Comments on: Video: The self-promotion stimulus

By: The Homeless Leavin’ on a Jet Plane: One-Way Ticket Out of NYC to Save City Money « Frugal Café Blog Zone

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:59:24 +0000

[...] of dollars and White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Stimulus fizzle has Democrats worried and Big banks saying no to California IOUs and Rasmussen [...]

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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:53:21 +0000

[...] of dollars and White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Rasmussen “passion index” down to -8 Frugal Café Blog Zone: Obama, Tell Me Lies… [...]

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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:59:09 +0000

[...] presser and White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Obama: We must never compromise our cherished values, unless it’s really important and [...]

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:17:49 +0000

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:27:46 +0000

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:35 +0000

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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:13:37 +0000

[...] posts: Hot Air: Obama on stimulus: It’s worked great! and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Stimulus fizzle has Democrats worried and Big banks saying no to California IOUs and Rasmussen [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama’s WaPo essay extols Porkulus, offers zero solutions

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:20:08 +0000

[...] project” such as normal road construction, although much of that has gone into self-promotional road signs intended to show off Obama’s neat-o Recovery.gov logo and act as roadside campaign [...]

By: UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST

UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:56:00 +0000

This is just like the ginormous signs that go up in calumet township every year to show the names of the lake county commisioners and the township trustee that are “responsible” for this project. It is tremdously silly, and the signs are sometime bigger than the project being completed.It’s just like ghetto polotics, and if the US is becoming one , here’s ur sign.

By: Tax Dollars Down the Dumper for Turtles: $3.4 Million of Stimulus Money Slotted for Building 1 Turtle Tunnel « Frugal Café Blog Zone

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:42:12 +0000

[...] posts: Hot Air: Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: The self-promotion stimulus and Stimulus fizzle has Democrats worried and Big banks saying no to California IOUs and Rasmussen [...]

By: Logic

Logic — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:14:27 +0000

It’s only a matter of time before everyone who still has a job will be required to wear some kind of “Obama Saved My Job” sign.

By: landlines

landlines — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:54:00 +0000

By the way, has anyone else noticed that all government signs are based on the theory that:

1. Liars can’t write

2. But all stupid people can read

By: landlines

landlines — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:50:46 +0000

The logo pictured seems to show a plant and some stars poised to clog some gears.

Seems appropriate.

By: MarkT

MarkT — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:21:17 +0000

Resurfacing is reskinning the same worn out structural bones. It does nothing to fix actual crumbling infrastructure.

By: bluelightbrigade

bluelightbrigade — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:47:02 +0000

This sooooooooooo deserves a Photoshop Contest ala Ace

Somebody!

By: Stimulus Not Creating Jobs? Solution: More Goofy Signs and a New Website! | The Great Illuminator

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:28:37 +0000

[...] spending initiatives? Cut the capital gains tax rate? Nope, the administration is making more self-promotional road signs and revamping the Stimulus website. [...]

By: onlineanalyst

onlineanalyst — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:00:25 +0000

Maybe the next tea parties should be gatherings around these wasteful signs.

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:37:15 +0000

They have one of those “Recovery Act” signs on a stretch of road here in Pittsburgh. A stretch that they just FINISHED, that they have been working on for 2 years, that you know damned well they had the money tucked away for for at least a year before they started on it. Tell me how this was a product of the Porkulus?!?!?! Farging Iceholes

By: RalphyBoy

RalphyBoy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:33:48 +0000

rockmom on July 10, 2009 at 5:26 PM

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The Resistance…

By: onlineanalyst

onlineanalyst — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:54:26 +0000

In the late spring, I saw six PennDOT workers erecting one of those signs. Actually, most of the six were just standing around admiring the handiwork of the two putting up the blight. What a marvelous use of tax dollars and manpower, eh?

By: JellyToast

JellyToast — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:54:16 +0000

There is a little sign in our local park. Have no idea why it is there or for what purpose.

By: texasaggie

texasaggie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:07:44 +0000

That highway sign it extremely disturbing on many levels, but my take is a somewhat different. I have had numerous interactions with highway workers in Texas, and I am also in the homebuilding industry, which means that I am around illegals every day. I do not purport to be an expert on the subject, but I am strongly inclined to believe that many of the workers employed by the highway department subcontractors are illegal. (The DOT subcontracts its work out). I have actually contacted the DOT concerning this matter, for it is our tax dollars that are paying for these workers, and at the very least, people employed (albeit indirectly) by the DOT should have to be legal, and was assured that the owners of these companies did have legal status, but this does not answer the question concerning the legal status of the subcontractors’ employees (this is how subs get around this in the construction industry). They would not discuss this matter with me. As I mentioned, I am in the contruction industry (painting), and have seen my legal employees only business drop dramatically because my company simply cannot “compete” with illegal trades— people that are not even supposed to be in this country— and while we have had to watch our once thriving company dwindle, we must still pay taxes to support social services for them, help educate their children, and now this stimulus money (which we must pay for) is going to pay some of their salaries as well, instead of helping put citizens back to work, which we are told is the intent. —Now let me get this straight – Not even mentioning the impact upon our culture–They are putting me out of work, (along with many Americans), I must pay taxes to support services for them (while they do not pay income taxes), I am paying their salaries(DOT) and now they are going to take stimulus money and created jobs that should be given to citizens, and I am just supposed to accept this. Any idea on how to learn the status of these workers is greatly appreciated. My husband says that we are indeed living in BIZARRO world.

By: beatcanvas

beatcanvas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:54 +0000

http://www.guvsux.com/guvsux_20081027.jpg

By: aero

aero — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:27 +0000

Nother idea for bumper stickers to slap on these signs: “your government borrowed $3000 from China to buy you this sign.”

By: misslizzi

misslizzi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:50:03 +0000

Well, it does put/keep some signmakers in business, though I doubt any of them are new to the government sign business. But I think the reason they're doing the sign thing is because that's how they do it in Europe. Any infrastructure project funded with EU money is clearly labeled, identified, branded. In Ireland, I betcha there's a few big blue signs inching close to the Hill of Tara right now.