Joseph Loundy http://www.jta.org/user/profile/23623 en-us zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T;22:54:00-05:00 If 'good earmarks” are so good – why can’t they be approved through the regular budgeting process? Let’s be mature adults and not try to rationalize a hypocritical double standard where earmarks that we like are good and worthy and earmarks that we don’t personally like are “pork”. We need to be better than that. 2012-02-09T;22:54:00-05:00