the One.

Emergency = Selected “few” poor people EXCELLENT for D’s photoshoots.

 

sadly, this comes from the same people

Brian Johnson Sunday, July 19th at 7:30AM EDT (link)

Who believe $18M to redo the recovery.gov website is necessary. Sadly, after the taxy-spendy crowd spend all the money they’re chomping at the bit to spend, this will probably be the price all Americans will be paying for 2 lbs of ham.

Also, apparently there were 2 months between the effective contract date and its completion. 2 months to slice 2 lbs of ham? Must be the same folks who run the deli at our local grocery store here.

And was that job saved after they took 2 months to slice the ham? If not, it would explain why it took so long.

I miss my younger days when I could laugh at jokes about $10,000 hammers and toilet seats in government. Now such stories make me get in the fetal position and cry like a little girl.

Brian

[irc://irc.distributed.net/VRWC](irc://irc.distributed.net/VRWC)

 

Pay Your Taxes

muffin Sunday, July 19th at 8:30AM EDT (link)

Pay your taxes for the next gazillion years: Send the IRS two pounds of sliced ham!

you don't take into consideration

Brian Johnson Sunday, July 19th at 9:13AM EDT (link)

The amazing rate of tax increase we can expect with this bunch. At Bush rates, yeah, it would cover the next gazillion years. With our coming tax increases, I think it’ll only cover the next 5 or 6.

Brian

[irc://irc.distributed.net/VRWC](irc://irc.distributed.net/VRWC)

I stand corrected

muffin Sunday, July 19th at 9:26AM EDT (link)

I forgot to include the O-flation factor and the exponentially increasing O-taxes. My bad.

 
 
 

Million$Ham to go along with Michelle's $7000 handbag and $600 sneakers

littlel Sunday, July 19th at 8:43AM EDT (link)

When you are living large like the Obama’s (on the Taxpayers Credit Card)you expect the very best–hence 500K Hams, 7K handbags and $600 sneakers–but when eating Ham is against your religion–why worry as long as there is an adaquate Arugla supply. Chow down everyone-but only if you voted for Barry–if not “No Soup for YOU”–or as it is now reffered to–
No Stimulis Money for You!

 

I am SERIOUSLY pissed off

leftylurker Sunday, July 19th at 8:49AM EDT (link)

My bid to slice the ham for $968,408 was deemed “not credible” and I lost the contract.

Your bid wasn't high enough

muffin Sunday, July 19th at 9:32AM EDT (link)

Remember, Biden said we must spend more money so we don’t go bankrupt.

 
 

You guys think Kosher ham is cheap?

Tbone Sunday, July 19th at 9:32AM EDT (link)

nt

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

hahahahah!

leftylurker Sunday, July 19th at 2:29PM EDT (link)

Let’s hope it’s not long pig.

 
 

After Mose Jefferson's "consulting" fee, it'll be an even $1.2 million. nt

Vladimir Sunday, July 19th at 10:03AM EDT (link)

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer

 

But it's enlightening even with Erick's clarification

bk Sunday, July 19th at 8:39PM EDT (link)

$1.2M for two months spent slicing hams. WHAT THE HELL is this doing coming of “stimulus” money? Making up a number, let’s say this employed 100 people for the TWO MONTHS of this project’s life. Does Obama count that as 100 jobs created even though they went away after two months? And if they moved on to some other part-time “stimulus” project for two more months after that, does that count as another 100 jobs created, bumping Obama’s total to 200 jobs? What a racket!!

 

RedState loses credibility every time we fail to fact-check our claims

portabello77 Monday, July 20th at 8:18PM EDT (link)

When we claim without evidence that two pounds of ham cost a million, because we want to hurt the opponent, we lose credibility. Let’s keep it accurate.

Over half a million

portabello77 Monday, July 20th at 8:19PM EDT (link)

I meant.

 

There was no inaccuracy

bs Monday, July 20th at 8:24PM EDT (link)

The story reported the site as it read. The inaccuracy was in the cited page.

Decorum is fo’ suckas

And by the way, if you don't believe it

bs Monday, July 20th at 8:27PM EDT (link)

I would be happy to email you a PDF printout of the site as it was when the diary was promoted. Apparently someone has now updated the page to remove the item description.

Decorum is fo’ suckas

 
 

A little late to the party here?

civil_truth Monday, July 20th at 8:26PM EDT (link)

…take of your shoes and loosen up a bit.

 
 

The link now tells nothing useful.

Flagstaff Monday, July 20th at 8:55PM EDT (link)

Of course it is a government website, so I suppose that may be intentional.

Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!

Here's what it *did* look like

bs Monday, July 20th at 9:27PM EDT (link)

screenshot of the ham page

Decorum is fo’ suckas

Yes, indeed. Now THAT'S funny. nt

Flagstaff Monday, July 20th at 11:09PM EDT (link)

Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!

 
 
 

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