Change We Can Believe In?

I'm a bit disappointed to read about this. I don't believe that this fits in with his change message. This is 'politics as usual' as far as I'm concerned:


Anti-pork watchdogs, for example, point to the $1.8 million in five earmarks for Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, which ran $8 million in the black last year and has embarked on a four-year, $100 million fundraising campaign. With that kind of money, why should taxpayers fund a $400,000 program earmarked by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to help the aquarium conduct a program aimed at preventing juvenile delinquency, watchdog groups ask.


http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/NEWS02/806080443&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL