Who Ya Gonna Call?

I see where the Puppy Blender and N.Z. Bear have put together a PorkBusters Page, the idea being to gather examples of governmental spending waste and then, presumably, apply political pressure to do something about them.

Well, color me a bit cynical, but good luck with that. It's one thing to post horror stories on the 'net and something very different to follow through with political action afterwards. Also, people who may be against massive spending in principle might very well have a different opinion when it comes to such spending aimed at their own selves. And because of the way the Congressional budget process works, elected representatives are perfectly poised to decry the former while ensuring that the latter is kept up. (This, btw, isn't a Republican vs. Democrat thing. Rather, it's an incumbancy protection racket.) Given the size of the problem, I can't help thinking this project is perhaps a bit on the Quixotic side.

Then again, I remember Eddie Chiles' radio campaign back in the late 70's. It, too, started out small - an eccentric crank spouting off - but captured and crystalized the mood of popular unrest, at least in my neck of the woods. And, of course, there was the late Howard Jarvis. Sometimes it really just does take one voice shouting "Stop!" to bring about results.

So who knows?

UPDATE: Let me make clear that this is just a snap impression. I need to think on this a bit more.