Pig Book is Out

CAGW ‘Pig Book’ is out (and it’s smelly) Posted on April 14th, 2009 at 10:09 am by Jason Wright, Editor
“Pig Book” calls out top congressional porkers
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Listen closely and you’ll hear squeals of disgust from a watchdog group tracking congressional pork in the nation’s capital.
Citizens Against Government Waste is out with its annual “Pig Book” — a list of lawmakers whom the group considers the most egregious porkers, members of the House and Senate who use the earmarking process to funnel money to projects on their home turf.
Fittingly perhaps, the list includes nearly $1.8 million for swine odor and manure management research in Iowa.
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Discovery Shuttle Launch

Discovery's flight was preparing for takeoff on a mission to meet up with the space station. It had to be postponed till Thursday. A hydrogen gas leak was found that would of been catastrophic at liftoff.

The leak was discovered as it was being fueled for the Wednesday liftoff. Pressure-relief valve in the tank apparently did not work properly during fueling. The seven astronauts were not on board the spaceship at the time of the fuel leak discovery.

Apparently the leak was in the vicinity of the fuel tank and hydrogen gas-venting line. You can't have hydrogen leaking in the launch area, it is very explosive.

Jeanette Fitzgerald