We Oink Reporters LOVE it when a pork loving rag of a media outlet squeals for bacon. Take Tulsa World’s column titled Earmarks Eyed, for example.

For some inexplicable reason, six members of Oklahoma’s seven-member congressional delegation seem to understand the value and importance of helping to fund much-needed projects across the state, while one holdout continues to maintain a stance that helps other states at the expense of Oklahoma.

In reality English, this means that Tulsa World editors are throwing a fit because other states get more pork than they do.

Coburn repeatedly has refused to explain himself to Tulsa World staff, so we have to deduce his reasoning from other sources. He seems to espouse a hard-line ideology on federal spending that won’t permit him to consider even the most deserving of projects.

Can we get a round of applause?

How much in pork packed earmarks is being requested for Louisiana alone?

$13,985,227

And this is state budget!!!

We Oink reporters had to step back from the trough for a minute after seeing the list.

Rep. Herbert Dixon, D-Alexandria: Arna Bontemps African American Museum, $200,000; Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Louisiana Inc., $50,000; Education Foundation of Epsilon Psi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., $100,000; First St. Mark Baptist Church Inc., $97,200; Mount Zion Community Development Corp.-Health and Wellness Ministry, $180,509; Pineville Concerned Citizens Inc., $35,000; Rapides Primary Health Care Center Inc., $384,600; Rapides Station Community Ministries Inc., $260,000; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, $45,392; Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation, $50,000; St. James United People Church, $50,000.

Rep. Noble Ellington, D-Winnsboro: Catfish Festival Inc., $25,000; Franklin [Parish] Economic Development Foundation, $50,000; Franklin Parish Historical Society Museum, $25,000; Fresh Start Outreach Ministries Inc., $785,000; Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Caldwell Inc., $50,000; Old Bethel Baptist Church of Clarks Inc., $50,000; Schepis Foundation Inc., $75,000; Ward III Community Center Management Board, $90,000; Winnsboro Gun Club Inc., $25,000; Winnsboro Main Street Inc., $50,000.

Rep. Rosalind Jones, D-Monroe: Booker T. Community Outreach Project, $25,000; Concord Youth and Adult Community Association, $121,550; Dove Christian Community Services Inc., $60,000; East Carroll Council on Aging, $25,000; G.T. Services Inc., $40,000; I & I Educational Service Inc., $50,000; Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, $50,000; Opportunities Industrialization Center of Ouachita Inc., $500,000; The New Way Center Inc., $132,128; Top Gun Boy Scouts of Ouachita, $30,000; Youth Academy for Leadership and Education Inc., $50,000.

Gag yourself on the rest of the fattening story here.

H/T: Jayme Siemer