This is what our country has come to and Obama uses stimulus money for suicide barriers on Ohio bridge and dog walking parks in Tx, this is what we get for a trillion dollars?

And Octomom has a nice, new three bedroom home.

Lou Dobbs wants to build a wall around the shantytowns. Might be some stimulus money for that.

Tent cities are nothing new, we've had a roving nuisance town here in the Puget Sound for years now.

This is why "We" have gated communities

Rhonda. I really don't think this is the time to stand on your soap box. All of this shit was set into motion under the Bush administration. Yeah, I know, the ball is in Obama's court now, but you cannot erase the past simply because it pleases you. I don't know what you mean by the statement "this is what we get for a trillion dollars?", but you and your fellow right wingers do a terrible disservice to this country when you make glib, idiotic statements like that. That money has not even been set into motion yet. Really, how dare you. I know you and yours are apathetic and heartless, unless when it comes to spending billions on a lost war, and watching your neighbors' sons and daughters come home in cheap caskets…oh no, you didn't see that, because Bush afforded you the luxury of being an arm chair warrior without any consequences of seeing what you wrought. Really, you should be ashamed.

Thank you, Rhonda's Smart Twin Sister!

Rhonda is just one of those RP base hacks. You know, one of those fruit loops that help bring down the Republican Party like a house of cards. They get on blogs and state their half truths, accusations, and downright lies. It's a lot like the Prop 8 campaign. I don't think Rhonda and her buds realize that the huge majority of Americans, including moderate Republicans, are getting sick of her shit and are bringing the Republican party closer and closer to the edge of the cliff.

@Erma: Erma la Duce.

I agree with Rhonda. How dare the POTUS respond to rising unemployment by creating jobs and rebuilding and improving important infrastructure? We all know in our hearts he should be giving tax cuts to the rich so their spending will eventually trickle down to the poor. Right?
[note to the irony-impaired: That was sarcasm.]

@Stimp: He is spending $200,000 per job created. Why doesn't that seem very smart?

Obama has now spent in 60 days what George Washington through George W Bush spent altogether. Bush was really popular with the republican base? I felt awful about the way he was treated by the media (Obama would cry like a baby if he got Bushed) noone agreed with the beginning of the spendathon. We were all just clueless as to what was going on. But to continue to spend like a ——-
with someone else's credit card is insane. Congress never he read that piece of crap, somehow they decided it would be better for them (to admit) they knew nothing then to admit (Obama's telepromter told him, he didn't know anthing about the AIG bonusus (OBAMA IS A FREAKING LIAR AND A FRAUD!) they knew what was in it.
I've decided that a good portion of you, deserve what Obama has in store for you. Just don't whine, like babies.

I find it interesting how all you BABIES are now worried about the Republican party going off a cliff. Save the pity party for yourselves!

Obama bought a bunch of "crap" for a trillion dollars, your kids will be slaves, enjoy your "crapsandwich"

Obam@Rhonda: Is it not amazing how all of these 99.6ers make so many assumptions.

You are a republican, you are Bush supporter etc. etc. blah, blah, blah. I did not see one reference to any of that in your posts.

HEY 99.6ers with your heads in the sand. for every finger pointing there are three pointing back.

I guess if Obamunism succeeds and ten years from now with most of their civil liberties snatched away (as well as their money) what will their response be?? IT WAS BUSH's FAULT.

Small minds enter room.

DTOM - an unrepentant ex-liberal

DTOM

Yea they assume alot. Did you know that the word assume is the most dangerous word in the dictionary? I figured that out awhile back, every time I said, I assumed……………..I was generally in some kind of trouble. Work and personal life, I've found that to be true. Some people just don't seem to understand that you can be a member of a party or support someone WITHOUT selling your soul (and your country).
I'm afraid we are gonna hear "it's Bush's fault" for the rest of our lives. Some people never learn.

Rhonda, you truly are clueless. Please go back to school and study history. Bush got treated like crap? How about Bill and Hillary Clinton? The Republicans harassed that couple and drug them through the muck every chance they got. Christ, Hillary wasn't even holding office and they were constantly "planting" false stories about her. Oh, the blow job in the oval office? Yeah, that was screwed up (although a private matter between husband and wife), but it beat the shit out of some dumb ass rich kid murdering over 4 thousand American troops just so he could show Daddy he was a big man.

Let's also not forget, Rhonda (even though I am sure you conveniently already have) that Bill balanced the budget and we had ZERO national debt when he left office. Kind of blows your whole "Dems are big spenders" argument to shit. You are so clueless, Rhonda.

It also really saddens me that you have more compassion for a man that totally fucked this country up, and none for the innocent people who were victims of lost jobs and fast talking loan officers who misled them into thinking they could pursue the American dream with no down payment and low interest, only to surprise them a couple years later with a much higher (variable) rate. Honestly, what is your problem? Please go get some help. I mean it. This country would be better off without you. Go bother another country.

Bonuses for AIG execs who failed miserably but requested billions in American tax money, and tents for hard-working American families who lost their jobs and homes. Yeah, the country is headed in the right direction. Makes perfect sense.

We needed to bail out the financial institutions so they could continue to loan money, but who are they loaning money to? Who's home was saved by this plan? Where are the jobs this package promised?!!! I think the "collapse" everyone feared was largely exaggerated by the financial institutions. Sure, some financial institutions would have failed but the average client would have been insured. Only the very rich would have been impacted. Well, that explains everything.

I wish these people would get their heads out of their butts and stop cow-towing to the very rich at ur expense.

46? Exactly WTF is a 99.6er? Is that more conservative dipshit jargon? Yeah, I didn't see you complaining when all that money was being funneled into Iraq which we ARE NOT GETTING BACK! At least with the bailout we have shares of the companies and can retrieve a PROFIT! God, you people are just so blind and stupid it amazes me. That "finger pointing" comment was really original too! give yourself a gold star for unoriginality.

I agree Carly. I am not a huge advocate of this plan either (Rhonda forces me into defending it more than I want). The thing I am sure of is, if the Republicans were in charge, the stimulus would be much bigger, with tax breaks going to the wealthiest along with it. The only reason the Republicans are fighting the stimulus is sour grapes from the elections and their new minority position. Trust me, if the Republicans were still in charge, the stimulus package would be just as big, if not bigger. The difference would be their stimulus would ignore infrastructure (jobs for every day guys) and basically just help the banks and wall street firms that started this mess in the first place. There would also be no oversight whatsoever on what they spent the money on, now, or in the future.

Erma,

I don't remember the conversation being about Bill and Hill, but whatever. If you wanna get technical about this it all started with Mr. Misery himself, Jimmy Carter.

Doesn't really change anything Obama is still the president who spent more than all the other presidents put together. A trillion dollars worth of crap. If you enjoy CRAP, you'll love what Obama is dishing out. Good for you, your life must be a pit hole if Obama makes your day.

It was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that bankrupted this country. Giving loans to people who couldn't or wouldn't pay them back was a recipe for disaster. Carter and his community reinvestment Act, by the way, the COMMUNITY sucks. With a wink and nod people took out loans they knew they would never repay. Bush also participated in that little spendathon, trying to be popular with the the community.

The community wants welfare and that's what the community is going to get.

Just a reminder, it was people like you, that tore Bill and Hill apart in the last election, short term-memory problems, Erma?

Frankly, Bill and Hill are kinda like the good-old days at this point.

Bill and Hill are looking like the good old days, so give it a break.

Erma, I forced you? Please, How can a comment made on Jossip, FORCE you defend something you don't believe in. DTOM, this is one of your 96.6ers, for sure.

here's the thing–if we're not allowed to mention george bush and his lovely 8 year reign of anti-terror for getting us in this mess, why are you going back 30 years to blame carter for pete's sake? i mean, if what he did was so horrible, did we not have 8 years of the wonderful ronald reagan to turn this ship around? then 4 more of bush senior? that's 12 years of republican rule to 'un-do' any damage poor old lefty carter did. seriously–we've had 4 presidents since then who could have made the changes that needed to be made, so they are all to blame.

and as far as the stupid teleprompter talking points of the past weeks (although i'm sure by tomorrow there will be another buzzword smear)–here's a little reading material:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo.....-President

looks like beloved reagan relied on his teleprompter even more than obama (although he didn't help write his own speeches). i'm sure glenn beck, hannity and rush are all appropriately appalled at his fraud.

Weezy, I don't wanna play "it was your president, not mine" with you. If you love what Obama is dishing out, be happy and proud. I weezy, LOVE,a good, crapsandwich, yum, yum, good!

@Erma: Erma, look into the mirror and you will see a 99.6 person. Your nonsensical rantings bear you out.

That should ruffle a few feathers.

DTOM

@Rhonda: Shhhhhhh!! Keeping them in the dark about what a 99.6er is, drives them up the wall!!! I love it.

DTOM - an unrepentant ex-liberal, who the 99.6ers will assume is a republican. HA! I'M NOT. They just can't help making assumptions.

Yes, you are…and no, it isn't driving me crazy. It really doesn't matter at all. Just another stupid label. Whatever. Enjoy hell.

@weezy: NO, you not allowed to mention george bush and his lovely 8 year reign. I forbid it.
If nothing else, it's boring. Give some opinions of what's going on now. Show that you are more than a DAILY KOS reader. Tell me what you think of the Octomom, McCain's daughter, Obama's swingset, Biden's daughter, how Obama is going to kick ass and Britain …anything other than a replay the past old crap.

@Erma: what could I do to drive you crazy? I'd like to know, because Rhonda is running circles around you, and making you look silly. I'd just like to make you look crazy. You know, like someone that can't muster an argument and gives up by wishing the other person into hell. An insane person.

@Erma: and I don't believe there are people still around who don't know what a 99.6er is. Duh!

@FANOFGRENDEL:

there you go again, assuming with one link that you know all the sites i check out. you know, you can't go back 30 years and dust off the carter excuses if you don't want to face the reality of george bush junior. as boring as you think it is to discuss his legacy, it is still a reality that it affects what's happening now.

you've read what i think of meghan mccain. i don't care about the swingset, octomom or biden's daughter.

i don't think we're heading for socialism, communism, totalitarianism or any sort of dictatorship. i think there's fear in the air by the extreme right and you just need to chill. and i think the economy's in the toilet, but i do think it's going to get better. so there you go, get those retorts slinging.

@weezy: Much better, Weez, not just beating around the Bush.

@weezy: Weez, "i don't think we're heading for socialism, communism, totalitarianism or any sort of dictatorship." HUH! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON??

What do you call Obama dictating terms to GM (now Government Motors) for more money by insisting their CEO step down? The discreet charm of the new aristocracy? It is not paranoia by the right, it is reality!

Obamunism. Instead of Chevy's and Buicks we will have Obamawagons and Bidenmobiles. Can't wait to order my new Hemi-Pelosi.(A three cylinder diesel with a lot of space between the doors)

99.6ers and all, this government is encroaching at light speed to take over the banks, private industry and healthcare. And they have not even been in ofice 100 days yet, what do you think is going to happen in 6 months, 12 months ……..!

DONT TREAD ON ME!!!!

I'm looking forward to that little "smart box" that tells ME when I've used to much energy, I thought that was my monthly statement, but under our new dictator, I'm sure our energy goes OUT when we've reached our ration.

Obama, the Great, now guarantee's our car warranty?

@Rhonda: I just sent the White House an email. My Dodge is making a funny noise.

@DONT TREAD ON ME:

"@weezy: Weez, "i don't think we're heading for socialism, communism, totalitarianism or any sort of dictatorship." HUH! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON??"

do you really not see how cheney ruled the past 8 years? NOW you're scared. PLEEEEEEEASE.

@weezy: There you go again. If you don't talk about Bush, You talk about Cheney. You are like a Twilght Zone episode where you are forced to live in the last administration because that's all you can talk about.

I am Weezy, someone help me! All I can say is "Bush" or "Chaney" and maybe "Condoleezza" once in a while.

@weezy: Weez, always carping about what was, when you lose the argument. Who gives a rat's behind about Bush and Cheney. They're history!

You spend too much time at moveon.borg. Haven't YOU been paying attention. Obamunism has undone every evil, corrupt and criminal deed of Bush and Cheney(the Obaman rhetoric).

One last thing, if B&C were such evil and corrupt criminals, and with Congress in the hands of Frau Pelosi and Herr Reed for over two years, where are all of the indictments???

There are none because there is nothing to indict.

Sour grapes weez, sour grapes. Move off of moveon.borg.

DTOM - THE unprepentant ex-liberal

This should rile a few feathers:

you guys are f*cking crazy. seriously, get help.

obama is trying to fix the mess made by 'he who shall not be named' and you guys are screaming like banshees because FOX news entertainers have told you to be scared. but the best part is you think everyone else is crazy because they haven't taken your bitter pill. priceless.

BUSH CHENEY BUSH CHENEY BUSH CHENEY

(and it's all carter's fault anyway right?)

Fan,

aw, you forgot the evil Fox News,

Bush, Chaney, Fox News, Bush, Chaney, Fox News.

@weezy: I am not f____ing crazy, using your morose language, just intellectually superior.

I bet you do not even watch what you rail against. Ah, the inner workings of the 99.6er mind. not priceless, just useless

DTOM - THE unprepentant ex-liberal

@DONT TREAD ON ME:

Bear Sterns failed nearly 2 years ago, and GM and Crysler before Obama took office. It's absurd to not put this at the feet of B&C and the CEOs that took us here.

And the first bailouts are B&C bailouts. If you want to fault Obama it's that he's little different from B&C.

I love the photos that were included with this post- especially the ones with actual people in them. We so often forget that these are real people- so many of us are just a few paychecks away from a similar position. I love this video - http://tinyurl.com/d5rycr - because it features so may of their voices and opinions, not just those of lawmakers and officials.