Iowa again

I know. You’re saying, “What, another blog about Iowa? That’s all the blogosphere is filled with these days.”

You’re right, but doggone it, those Iowans won’t let the rest of us alone. Day after day, there are forcing their Iowan ways and woes upon the other 49 states.

The latest example: Buried deep within the bowels of a $410 billion bill threading its way through Congress is a $1.7 million earmark to study why pig manure stinks.

I’m not sh***ng you. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, carved out this piece of pork as smoothly as a pig rancher pours feed into a trough.

Specifically, the earmark will fund a study into what hogs eat and why their s**t stinks.

Hey, Harkin! Hogs will eat just about anything put in front of them! And their s**t stinks because it’s s**t!

What else can you expect from a state with 3 million people and 20 million hogs?

I’ve got half a mind to cross Cedar Rapids off my list of potential summer vacation sites.