Everyone knows that Republicans hate earmarks, right? Yet, Tennessee’s own Sen. Lamar Alexander has asked for 54 Tennessee projects costing more than $252 million to be included in next year’s federal budget.

Among the items are nearly ten million dollars for various programs in the War on Drugs, 77.8 million dollars to fix a dam just upstream of Nashville and about 35 million dollars on development projects such as restoring the Nashville riverfront.

None of which should be the purview of the federal government.

Just think if every Senator were denied a quarter billion dollars in pet projects, that’s 25 billion right there. And I would think that states with significant military presence probably sucks up a lot more. Oh, and states with two Socialist Democrat senators probably ask for a lot more, as well. We’re probably in the 100 billion dollar range now.

And that’s real money. Or it should be, even to a Senator.

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I just received a press release from U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander stating that he has signed on to cosponsor S. 1748, the Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007.

“It’s ridiculous to suggest that that there should be a Federal rule requiring broadcasters need to present contrasting points of view on controversial issues,” said Alexander.  “We have plenty viewpoints in the media – including television, newspapers, and the Internet – and the Democrats should stop trying to silence talk radio.  I will keep fighting to ensure our free speech is protected.”

Exactly.

Marsha Blackburn (my congressman) ranks 11th in the House of Representatives for pro-economic growth voting according to the 2006 Congressional Scorecard from the Club for Growth, receiving an 88.

Not bad to be 11th out of 429 representatives!

For comparison, my senators Frist and Alexander ranked 32nd (73) and 26th (78) respectively.