Woodstock Museum????

[illinoisprogressive]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hippies used to say if you remember Woodstock, you weren't really there. Republicans say presidential contender Hillary Clinton can forget about getting $1 million in taxpayer funds for a Woodstock museum.

Clinton and Charles Schumer, Democratic senators from New York, want to earmark the federal money for a museum that would commemorate the 1969 music festival in their state.

"Woodstock Museum is a shining example of what's wrong with Washington on pork-barrel, out-of-control spending," said John McCain, Arizona senator and Republican presidential hopeful. An example, he said, of "the earmark pork-barrel spending which has made the American people disenchanted and angry."

Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, and Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, were trying Thursday to strip the Woodstock earmark from a massive health and education spending bill on the Senate floor. Democrats moved to kill their effort, but Republicans won a key 52-42 vote — seeping with presidential politics — signaling the Clinton-Schumer earmark would soon be gone.

Five Democrats voted against the Woodstock provision. So did old-school GOP members of the Appropriations Committee who had on prior occasions voted against conservative criticism of senators' earmarks.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[rodeodance]

1. It was one of the major events of the era. Go for it.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Yes, Woodstock Museum

What's the problem? Are you saying Hillary's a dirty hippie? Have a problem with Woodstock?

Do you read the Washington Times a lot?

Seriously, this RW bullshit has got to stop. You are on DU bitching about how Hillary supports hippies. Great.

The Woodstock area is a major NY tourist area. This is as legit as all other touristy earmarks. It's a legitimate cultural landmark, and of great interest to many US citizens.

[EV_Ares]

3. Woodstock is part of our history. It is representive of the music of that

era, there has never been anything else like it in our time. It & everyone who was part of it represents everything during that timeperiod. In fact there is more relevant history at Woodstock than there will be at George Bush's museum and his 1 book "My Pet Goat".

[karynnj]

5. The biggest problem is that there is not much to see

related to the landmark event, which was not in Woodstock.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. I think Yazger's (sp?) farm was subdivided for vacation homes

[AlCzervik]

4. so frikkin what? gotta a problem with museums? Here are Obama's earmarks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101101573_pf.html

do i begrudge him wanting new stuff for the planetarium---no, so grow up.

[valerief]

6. I remember Woodstock. That was back in the days of the U.S. Constitution, wasn't it?

[rucky]

9. If you remember Woodstock, then you weren't there, maaaan! n/t

[valerief]

13. Unfortunately not enough people remember the Constitution today! nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. A Woodstock museum is a long time in coming. A million dollars is two minutes in Iraq, budget wise,

Give or take an hour or two.

MKJ

[ruggerson]

10. Whatta ya got in Illinois?

A Mayor Daley museum?

[ncabot22]

11. I vacationed in Illinois

They have several museums: Abraham Lincoln Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of Natural History.

They don't have one for Mayor Daley--yet. :)

[ruggerson]

14. too bad

it could be the anti hippie museum.

Large blowup photographs of Daley's goons beating up kids in the streets.

And of course a shot of Daley giving the finger to Senator Ribicoff at the convention.

"With George McGovern as President, there won't be Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago."

Ah, those were the days when Senators had balls.

[AlCzervik]

12. lots of Obama earmarks for roads i'll never use. But since it will probably

benefit the people of Illinois it's a good thing. i guess all non Illinois earmarks are pork.

[zulchzulu]

16. The Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield is fantastic.

http://www.alplm.org/home.html

[Rhythm and Blue]

17. Best fucking pizza in the world,

As well as some of the finest museums you'll ever see.

[ruggerson]

18. You've obviously never been to Manhattan

and don't give me that "deep dish" crap. That ain't pizza.

[Rhythm and Blue]

19. No, it's the only real pizza in the world.

What New York gives you is greased cardboard with ketchup smeared on it.

[zulchzulu]

15. Here's an idea for the lobby at the Woodstock Museum

If you remember you were there, you weren't.