In order to make it in the wastebook some or all of the spending must have occurred in fiscal year 2015. In december 2015, senator jeff flake published wastebook. The farce awakens december 2015 senator jeff flake on amazon. The star wars reboot was just about to come out, and the whole report is star wars themed. Coburn, an oklahoma republican who, during his 10 years in. The farce awakens a 286 page book on how the united states government wastes your hard earned money. The farce awakens and has put out similar reports since 2003, when he. Senator jeff flake, republican of arizona, deems wasteful federal spending in wastebook. The latest in a series launched by retired senator tom coburn, each wastebook targets a range of federallyfunded projects, many of them sciencerelated, which the. The sheer scale of waste, and the idea that we could reduce a lot of the pressure on the planet and feed the starving, simply by avoiding so much waste, is really appealing to me. Here is jeff flake introducing his wastebook on the senate floor. The farce awakens december 2015 senator jeff flake on.
Citizens against government waste cagw today applauded sen. The farce awakens, starring monkeys on treadmills, parties for hipsters, and sheep in microgravity, continues the tradition of. The arizona republicans wastebook released tuesday details a litany of expenses that the fiscal conservative considers to be a waste of federal cash. The report is one of a series documenting wasteful government spending.
Wastebook 20 us senate, united states government, coburn m. He was primarily a scientist, but also a satirist, and this is a book he never intended to publish, being a compilation of notebooks of his observations, thoughts and reflections. Jeff flake is again teeing up his war against waste but one target says shes no shrimp in this fight. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. There are 100 examples of ridiculous spending enough. Flakes wastebook has a star wars art theme, with a fetching pig added in to nail the pork barrel theme. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more ways. We aim for funny, will settle for intriguing, and, the times and the internet being what they are, resign ourselves to a certain amount of bemoaning. Republican of arizona, deems wasteful federal spending in wastebook.
The cover for the star wars themed report portrays flake as the luke skywalker to coburns obi wan. The farce awakens and documented 100 examples of egregious, outrageous, and unnecessary government spending totaling more. Jeff flakes rarizona 286page report, entitled wastebook. A waste book is an informal report that details 100 wastes in public expenditure and is meant to be read by the various news outlets of america, whom would ridicule the presumably ludicrous use of public money. The farce awakens pdf, 149kb response to senator lankfords federal fumbles pdf, 217kb response to senator mccains americas most wasted runaway spending pdf, 284kb response to media reports on nsfsupported glaciers and glaciology award pdf, 174kb. Flakes debut wastebook was released yesterday just as congress is huddling to decide how to spend our money.
Carrying on the tradition of retired senator tom coburn rok, senator jeff. This was one of the most captivating books ive read in a whileand its not because of the writing. Farce definition, a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. Flakes wastebook is the latest in a series of lawmakers attempting to carry on sen. He wanted its paper, as the title that he wrote on its original cover in february 1664 waste book suggested.
In 2015, he released a detailed report entitled wastebook. The farce awakens, flake very quickly surrenders that he has no respect for the material he calls wasteful. These examples of wasteful govt spending will make you. Monkeys running in hamster balls on a treadmill, flake wrote.
Washington, dec 08, 2015 business wire citizens against government waste cagw today applauded sen. Despite ongoing budget cuts affecting the world of policing, the authors own constabulary and others waste money and resources they have on anything apart. Here are 10 examples from the book you dont want to miss. Jeff flakes 2015 wastebook the farce awakens, and his sciencethemed 2016 wastebook twenty questions. The farce awakens, starring monkeys on treadmills, parties for hipsters, and sheep in microgravity, continues the tradition of retired sen. Curtis kalin 2024675318 december 8, 2015 washington, d. Jimmy kimmel monologue on wastebook of governments. He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was. The latest in a series originally launched by retired senator tom coburn, each wastebook targets a range of federallyfunded projects, many of them sciencerelated, which the authors declare a waste.
These are among more than 100 descriptions of what senator jeff flake, republican of arizona, deems wasteful federal spending in wastebook. Saturday january 28th, 2017 posted by craig eyermann at 10. Flake channels the force to fight government waste. Each of the books entries are projects paid for by the taxpayer and a given a pejorative title as well as the associated cost. Those projects are only three of 100 ways the federal government wasted your tax dollars, which are detailed in sen. The waste books is a collection of 1,085 aphorisms and other short writings by a curious german hunchback who had a crater on the moon named after him. Washington equates caring with the amount of dollars spent, flake concluded. This years wastebook has been appropriately subtitled, the farce awakens. Read melinda baldwins article on the granddaddy of the modern waste report. This years edition, released tuesday, is titled porkemon go and features a cartoon version of flake on the front, dressed as the character ash ketchum from the pokemon series. Your tax dollars at work us message board political. Newton was not interested by the very pedestrian efforts in divinity, largely the culling of quotations, with which smith had begun to fill the book since its inception on 12 may 1612. The waste book very occasionally collects my passing thoughts on politics, economics, statistics, data visualization, life, culture, and everything.
He was one of the first to sound a warning about bungled care at veterans affairs clinics and issued a scathing report last year blaming congress. You will not believe what your government is wasting your tax dollars on. The national science foundation nsf has been the backbone of americas science and. The farce awakens which took the film from the star wars franchise as its theme.
Friday december 11th, 2015 posted by craig eyermann at 4. The farce awakens tuesday, along with a mock movie poster inspired by star wars that shows him and coburn wielding lightsabers, surrounded by. Top government waste examples from the farce awakens. In honor of the release of the new star wars movie, senator jeff flake r. But flake and coburn are far from impressed by the taxpayerfunded project and deem it such a misuse of government funds it is included in their report wastebook. Flake is one of a number of legislators taking up the wastewatching banner of mr. The annual, lengthy account features 100 examples of federal costs. Coburns legacy as well as a sequel flake releases wastebook. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. The farce awakens committee for a responsible federal budget. When senator tom coburn retired last year, we wondered if his retirement would also mark the end of the wastebook the oklahoma senators.
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