Comments on: Biden to Smack Boehner Around on Stimulus

By: becca656

becca656 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:21:39 +0000

I said it in an earlier post on another blog page:

In Connecticut, the local paper reported that the State had issued contracts for road re-paving as a part of the expenditure of stimulus funds.

They sort of neglected to quote out the asphalt-milling projects at the same time. The milling needs to take place before the paving.

So the money is sitting un-spent, the milling contracts are being RFQ’d and the folks that would do the work are still unemployed.

This isn’t unusual for my State. Stupid is as stupid does. It wouldn’t surprise me if similar situations exist in Ohio and other places. Boehner could try to make that Obama’s fault, but he doesn’t do the contract processing work.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:04:00 +0000

I hate to have to say it, but Boehner almost has a point.

When you check the recovery spending figures, there is still a sh*tl**d of authorized spending that’s hung up behind some sort of craptastic bureaucratic dam. The NSF has released just the barest trickle of what they’ve been handed. Similarly for ARPA-E, the Department of Energy’s version of ARPA. You know, the thing that brought us the intertubes we’re making such good use of now?

It really is time for me to take a vacation — I’m defending John Boehner, for crying out loud!

By: Arbusto

Arbusto — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:15:37 +0000

Somewhat tongue in cheek. I am tired of his foot in mouth disease.

Ask Emanuel, Biden or Obama a policy question and you get four answers. This Administration, imo, is all over the map on foreign and domestic policies, whether from lack of message, message discipline or intentionally to keep us guessing.

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:02:47 +0000

oh hai !

I get the impression Boehner knows where to find the finest pro shops in Kentucky

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:02:12 +0000

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By: oldnslow

oldnslow — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:50:58 +0000

But in this case they’re bitching because signs cost money—OMG, who knew? Things cost money?? Dang, alert the media.

Never-fucking-mind that people, you know… workers, had to make those signs. And got paid. And spent the money. You know…. economic recory kinda shit. Idiots indeed.

By: Margot

Margot — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:45:47 +0000

Dear Biden staffers,
Please read this article from a local Ohio paper about all the road signs going up on roads undergoing stimulus-funded repair.
Stimulus road signs rile up some
“Some” being idiots who live to bitch.
But in this case they’re bitching because signs cost money—OMG, who knew? Things cost money?? Dang, alert the media.

By: msmolly

msmolly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:45:32 +0000

I think if I were a Congressperson, I would be careful to know — and be SEEN to know — what is going on in my district, including stimulus spending projects. Boehner just comes off as plain stupid and completely out of touch with his constituents when he says stuff like this.

By: MrToad

MrToad — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:38:02 +0000

I was going to say what Badwater@16 beat me to. Since Obama’s election, it has become increasingly obvious that the GOP viewpoint on anything is not simply wrong, but is actually deranged. That would be one thing if it was simply partisan politics in action, but it seems to be deliberate and willful derangement. Remember all the accusations levelled by the GOP at “liberals” during Bush’s terms? In an incredibly Orwellian manner (and one I would not have believed without seeing it) they have managed to make a full 180 degree turn without losing momentum. For a party to go from “I love my country, it’s the government I don’t trust” to “love the government or you’re a traitor” and then to “the government is the traitor” in only 10 years, is just mind-boggling. And they did it without missing a beat. These guys are Orwellian artistes. It’s a shame that these are signposts on the road to dictatorship. but apparently that’s what the people want.

By: STTPinOhio

STTPinOhio — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:34:44 +0000

if he had the slighted actual interest in knowing.

Of course, that should read “slightest”.