Just Some More Data To Show You All What A Fool John Mccain Is

I do feel sorry for anyone who ever thought this guy was actually a grown-up ...

Re: His Hard-On for pork wrapped in 'earmarks'

"How does one manage a beaver?"

U.S. Sen. John McCain asked his followers from the Senate floor this week. McCain's derisive comments -- "$650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi," he typed on his Twitter mini-blog -- came as part of his continuing campaign against directed spending, or earmarks, in the federal government.

But he angered workers in North Carolina who say they know full well how to manage beavers: Trap the critters, blow up their dams and let the water flow.
State and federal wildlife officials claim to have saved nearly $5 million last year in
potential flood damage to farms, timber lands, roadways and other infrastructure
through its Beaver Management Assistance Program -- the same one McCain was
making fun of in Washington.

And for McCain and his cohorts, that's all that matters. There's no point in asking "how much he knows about this," because we know the answer. He doesn't know and doesn't care. McCain knows his misguided whining has "really been a lot of fun," he knows his buddies in the media will run with this, and nothing else matters.

In 2001, a freight train derailed in Pitt County after flooding weakened a rail bed near a beaver dam. Chemicals spilled from 30 rail cars, said Jon Heisterberg, state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's APHIS wildlife services' division.

A week ago, Heisterberg took a handful of state legislative staff members to a pair of culverts under Highway 301 in Rocky Mount. There, he said, 5-foot-tall beaver dams threatened to take over the 8-foot-tall culverts.

"It would have clogged all the way if we hadn't taken care of it," Heisterberg said.

Funding for "beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi" saves money over the long run. That may not be as important as McCain having "a lot of fun," but it should matter to those