stimuli

[gridfaniker]

we are saved

[VA49er]

.

The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- $11 million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- $430,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

- $800,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.

- $219,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.

- $2.3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid.

- $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla.

- $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla.

- $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.

- $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased.

- $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn.

- $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill.

- $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota.

- $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan.

- $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money.

- $1.5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio.

- $1 million to study the health effects of environmentally friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago.

- $356,000 for Indiana University to study childhood comprehension of foreign accents compared with native speech.

- $983,952 for street beautification in Ann Arbor, Mich., including decorative lighting, trees, benches and bike paths.

- $148,438 for Washington State University to analyze the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.

- $462,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for use in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri

- $3.1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum that will travel the Erie Canal in New York state.

- $1.3 million on government arts jobs in Maine, including $30,000 for basket makers, $20,000 for storytelling and $12,500 for a music festival.

- $71,000 for a hybrid car to be used by student drivers in Colchester, Vt., as well as a plug-in hybrid for town workers decked out with a sign touting the vehicle's energy efficiency.

- $1 million for Portland, Ore., to replace 100 aging bike lockers and build a garage that would house 250 bicycles.

Sources: News reports, Office of the Senate Minority Leader, Office of Sen. Tom Coburn

[reb]

Why can't TBR get some of this stimulus loot. I blame Larry.

[VA49er]

Originally Posted by reb

Why can't TBR get some of this stimulus loot. I blame Larry.

Hell, I'd study the sex lives of freshman women for free.

[reb]

Originally Posted by VA49er

Hell, I'd study the sex lives of freshman women for free.

I'm going to apply for a grant to study the effect of Elvis sightings on frogs.

[VA49er]

Originally Posted by reb

I'm going to apply for a grant to study the effect of Elvis sightings on frogs.

Don't foget cow farts. Evidently, those studies bring in the dollars!

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by reb

I'm going to apply for a grant to study the effect of Elvis sightings on frogs.

lol. so it's a joke now?

bet you'd be singing a different tune if this BS had come under a "repubican" presidency.

[Fro]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

lol. so it's a joke now?

bet you'd be singing a different tune if this BS had come under a "repubican" presidency.

lighten up francis

go to Breckenridge and smoke a joint

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by Fro

go to Breckenridge and smoke a joint

will the govt. pay for the it?

[Fro]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

will the govt. pay for the it?

depends on who is in office

[melonhead]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

lol. so it's a joke now?

bet you'd be singing a different tune if this BS had come under a "repubican" presidency.

Sadly, this type of waste happens all the time and it doesn't matter who the fucking president is- our gov't spends money like a syphilitic crack addicted whore gobbles splooge.

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by melonhead

Sadly, this type of waste happens all the time and it doesn't matter who the fucking president is.

true enough. but this situation — where the country is near bankrupt and we're directing a trillion dollars to create jobs and keep the economy afloat — is a little unique, don'tcha think? I'd like to hear Obama, Pelosi et. al., explain why we're paying $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. I certainly didn't expect the stimulus program to be the kind of half-assed free-for-all it's become. we'd have been almost as well off having helicopters dump bales of cash down on cities and towns across the country.

[gottalaff]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

I certainly didn't expect the stimulus program to be the kind of half-assed free-for-all it's become.

Seriously?

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by gottalaff

Seriously?

seriously. you expect some waste, but not on this level.

[Fro]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

true enough. but this situation — where the country is near bankrupt and we're directing a trillion dollars to create jobs and keep the economy afloat — is a little unique, don'tcha think? I'd like to hear Obama, Pelosi et. al., explain why we're paying $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. I certainly didn't expect the stimulus program to be the kind of half-assed free-for-all it's become. we'd have been almost as well off having helicopters dump bales of cash down on cities and towns across the country.

you act like this is something new

[melonhead]

Oh, I agree. I wasn't fond of the stimulus idea, but I had hoped that they would at least do productive things with the money. Unfortunately, it's the same old waste as usual.

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by Fro

you act like this is something new

you're right. the govt routinely borrows a trillion dollars in order to save a foundering economy. I stand erected.


I recall some talk about hope and change. I had hoped that this type of colossal waste was one of the things that would have changed.

[Fro]

Originally Posted by gridfaniker

you're right. the govt routinely borrows a trillion dollars in order to save a foundering economy. I stand erected.


I recall some talk about hope and change. I had hoped that this type of colossal waste was one of the things that would have changed.

they routinely borrow, no doubt, but most of the time it's not so widely discussed in the media and made a big deal about. don't play the smartass on this one, you know better harold.

[cmmguy]

Same thing happened after Katrina... a free-for-all in waste and corruption. If you hear the words "disaster", prepare for a government free-for-all.

[gridfaniker]

Originally Posted by Fro

they routinely borrow, no doubt, but most of the time it's not so widely discussed in the media and made a big deal about. don't play the smartass on this one, you know better harold.

I'm not playing anything. this was supposed to be different. everyone thought so.