Audit finds anti-terror funds used to facilitate lawn-mower races in Texas

[NVMojo]

here we go ...what else have they been doing with your Texas taxdollars??

02:34 AM EST Jan 10
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An audit of Texas' spending of nearly $600 million in U.S. government anti-terrorism funds found some of the money was spent improperly, including to buy a trailer that was used to haul lawn mowers to "lawn-mower drag races."

The state auditor's office pointed out several cases in which poor monitoring by the Texas Engineering Extension Service may have allowed abuse.

One county bought 18 radios and other communication equipment from a company owned by one of its county commissioners, said the report released Thursday. Another jurisdiction used a trailer ostensibly bought as emergency equipment to haul lawn mowers to races, the report said.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050108/w010832.html

[wtmusic]

1. The point was too keep al Qaeda laughing so hard...

I can't believe they don't see the goal here :P

[Erika]

2. Homeland Security is a Monumental Joke

and Texans used it to their advantage.

[gauguin57]

3. Yeeeehaaaa!

"Hey, Tex! While I was ridin' my racin' mower the other day, I saw this dude crossing the border. Said his name was Osama bin Something or Other. But I was reaaaal busy gettin' my mower in shape for the big race, so I just said "Howdy" and tole him to come on into the great U S of A!"

[Liberty Belle]

4. I'm mowed over.

[Erika]

5. How come this article

doesn't make it to the right-wing sites? Why aren't they posting it?

[neweurope]

6. Lawn mower races - well at least that's not dangerous for you.

I'd encourage them really. *g* Better than supervising which books you read at the library...

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Remember Fallujah!

Bush to The Hague

[LynnTheDem]

7. And will the RW pundits SCREECH as loudly over this as they did over

the non-existant UN oil for food "scandal"?

YEAH RIGHT!

[Skittles]

8. red state values

HOWDY

[Moderator]

9. duplicate topic, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1133044