So we’ve pretty much been referring to the Democrat’s spending extravaganza as “pork”. Today I heard Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) suggest that it’s more about “sacred cows”.

I’ve always been more or less a city girl, so I’m not particularly well-versed in the particulars of agricultural nomenclature, but I can go along with the barnyard metaphors: You can’t pull the wool over our eyes – let’s just call it a pile of horse manure.

And for those of you who would like to help shovel it back into Harry Reid’s trough, sign the petition that is being circulated by Senator John McCain.