Obama's Earmarks, Released

Obama's earmarks!

Mike Huckabee will like:

YMCA of the USA, for pioneering for healthy communities, $5,000,000
YMCA of the USA launched the Pioneering Healthier Communities initiative to jump-start healthy and sustainable community leadership, and to change strategies across the country to rapidly and dynamically advance efforts to curb the chronic disease and obesity epidemics.

Yay ethanol:

University of Illinois, College of Agriculture Consumer and Environmental Sciences, for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research, $1,000,000 The Center will create a facilitative structure for outreach, teaching and research efforts in areas related to bioenergy systems. Research at the Center will focus on the increased output of energy, based on renewable biological resources.

Southern Illinois University, for the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center, $2,000,000 The National Corn to Ethanol research facility located in the research Park of Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, is the only full-scale corn to ethanol testing facility in the nation.

Yay corporate jet owners:

Lewis University Airport in Romeoville, for the extension of its primary runway, $3,420,000 The runway extension is to allow existing based and visiting corporate aircraft to safely and efficiently operate at Will County's Airport.