Red State Stimulus

THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE BIGGEST BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES I'VE EVER SEEN. I SUUGEST FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK UP THE REPUBLICANS VOTING RECORD IN CONGRESS AND SEE HOW THEY VOTED WITH BUSH AND CHENEY IN LOCK STEP-OVER 2 TRILLION DOLLARS IN TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP 2 PERCENT!!!! 2 BLEEPING TRILLION. THAT'S MORE THAN 2 STIMULUS PACKAGES.................HOW DID THAT HELP US YOU REPUBLIRATS!

President Obama should go to New Orleans, with Brad Pitt in tow, and use it as ground zero for pushing his stimulus plan. Should the government help or should it be left to private industry. New Orleans gives us an answer. Three years later and except for Brad Pitt where has private industry been? All over America people in distress who still believe the Reagan statement that government is the' problem not the solution' are waiting for the evidence that private industry will come to the rescue. Good luck and keep waiting.

Hey Howard,
I was hoping someone would mention NO...3 plus billion already appropriated...just needs some red tape cutting. Here's hoping.

Hi Howard. MIchelle's hairstyle gets some attention. So should yours. (we already know you can think, write, express yourself well, are a man of accomplishments, etc. ...)

Whoever was fixing your hairt 8-10 months ago just didn't h ave it right (the color and its growing out were not your best look). Now, it looks quite good, great color, a bit fuller, well cut, yep, the look is attractive and it suits you .

Whew.

Bipartisanship?? Everyone knew that some form of a significant spending bill was absolutely necessary, that the economy was in extreme trouble and that the specific breakdown on the bill wasn't ever going to satisfy everyone, so then why were the Republicans so belligerently deviant, even to threatening their own people, who actually felt they were voting their conscience for their constituents' benefit (in other words being responsible)? For the last eight years the Republican Party has been strongly, stubbornly, obstinately and arrogantly united, first in backing Bush-Cheney in everything and now in faulting and trying to block anything Obama offers. The two are probably related in that the costs and failures of Bush-Cheney heavily reflect on the Republicans and they now feel pressure to make sure Obama fails too, so they can recover some, and hence they become belligerent obstructionists. Another heavily contributing factor is that they feel cocky in being able to control public opinion with their strong and powerful backing and support from the influential and wealthy interests behind them. Throughout the last eight years they have clearly demonstrated this confidence when boldly doing whatever they wanted, literally thumbing their noses at everyone, and then actually depending on the overt and covert powerful support behind them to influence the media and to manipulate public opinion, deceptively appealing to individual biases and using subterfuge to excite emotions. The real question then is, who really has control of the Republican Party, whose interests are they really constantly serving? The clear answer to that is, the money and power that is pulling the strings that they jump to, definitely not the people! That is easily recognizable in seeing who has always significantly benefited from their actions. Bipartisanship will be very difficult to ever achieve there!

How much evidence does anyone need before they see that our infrastructure is falling apart? How much evidence is necessary before it is understood that our schools are not meeting the challenge and that our medical industry isn't cost effective? How much does anyone have to suffer before understanding that the real spending power of most people is being eroded while a few keep gaining? How much corruption has to be witnessed before it is understood that government hasn't been responsible and instead has been condoning, even encouraging and participating to patronize and placate Special Interests and a select few? How long do things have to go on before it is realized that many in the Republican Party use subterfuge and deception to manipulate public opinion and simply use the emotion behind 'conservative versus liberal' to self-servingly sway people's thinking? How much has to be seen before it is recognized that there is a large segment of the Republican Party that has become puppets for the powerful and influential few, who return overt and covert support, contributions and after-office (kickback) compensation? How deep in the pits do we have to get before it is seen that accusing the Democrats of having a 'tax and spend' mentality is just subterfuge when knowing that significant spending is drastically needed just to rebalance? While the Democrats are far from perfect, how bad do things have to get before it is accepted that many in the Republican Party arrogantly and irresponsibly, without conscience, serve the interests of a select few while they only provide apathy, the costs and subterfuge to the many? How far towards the ultimate catastrophe do we have to go before the majority says 'enough' and demands change, refusing to be manipulated further? Wasn???t eight years enough; do we now have to endure obstructionists too?

I MAKE A WHOLE HEART ED APOLOGY; --- for thirty years I have been a Bigot, Racist, Tyrannical ,Greedy, Selfish, Immoral, Degenerate, Lying , Worthless ,Abusive Republican . Today I had a Spiritual Awakening and now I changed to a Democrat . I am Sick to my stomach , just thinking of how my ex-fellow Republicans are scheming and conniving on how to create a Wall of Terror to make President Obama Fail. I realize as a Republican just how much Horrific Damage we did to America.

What an outrage. Not only did Peloci put in a huge sum for her long unfunded pet environmental project protecting a mouse (of course there are no earmarks, the whole spending part of the bill is an earmark), but the democrats took out the e-verify provisions which would insure that tax-payer funded jobs would go only to citizens and legal immigrants.

Howard-
Thank you. Loved the article. I left New Orleans, after 5 wonderful years, when Katrina hit. I would like nothing more than to see NOLA get a chunk of the stimulus.
One small quibble: "Krewes", not "Crewes".

Re. Gregg quiting:: The Republicans should be worried about 2010 (and 2012) but not because of the census, rather because of the elections and the public recognizing them for what they are. Lets call a spade a spade. It should be obvious to everyone that Gregg gave in to strong pressure exerted by the Republican Party, the same kind of aggressive pressure that became apparent as being put on the three Republican Senators who voted for the stimulus package. It would be naive to think that Gregg wasn't aware of the stimulus plan before or that he wasn't now being pressured to back the Republican position, which is simply to fault and block all Obama efforts, to be obstructionists and to stop any Obama success that would be creditable to the Democrats. Hopefully the people will recognize it for what it is and that it represents a Republican total disregard for the best interests of the country and the American people. Again, as they have consistently and arrogantly done over the last eight years the Republicans now demonstrate their total focus on their own agenda without any regard for the cost to the rest of us. Hopefully Obama will now recognize that the Republicans are incapable of any real bipartisanship or even any responsible and conscientious behavior. Disgusting!

Senator Gregg is a class act. while he has discussed the Stimulus package and could do his part of the job of initiating it, he had come to the conclusion that he didn't want to be involved. He said he believed that President Obama would benefit the Nation as president. One can only wonder how he can stand to be in the same room with the Southern Republican senators who goal it is to assure the Failure of our financial system.

Senator Greg had lobbied Harry reid for a position in the Obama white House and has now backed out citing differences on the Stimulus package. While i like greg a lot, I wonder what he didn't know about the package. Maybe he just wanted out and this was an easy way to do it. Anyway, I still like him