Bail out Wall Street and the wooden arrow industry

If you were wondering what the difference between the House and Senate bailout packages were, it's raising the FDIC limit and pork, heaping piles of pork and ridiculously specific tax breaks. They did it again. Those greedy fatcats in Washington bent over for the wooden arrow lobby. Big Arrow (Wooden) strikes again.

SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN.

Who knew the financial crisis hit wooden arrow manufacturers this hard. Look at some of the other important provisions.

SEC. 505. CERTAIN FARMING BUSINESS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TREATED AS 5-YEAR PROPERTY.

Thank God they addressed that crisis. There's the a break for the Puerto Rican film industry, Puerto Rican rum (score), auto racing tracks, and for wool research. There's also these telling lines

SEC. 612. ALL LITTLE PLASTIC COVERS ON THE END OF SHOELACES MUST BE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC FROM GEORGIA TO SHUT SAXBY CHAMBLISS THE FUCK UP.

SEC. 642. RUSS FEINGOLD IS HEREBY GIVEN A LICENSE TO KILL ANYONE HE DEEMS TO HAVE TRANSGRESSED UNWRITTEN LAWS.

SEC. 701. DECEMBER 24TH IS HEREBY DECLARED 'FUCK NIELS BOHR' DAY AND ALSO 'NATIONAL NUDE PUERTO RICAN RUM FIESTA' DAY.

So rest easy, our elected betters smeared enough lipstick on the pig (Palin reference) to hopefully convince enough House members to give away money to Wall Street. Whew! That was a close one.