Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the NASCAR track, along comes a Senator who thinks the government should stop funding them. Unfortunately, there are way too many "good old boys" who seem to disagree with that decision.
It seems that Democratic U.S. Representative Betty McCollum from St. Paul Minnesota has been getting death threats concerning an amendment she introduced. The Senator's amendment would stop the Pentagon from funding $7 million to NASCAR annually for advertising the U.S. Army on various NASCAR races. The Senator believes that in her bill that the money spent on advertising would be better spent in these tough economic on veterans instead.
The threat to Senator McCollum was a flier sent to her office that said "Yo, Slut Betty, Shut Your Phucking Pie Hole! Marxists are enemies of the Constitution, Death To All Marxists, Foreign and Domestic!"
In a time where Congress is being pushed by the American people to stop spending money, someone in the South had the audacity to send a message that they want Congress to continue to fund NASCAR. How do you justify $7 million to have a sticker on the bumper of racecar?
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