In Tennessee, $269,000 was spent on a sanctuary for white squirrels. ... One senator -- Tom Coburn -- threatened to block his colleagues from
voting on a stop-gap measure to fund the Federal Aviation Administration
and highway construction program because he objects to how some of the
funds will be spent. ...The cantankerous Republican from Oklahoma wanted more highway construction funds to be spent on critical infrastructure projects like bridges, and fewer federal dollars directed to a category called "transportation enhancement activities." ... As
it was written, 10% of the highway bill's surface transportation
funding would be directed to projects that fall into that category,
which include transportation museums, pedestrian walkways, bicycle
paths, landscaping and scenic beautification. ... Oh, and in the past, that has even meant projects like squirrel sanctuaries.
Now we agree with the Senator, after all why have sanctuaries when we have set aside food, shelter, friends, socialization, and national pride with a focus on the grey squirrel. They sit out on my back porch and tap on the door to demand more food, they tap on the bedroom window to wake us up to demand more food.
Now they have the chipmunks at it, why we must have 30+ chipmunks, where they came from I do not know, but they climb trees, sit on the deck, run up the screen, we are surrounded by animal life!
They do not need Federal protection, they need birth control.
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