it's time, he writes, to grab a big shovel with a sharp blade to start digging ourselves out of this $14 trillion mess. the congressman goes on to write, we've got to go line by line and take an ax to programs we simply can't afford. it sounds tough. and as new chairman of the house appropriations committee he's going to be in a position to do just that. but keeping them honest tonight, congressman rogers only seems to talk the talk, not exactly walk the walk. take a look at this. these are the earmarks, the pet projects for 2010 congressman rogers got his rural district. 52 totalling $98.9 million according to the nonpartisan group the center for responsive politics. putting him in the top 20% of all congressional earmarkers. some earmarks are totally legit and you can judge for yourself if some of his are. he got a quarter billion dollars in the last two years, including $52 million for a national center for hometown security located there in somerset, kentucky. which is congressman rogers' hometown. population, wait for it, 11,000.