Comments on: Where did those “stimulus” jobs go?

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:11:22 +0000

Apple, my info comes directly from the ABC News (not exactly a hotbed of rightwing anti-Obama criticism) article linked in the post.

Yes, they are data entry mistakes – to say the least. But you’d think that someone involved in making the recovery.gov website would have discovered these errors, especially the painfully obvious ones (like the congressional district in the Virgin Islands). Looks like it’s the Obama administration that has fallen dismally short on fact-checking.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:11:47 +0000

Unfortunately, Bigfoot, if you stop to consider just the last ten years (and such things as pork), a majority of pachyderms are as guilty of theft from the American people as are the jackasses.

But they don’t see it that way. They get to salve their puny consciences with such things as “But I was elected to bring federal money back home”, or “But we had to pass a budget or shut down”, or my favorite, “We’ve got to do SOMETHING!”

And in the meantime, those of us who actually DO do something (are productive members of our society) are getting screwed daily by the majority of both parties.

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:53:26 +0000

Loma, unfortunately, Barry (“57 states”) has those extra 7 states on his side.

Guy, sad but true. Of course, if anyone finds any illegal dispersement, it will be passed off as one more “bureaucratic SNAFU”.

Hal, government mistakes and stupidity certainly have a looooong history. But you’d think that somewhere out there they could find some people who know that only states have congressional districts.

Carlos, good point about our congress-critters, especially since they’re the ones who passed the bill in the first place. Some of the pachyderms ain’t much better than the jackasses.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:19 +0000

I suspect the real recipients of such governmental largess are in China, on Wall Street, in the pharmaceuticals, SEIU, NEA, etc.

We can howl all we want to about how Duh-1 is wasting our money, but doesn’t the spending (and consequently the oversight) of all this money start in Congress? And you know it’s not just the jackasses, it’s such luminaries as Boehner, too.

By: Guy Average

Guy Average — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:24:53 +0000

This money went somewhere. It would be quite simple to hide an illegal disbursement of federal funds in a massive spend like this bill does.

By: apple

apple — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:03:10 +0000

They are data entry mistakes. I know “daily kos” is not as reputable as “and rightly so” but at least he fact-checks his posts and provides links to where he gets his info.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/17/151535/02

Sure blog’n is a tough job, but seriously….

By: LomaAlta

LomaAlta — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:32:42 +0000

These Congressional districts are every bit as legitimate as Obama. We need the Virgin Islands, with 99 Congressmen they could easily kill socialized medicine and cap and trade.