Not Halal Either Way

Such sturm und drang on the right regarding the pork in the Iraq spending bill. Ah, for the good old days, when Republicans would never sneak in some earmarks within an emergency spending bill for Iraq. Oh, wait. They did. Yikes! $1.1 billion for 'private fisheries'? Kinda makes $74 million for peanuts seem like... well, peanuts.