The NRO does a great job putting into concise terms just how awful the Crap Sandwich really is.
50 De-Stimulating Facts: Chapter and verse on a bad bill.
Senate Democrats acknowledged Wednesday that they do not have the votes to pass the stimulus bill in its current form. This is unexpected good news. The House passed the stimulus package with zero Republican votes (and even a few Democratic defections), but few expected Senate Republicans (of whom there are only 41) to present a unified front. A few moderate Democrats have reportedly joined them.
The idea that the government can spend the economy out of a recession is highly questionable, and even with Senate moderates pushing for changes, the current package is unlikely to see much improvement. Nevertheless, this presents an opportunity to remove some of the most egregious spending, to shrink some programs, and to add guidelines where the initial bill called for a blank check. Here are 50 of the most outrageous items in the stimulus package: [...]
Your job: go read the whole thing.
From Hot Air
What is Obama going to do when something important really hits the fan. Say something like a US Reconnaisance plane is forced down in China, or a Hurricane of supposedly Biblical proportions hits the US, or a major US City is hit by terrorists?
Uhhh uhm well uhm you know I’ll get back to you uhm uhh later.
Yeah, Ripper, America needs to elect a real president who can handle things properly. Barkey is nothing but a socialist and he can’t even do that right. Like Tammy said, the socialist French don’t even approve of his socialism tactics.