Thundercrack.

That should be the new code name for Obama’s “Stimulus” package since it’s clear by now that nothing remotely stimulating has occurred despite his gloom and doom threats (promises?) of so many months ago. And why was the Stimulus doomed from the start? Because when you open spigots of money, people are going to rush [...]

Jerk his leash.

To a plurality of Americans, that’s the hope. According to a new Rassmussen poll: Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans say the rest of the new government spending authorized in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan should now be canceled. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 36% disagree and 20% are not sure. [...]

And the band played on.

May unemployment numbers are in, and they’re pretty bad. Worse, worse in fact, than even Obama’s crack team of experts predicted. Has the stimulus made things worse?     I guess there are 2 ways of looking at that steaming mess, aren’t there? First, Obama’s estimates for joblessness with and without the stimulus were way [...]

Colossal waste.

In early January, 2 members of President Elect Obama’s economic team, Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein, published what Team Obama was billing as their plan for economic recovery. You can find the full text of the document here. In it, we were shown how unprecedented massive government spending was to be our ticket out of [...]

No confidence.

Here’s what the Dow has done since the date the stimulus passed: Sure, lots of things affect how the stock market reacts. I’ve got a challenge for you. Explain to me in terms that do not mention the stimulus, why the market has gone down this drastically since that date. Better yet, leaving out fear [...]

Sickening

Senate hastens our demise. The bill passed the House 246 to 183 and, in a vote held open for several hours, the Senate 60 to 38, both largely along party lines. President Obama is expected to sign it into law early next week. The legislation represents the start of a new ideological era that places the federal government [...]

Pot, meet kettle.

Michelle Obama’s comments from July, 2008 on President Bush’s rebate checks: PONTIAC, Mich — In response to a question about the economic stimulus checks administered by the U.S. government earlier this year, Michelle Obama said her husband believes that short-term fixes don’t solve economic problems. “You’re getting $600,” she told an audience of mostly African-American [...]

Assume the position.

The Senate passed the nearly $900billion spending bill masquerading as a “stimulus package” today 61-37. Every Democrat voted for it, and all but 3 Republicans voted against it: Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Susan Collins (R-ME) Arlen Specter (R-PA) Counting the bill (in modified form) that passed the House 2 weeks ago, that’s a grand total of [...]

Lindsey Graham.

Battling Boxer on the Senate Floor Blogged with the Flock Browser

Cut to the chase.

Here’s a sober, intellectual pantsing of the spending bill. Print it out and discuss it with your families tonight at dinner. Or at your play-date tomorrow. Or after church on Sunday. Whatever you do with it, make sure you understand it. If it was such a slam dunk, it would have been passed by now. [...]

Hubris.

The inimitable Mr. Goldberg: Democrats had good reason to believe that this was their moment. For the first time in a generation, they truly own the political commanding heights. They’ve won a string of elections, including the momentous presidential contest in which their candidate never really ran to the center the way Democrats normally do. [...]

Rejected amendments to the Spending Bill.

Here’s a look at a handful of the Republican amendments Democrats rejected today: An amendment by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to cut $47 billion in wasteful spending. An amendment by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) cut corporate and individual income taxes and repeal the AMT. An amendment by Sen. John Thune (R-SD) to require funding for [...]