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Rep. Obey's Son Gets Stimulus Perk
Environmental Republican ^
| 1/29/09
| Scott
Posted on 01/29/2009 8:50:36 AM PST by sswenviron
I think the thing the shocks me more than anything about the chutzpah of the Democrats is that the American people are so ignorant. Poll after poll has shown an utter contempt for the Pelosi/Reid-led Congress yet we as voters allowed this farce to play out. Those who have been paying attention are appalled that we are allowing the same leadership that got us into this mess to attempt to spend our way out of it and spend on ridiculous, non-stimulative things.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhoethics; bhostimulus; congress; democrats; house; obama; obey; obeyobama; onrush; pelosi; pork
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We are now stuck with a bill that would have made Ronald Reagan puke.
To: sswenviron
"Rep. Obey's Son Gets Stimulus Perk PORK"
There, fixed that headline for ya.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:52:17 AM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: sswenviron
The House approved fiscal armageddon yesterday and once the Senate joins in (and increases the size) we’ll set ourselves on the road to economic collapse like we have never even considered. Expect inflation to rocket up worse than the inept Jimmy Carter could manage and the unemployment rate to increase with every passing month.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:53:44 AM PST
by
jessduntno
(Barack - Kenyan for "High Wind, Big Thunder, No Rain")
To: pillut48
To: sswenviron
Isn’t Obey the one who got caught in the corridor having a temper tantrum with a constituent not too long ago? I think it was on youtube.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:55:26 AM PST
by
youturn
(Ping me when he's gone.)
To: sswenviron
We are now stuck with a bill that would have made Ronald Reagan puke. It never would have been conceived of in his time.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:55:33 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(this is disney world and obama is mickey mouse.)
To: pillut48
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:55:46 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(this is disney world and obama is mickey mouse.)
To: pillut48
I’ve got it figured out! Filling this country with pork everywhere must be The One’s big plan for keeping the terrorists from messin’ with us.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:56:29 AM PST
by
BBT
To: Paleo Conservative
LOL!!
Send this to Congress-
and tell them after what they did to us last night, they owe us dinner and a movie
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:58:37 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: sswenviron
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:04:58 AM PST
by
444Flyer
(Don't beLIEve Obama..................................................Repent Herod!)
To: sswenviron
If conservatives instead of “republicans” had been elected over the last ten years none of this would be happening. Now I’m afraid it’s too late to do anything to save this republic.
I don’t know why but for some reason the liberals hate this country and want to see it destroyed. I understand Obama wanting it destroyed. He’s a muslim. But Pelosi? Reid? A Catholic and a Mormon?
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:06:26 AM PST
by
Terry Mross
(I Hate All Politicians, Republicans Included.)
To: silverleaf
Still looking for my gas credit card and where to mail my mortgage statement to get it paid /sarc
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:06:43 AM PST
by
Foolsgold
("We live in the greatest country in the world and I am going to change it" Barry O'boomarang 2008)
To: sswenviron
From the article,
A top House Republican is demanding an investigation into whether the more than $2 billion for national parks in the House stimulus package is proper in light of the fact that the chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association is the son of House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey.
NPCA is a major player in advocating for national parks funding, and its senior vice president for government affairs is Craig Obey, son of the Wisconsin Democrat who has long been his party's top Appropriations Committee member.
The money included in the stimulus bill that passed Mr. Obey's committee - $2.25 billion - was about equal to the National Park Service's total yearly budget, and would be a staggering increase and almost three times the $802 million that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved for park spending in its stimulus bill.
Keep after them, Republicans. Expose the lobbying perks for family members.
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:17:14 AM PST
by
Girlene
To: jessduntno
Expect inflation to rocket up worse than the inept Jimmy Carter could manage and the unemployment rate to increase with every passing month. What makes you think that this is not the intended outcome. The only way to get the vast majority of mortgages right side up is to create inflation. Once inflation hits hard, the people already committed to mortgages will be head and shoulders ahead of the rest. After inflation induced wage increase kick in, your monthly mortgage payment will seem like a car loan, compared to the cost of living.
To: silverleaf; Paleo Conservative; pillut48; sswenviron
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:29:01 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join the Constitution Party)
To: Go Gordon
Yeah, but our retirement savings - 401ks are destroyed. Pure stocks should be ok if the companies survive.
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:30:39 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join the Constitution Party)
To: Girlene
PORK PARK PERK ALERT!!!
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:51:57 AM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: sswenviron
Wow, I can’t believe how shortsighted you guys are. Just 2 minutes of research and I find that the National Park Service is very underfunded and has a maintenance backlog of about $8 billion. If I do my math correctly, this isn’t enough to cover all the funds they need, especially considering George W. promised to cover the $3 billion backlog they had a few years back. I’m no economist or anything, but don’t maintenance projects contribute to the economy by creating jobs? And God forbid we do anything to help the environment in the meanwhile. So what if his son benefits off this; doesn’t it do good in the broader view?
To: FreeAtlanta
Yeah, but our retirement savings - 401ks are destroyed. The status of your 401(k) is of no concern to politicians. They are only interested in the NOW. Kick all the other cans down the road for others to deal with.
To: libertyforall22
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:01:11 AM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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