don webb
November 16th, 2009, 05:17 AM
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In the age of Billion$ in Bailouts, Trillions in Deficits and $100’s of Billion$ in stimulus packages, should the Tax Payers of America also foot the bill to enshrine the gas station of the late Billy Carter -- the beer-swilling, wisecracking, self-professed redneck brother of our 39th president?
Now we know it’s located in the world's most famous peanut town and most locals agree it has been rendered cleaner and more pleasant than it was under Billy's proprietorship; Heck, the civic group that owns the property “The Plains Better Hometown Program” has even transformed it into a Museum.
But last month, the House approved a measure that would incorporate the station into the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, a National Park Service operation that runs a number of Carter-related buildings in Plains. A similar bill is under consideration in the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
No Shit, This is really not a joke.
The Congressional Budget Office analysis: "H.R. 1471, - A bill to expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the state of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historic Park, and for other purposes."
The legislation calls for the park service to take over the gas station, plus an old farmhouse that Jimmy and wife Rosalynn lived in.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost $17 Million to upgrade and maintain the sites over the next five years, the park service already faces a $9-Billion maintenance backlog for the property it currently manages.
The federal government has already declared all of downtown Plains a preservation district, which subjects property owners to certain building restrictions.
Park Superintendent, Gary Ingram seems to think because Carter, 85, and his wife being 82 they’ll be taking the “Eternal Dirt Nap” soon and it will offer new enticements to visitors once the Carters pass away in the tiny town (population 630).
Remembrances of "Billygate," the embarrassing episode in which Carters little brother admitted accepting a $220,000 loan from Libya, apparently to help its radical government broker oil deals are on display as well as requisite artifacts such as orange-labeled cans of Billy Beer.
And in a drawer, there is a statement Billy Carter wrote out by hand saying:
"I'm Billy Carter and I am an alcoholic. For several years . . . probably the most public drunk in America."
I’ve finally figured it out. Liberals are just people whose fathers never told them that money don’t grow on trees..:33:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4109317268_d0ccdac477_m.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hometown-plains15-2009nov15,0,1214264.story
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In the age of Billion$ in Bailouts, Trillions in Deficits and $100’s of Billion$ in stimulus packages, should the Tax Payers of America also foot the bill to enshrine the gas station of the late Billy Carter -- the beer-swilling, wisecracking, self-professed redneck brother of our 39th president?
Now we know it’s located in the world's most famous peanut town and most locals agree it has been rendered cleaner and more pleasant than it was under Billy's proprietorship; Heck, the civic group that owns the property “The Plains Better Hometown Program” has even transformed it into a Museum.
But last month, the House approved a measure that would incorporate the station into the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, a National Park Service operation that runs a number of Carter-related buildings in Plains. A similar bill is under consideration in the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
No Shit, This is really not a joke.
The Congressional Budget Office analysis: "H.R. 1471, - A bill to expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the state of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historic Park, and for other purposes."
The legislation calls for the park service to take over the gas station, plus an old farmhouse that Jimmy and wife Rosalynn lived in.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost $17 Million to upgrade and maintain the sites over the next five years, the park service already faces a $9-Billion maintenance backlog for the property it currently manages.
The federal government has already declared all of downtown Plains a preservation district, which subjects property owners to certain building restrictions.
Park Superintendent, Gary Ingram seems to think because Carter, 85, and his wife being 82 they’ll be taking the “Eternal Dirt Nap” soon and it will offer new enticements to visitors once the Carters pass away in the tiny town (population 630).
Remembrances of "Billygate," the embarrassing episode in which Carters little brother admitted accepting a $220,000 loan from Libya, apparently to help its radical government broker oil deals are on display as well as requisite artifacts such as orange-labeled cans of Billy Beer.
And in a drawer, there is a statement Billy Carter wrote out by hand saying:
"I'm Billy Carter and I am an alcoholic. For several years . . . probably the most public drunk in America."
I’ve finally figured it out. Liberals are just people whose fathers never told them that money don’t grow on trees..:33:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4109317268_d0ccdac477_m.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hometown-plains15-2009nov15,0,1214264.story
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