Boehner on the stimulus: “Oh. My. God.”
posted at 5:30 pm on January 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Breitbart. Not as memorable as his assessment of the amnesty bill, but more than equal to the task.
They’re going to take their sweet time with deliberations, Hoyer assures us, but I’m not so sure that’s a good thing. The longer this drags on, the more ornaments get put on the tree. Exit quotation: “This product may undershoot the mark.”
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Don’t forget his assessment of TARP.
Michelle on January 15, 2009 at 5:33 PM
One man stands alone…………
…………… behind at least 52 million Americans that want this madness to end!
Call/e-mail/fax your Congress………. END THE BAILOUT!!!
Seven Percent Solution on January 15, 2009 at 5:34 PM
“Oh. My. God.”
A sentiment shared by many.
I guess libs will just be saying:
“Oh. My.”
after they lose jobs, homes
& life savings.
It will take a total beyond depression
meltdown before the liberals “get it”.
If you know a trade, mechanic, carpenter,
plumber – you might make it.
If you are a financial person you had
better get busy leaning how to do
something.
Journalists? You are dead meat.
Politicians? You will be the meat.
izoneguy on January 15, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Good for Boehner. It about time that somebody (anybody) decided that enough was enough. These idiots are going to finishing bankrupting the country.
duff65 on January 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM
It’s like there is a fire, but instead of hosing it down with water, Congress is throwing our money on it.
Scranton on January 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM
A little late. I wish he would have said that about the first bailout when the majority of the country was against it and then dug in his heels. He missed his chance to the hero.
Done That on January 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Shouldn’t that be “oh my Obama”?
Stop the madness. As long as the U.S. government is giving out free money, then why work for it?
Hog Wild on January 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM
It may seem funny to some, but this, along with the bailout, is the death of our country. We are destroying our children’s future.
You think we can just borrow two trillion (and counting) dollars?
People are going to be in for quite a shock…
blue13326 on January 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Any Republican who votes for this should be hanged in public.
Mark1971 on January 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Wait, wait, wait!
Don’t we have to have this? Right? This keeps the polar icecaps from melting!
Spirit of 1776 on January 15, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Please remember, if they say $1 trillion, it can’t be that much, that is what they need for the “bail out” congress sucks 20%, 30% choose your %, so anything they pass, will end up (it always does) much greater. You have to add admin costs.
They need a whole group of people to account for the money, they just have one guy writing checks…
right2bright on January 15, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Les in NC on January 15, 2009 at 5:43 PM
so guys that were perfectly ok kicking the surplus to the curb, then creating the largest deficit in history are all of a sudden shocked by spending proposals? gimme a break.
this really is rich
ernesto on January 15, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Hell, they can’t even tell us where the money has gone, because they don’t know, other than in general categories. No oversight of any kind. Low hanging fruit for those so inclined, which is 99%.
a capella on January 15, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Amanda Carpenter has a link to the pdf of the proposed spending and a partial list posted over at Townhall. There’s more liberal wishlist pork in it than anything that will actually help the economy. I wouldn’t mind some spending to build nuclear power plants or shore up and replenish our defense capabilities but not all the fat they have larded it up with.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 5:47 PM
You’re right. They’re hypocrites. But at least they have a voice inside them that tells them there’s something wrong with out-of-control spending, even if they choose to ignore that voice. Liberals don’t even have that voice.
jimmy the notable on January 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM
ernesto on January 15, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Quite the circus, I agree.
It will be fun to see the liberal reaction when Obarfy sends 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan or fails to enact universal health care or or or or…
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM
This is nothing but a social welfare program. Free higher education so they (the socialist) can continue their indoctrination.
Rovin on January 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Versus the current crew who are happy to announce deficits more than twice as large “for the foreseeable future”.
Oh, I see. It’s just a “spending proposal”. That makes it sound much more normal. Who could be against a little spending?
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 5:51 PM
-$6 billion to weatherize “modest income homes.”
-$6 billion to provide internet in “underserved” areas
-$6 billion for “higher education modernization.”
-$20 billion in health information technology to “prevent medial mistakes.”
-$20 billion to increase food stamp funding
-$87 billion to provide a “temporary” increase in Medicaid funding
-$300 million to provide rebates for people who purchase Energy Star products
-$600 million for the federal government to buy brand new energy efficient cars
-$400 million for state and local governments to buy brand new energy efficient cars
-$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs
-$350 million to research using energy efficient technology on military bases
-$300 million for grants and loans to state and local governments for projects that reduce diesel emissions, “benefiting public health and reducing global warming”
-$500 million for energy efficient manufacturing demonstration projects.
-$400 million to build major research facilities “that perform cutting edge science”
-$1.5 billion for expanding “good jobs in biomedical research”
-$400 million “to put more scientists to work doing climate change research”
-$600 million for satellite development and acquisitions, including climate sensors and climate modeling.
-$250 million “to address long-term economic distress in urban industrial cores and rural areas distributed based on need and ability to create jobs and attract private investment.”
-$650 million to continue the coupon program to enable American households to convert from analog television transmission to digital transmission.
-$300 million for the National Wildlife Refuges and National Fish Hatcheries
-$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
-$400 million for “ready-to-go habitat restoration projects”
-$2 billion to provide child care services for an additional 300,000 children in low-income families while their parents go to work.
-$120 million to provide subsidized community service jobs to an additional 24,000 low-income older Americans
-$1.5 billion to help local communities build and rehabilitate low-income housing using green technologies.
-$500 million to rehabilitate and improve energy efficiency at some of the over 42,000 housing units maintained by Native American housing programs
-$10 million for “rural, high-need areas to undertake projects using sustainable and energy-efficient building and rehabilitation practices”
goat on January 15, 2009 at 5:51 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH F@#K
thomasaur on January 15, 2009 at 5:54 PM
I don’t see any infrastructure, defense or nuclear power plants in there do you. WTF, its welfare increases, National Endowment for the Arts, WTF,WTF?!?
goat on January 15, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Heh. Thanks, goat.
Stimulus? I’d like to hear what they claim they’re stimulating, other than liberal egos.
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Our children will never be able to repay this. We are destroying the future of this country for a few shiny baubles today.
Jaibones on January 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
- Groucho
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM
They are stealing everything. Stealing our money, our kids’ money, everything – and giving it to whoever they like or whatever pet project they want.
It’s the crime of the century, and the century is only a few years old.
Alana on January 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Nationwide tax strike, anyone?
Any other suggestions for stopping the madness?
Cody1991 on January 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Government is the answer.
Firebird on January 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Forget repayment. The end of the dollar is written all over this next Legistlature/Executive. They’ll add some enviro-nut regulations to deliver the final blow. We’ve got a couple of years, probably.
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM
It has a name.
The Mother of All Pork.
….. stimulus my arse
fogw on January 15, 2009 at 6:04 PM
It’s Nancy (and presumably Harry, too) telling Obama who runs this town. It will be interesting to see if he caves in on his first big effort or he tells them to write the bill he wanted, with the tax cuts that he wanted. I can’t see him vetoing a stimulus bill, regardless of what’s in it.
Wethal on January 15, 2009 at 6:05 PM
–$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs
–$1.5 billion to help local communities build and rehabilitate low-income housing using green technologies.
–$400 million “to put more scientists to work doing climate change research”
WTF is wrong with these effing MORONS? 2.4 billion for demonstration programs? WWWW TTTTT FFFFFFFFF!!!!
Ok….who wants to help me refurbish the old defensive works on Bunker Hill? We are probably going to need them soon.
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:05 PM
We’ve got a couple of years, probably.
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM
In the meantime, what? Dig, hoard, relocate to the wilderness, all of the above?
Man, this looks really really bad.
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Let any fiscal prudence left go down low
You didn’t want to know about the bill
Let’s spend for shiny baubles today, the bill may never come due
Let’s spend, spend, spend for shiny baubles, the bill may never come due
But you just can’t tell anymore
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:08 PM
This is all about frivolous, ‘finger-painting’ projects that do nothing, absolutely nothing to solve the problems we have.
All “congress”, aka thieves and prostitutes are doing is buying votes with our money.
I have no faith in our government. None.
Cody1991 on January 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Pass this stimulus and we’ll wake up and find out that the entire Northeast Coast of the US belongs to China.
baxtrice on January 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Good grief. I should have guessed it. Boehner is consistently whining and complaining. Has anyone ever heard anything substantive from this guy? A solution?
I honestly would like for anybody to let me know want Congressman has ever done. Seriously. I’m open-minded.
sandman on January 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
- Thomas Jefferson
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Exactly all this will stimulate is green socialism
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM
-$2 billion to provide child care services for an additional 300,000 children in low-income families while their parents go to work.
-$120 million to provide subsidized community service jobs to an additional 24,000 low-income older Americans
You can have this, the rest is not needed. Especially spending money for cars.
GM should be giving them to us for FREE.
izoneguy on January 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Blue states….hum. Here, take NM, it belongs to Mexico anyway.
HornetSting on January 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM
$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs
I’d like someone to explain wtf this even means.
tru2tx on January 15, 2009 at 6:14 PM
“Pass this stimulus and we’ll wake up and find out that the entire Northeast Coast of the US belongs to China.”
We should sell Kalifornia to the Chinese and sell Vermont to Canada.
izoneguy on January 15, 2009 at 6:14 PM
The thermometer is going lower, more than it went higher before.
Time there was warmth and plenty, but that cup will soon runneth no more.
Though we could not caution all, we still might warn a few:
Dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
Ship of fools on a cold cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from we.
It was later than we thought, when we first might have believed you,
Now we cannot share your delusions, ship of fools.
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM
This is so amazingly over the top my jaw hurts from dropping.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:16 PM
and I had to pick my eyeballs up off the floor.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I will buy Georgia and Alabama for a good price. Rubles only.
PootyPoot on January 15, 2009 at 6:18 PM
The full press summary is here in pdf.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Great minds, Izone.
HornetSting on January 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Elections do have consequences…………
……….. don’t they?
Seven Percent Solution on January 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Do you have the lyrics to “Bitter Tears”?
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM
No doubt aimed at silencing the growing number of skeptics of anthropogenic climate change. Have to fund lots of research so they can say, “The weight of authority..”
Wethal on January 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM
—$1.5 billion for expanding “good jobs in biomedical research
WTF is a “good” job?
Can we just call this the WTF thread?
Gawd almighty, I feel like I’m reading the British casualty list from the battle of the Somme; I can’t believe the numbers.
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:22 PM
And,he’s not even in effin office yet!
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Yes We Can
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:26 PM
What will 4 years do to us?
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I don’t know. I think the chaos would reach pretty much everywhere, except for places way, way, way out.
I wonder if there are any contingency plans for the case of a totally obliterated dollar. I got the feeling, when Paulson talked about being “500 trades from Armageddon”, that we have nothing of the sort in the works.
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Republicans SHOULD vote against this, all of them. Because its good to defecit spend for a pointless war in Iraq but a bad idea to defecit spend for Americans. Is there any wonder Democrats have an overwhelming majority in both houses.
DeathToMediaHacks on January 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM
There seems to be beaucoup different versions when I “google” “bitter tears lyrics”.
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The welfare state.
Johan Klaus on January 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Did anyone notice not a $0.10 for our Southern border……….
………. or did I miss that one?
Seven Percent Solution on January 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Maybe Boehner wants the deal sweetened a bit. Like when the Republicans needed that additional $150 billion to pass the TARP bill. Which was predicated on Pelosi being too partisan.
Alan on January 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Account for the money? Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha…….
Johan Klaus on January 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM
lolol. That’s the good thing about HA, someone can always make you laugh, even when the country is going up in smoke. thanks.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM
that’s even funnier!
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:33 PM
$10 million for “rural, high-need areas to undertake projects using sustainable and energy-efficient building and rehabilitation practices”
Another one I would appreciate defining. Rural? High-need areas? What does this mean? Farms? Criminy.
tru2tx on January 15, 2009 at 6:34 PM
The point was security. It was made obvious because all of the left were afraid to open their mouths from after 9/11 until Saddam was yanked out of that spiderhole. With the end of Saddam, the left felt safe enough, once again, to continue on with their seditionist rhetoric (orders of magnitude worse than before, to make up for the time).
This waste bill is for POLITICIANS, not Americans.
Because most of their voters thought that the GOP still controlled Congress. Libs always count on stupidity. They’re lucky that their educational programs have been very effective in creating lots of it. Good work, sh!theads.
progressoverpeace on January 15, 2009 at 6:34 PM
The southern border? That is what half of these welfare payments are for.
Johan Klaus on January 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM
A squirt of starter fluid ought to be sufficient…no need to flood the engine….
unclesmrgol on January 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.
- Wernher Von Braun
MB4 on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
This bomb hit HA shortly after the post about the plane hitting the Hudson. Only everyone survived that ordeal (thank God). I hope there’s a rescue plan for us should this fail.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
………… by all means, take responsibility for this.
Thank you…….
Seven Percent Solution on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
C’mon people when do we revolt when do we march?!
Mercy4Me on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Looking through the PDF there are a handful of decent projects but the vast bulk of it pure greasy pork for liberal interest groups and pet projects.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Half!!! Where’s me and Maria and our 10 ninos other half?
NoBordersJose on January 15, 2009 at 6:38 PM
And I heard on the radio that people applying for that free converter kit to make their old TVs useful again…guess what? The fund went belly up. They ran out of money before tv even converts to digital. Not to worry, more millions are on the way. That’s a useful project that will put people to work.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:39 PM
You know………..
…….. scince my children’s children are going to have to pay for all of this,
Where do I sign up for the cash?
Seven Percent Solution on January 15, 2009 at 6:41 PM
C’mon people when do we revolt when do we march?!
Mercy4Me on January 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM
If you can shoot and don’t mind gutting deer and fish, you can have a place in my bunker when the end comes. It’s in northern Minnesota, so bring cold weather gear.
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:41 PM
What?
the_nile on January 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
You make the assumption that only Democrats determined this past election. Many fiscal conservatives voted with their feet without a stand-up presidential candidate to move them to the polls. Not many were very happy with the way Republicans handled the leadership of Congress and, for that, those guys are out. However, rather than learning from those mistakes, the new Democrat Congress is only going to compound the problem. True fiscal conservatives see that and reject it. The actions of the present Congress will not be saved by liberal votes in 2 years, because fiscal conservatism spans the political spectrum…save for the rabid liberal wing.
genso on January 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
It’s unfortunate, but this country has fallen into the hands of despots, thieves & liars.
The only way to hope for any kind of future is some kind of very serious revolution/revolt.
Dorvillian on January 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I wasn’t born to walk on water
I wasn’t born to sack and slaughter
But on my soul, I wasn’t born
To stoop and knuckle under
A man can learn to steal some thunder
A man can learn to work some wonder
And when the guantlet’s down,
It’s time to rise and climb the sky
And soon the moon will smoulder
And the winds will drive
Yes, a man grows older but his soul remains alive
All those tremulous stars still glitter
And I will survive!
Let my heart grow colder and as bitter as a falcon in the dive
There was a dream, a dying ember
There was a dream, I don’t remember
But I will resurrect that dream
Though rivers stream and hills grow steeper
For here in hell where life gets cheaper
Oh, here in hell the blood runs deeper
And when the final duel is near
I’ll lift my spear and fly
Piercing into the sky and higher
And the strong will thrive
Yes, the weak will cower while the fittest will survive
If we wait for the darkest hour
Till we spring alive
Then with claws of fire, we devour like a falcon in the dive
PercyB on January 15, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Is there any wonder Democrats have an overwhelming majority in both houses.
DeathToMediaHacks on January 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The same reasons Hitler became so popular?
Bishop on January 15, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I just can’t care anymore. It might be the cold medicine talking, but I’m seriously just numb on the inside after reading the list posted above. Sensory overload, denial, I’m not sure what it is anymore, but my brain is shutting down.
I’ve always been proud to be an American, and have tried my hardest to instill that pride into my children. I’m not so sure I feel the same way anymore. And that hurts.
Anna on January 15, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Think it will do any good? 70% of Americans didn’t want the first bailout. I forget how many didn’t want to help the automakers but it was a majority. Now this. Who can stop it? I’ll march.
scalleywag on January 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
You know what’s even richer? Screaming bloody murder about record deficits then creating deficts five times bigger.
Chuck Schick on January 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
The list I posted above is a short list, there are ten or so pages of the crap spending.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I agree with what you said, save what I have highlighted.
This was their plan all along.
turfmann on January 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Theyre still deficit spending in Iraq, and adding another trillion or two on top of it.
Chuck Schick on January 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Frank Burns: Let’s do something! Anything!!!
Hawkeye: I agree with Frank, let’s do anything.
PackerBronco on January 15, 2009 at 6:51 PM
I know the gutter and I know the stink of the street
For not many years will I press through this festering heat
All those royalties who would tower above me
Those who would give me the smack of their rod
We will give them the gutter
We will give them the judgement of God!
Vengeance victorious
These will be glorious days
We will gather bloody buquets!
Now gaze on our goddess of justice
With her shimmering, glimmering blade
As she kisses these traitors she sings them a last serenade
Sing, swing
Savour the sting
As she severs them, Madame Guillotine
Slice, come paradise
They’ll be smitten with Madame Guillotine
PercyB on January 15, 2009 at 6:52 PM
The list I posted above is a short list, there are ten or so pages of the crap spending.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM
genso on January 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Don’t get me started on digital tv. I live out in the country. If an analog signal is weak, I’ll get a static-y picture, but it’s still viewable. If a digital signal is weak, you can’t see a darn thing except pixaleated mess. So on top of the converter box, I’ll also need a roof antennae to have decent reception.
Thanks (anti-pro)gress
PackerBronco on January 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Much more than a Crap Sandwich.\
More like a Craploaf.
Or a Crap Buffet.
Greg Toombs on January 15, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Crap-stuffed turd. Served with a side of steaming…..
genso on January 15, 2009 at 6:58 PM
The socialist democrat jackanapes are always runnin’ round in some disguise
When they’ll finally bankrupt us, the devil only knows
It’s unfortunate to note their boondoggle spending just grows and grows
PercyB on January 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Obama’s first year deficit will be more than the entire budget was for Bush’s first year.
goat on January 15, 2009 at 7:02 PM
A bunch of pigs feeding at the trough. This is a disgrace and the madness MUST stop.
ANY STINKIN REPUBLICAN THAT VOTES FOR THIS NIGHTMARE WILL NOT BE RE-ELECTED.
stenwin77 on January 15, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Not many were very happy with the way Republicans handled the leadership of Congress and, for that, those guys are out. However, rather than learning from those mistakes, the new Democrat Congress is only going to compound the problem. True fiscal conservatives see that and reject it. The actions of the present Congress will not be saved by liberal votes in 2 years, because fiscal conservatism spans the political spectrum…save for the rabid liberal wing.
genso on January 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
+1 I am more furious with Republicans who blew it. They completely screwed up and handed us this mess. It is staggering beyond comprehension.
The Dems have seized the opportunity to put their disastrous policies into play. And they will. And IF Americans have the wits in the future to change them it will take many, many years.
The Dems are cunning. By the time anyone tries to alter the damage that is done it will take a monumental effort because the entitlement mindset will have been taken to the levels of true European socialism. Look to the UK. Look to the EU. That’s where we’re going.
We see that no matter how we vote and no matter what the polls say our politicians do as they choose. Amnesty for illegals is one good example. Bailouts? Forget it. Congress will spend your money as they see fit and tax you into your grave.
Welcome to the United Socialist State of America. Pelosi, Reid and Obama only ask that you shut up and pay. And if you don’t, it doesn’t matter because no one is paying attention. Just get back to work and pay your taxes.
Cody1991 on January 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
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