Obama Holds Stimulus Accountability Summit With State Leaders

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The reason for all of the pork is because Obama's package didn't have enough substance...just like his speeches...ALL TALK! This is why state respresentatives, congress and senators, for a large majority, had to put earmarks into the stimulus package. This is not an excuse...its true.
You show me where any of Obama's speeches, outlined or detailed anything he planned to do, for the American people, while in office, and I'll eat your hat! Change and we can do this??? Change what and how, we can do this...do what and how? Obama never once gave any details or examples of his plans and yet got his self elected. Talk about the American people being snowed! And I must say...he's not that eloquent a speaker either, with him using the uhmms, in his speeches, as every other word.
Obama is also a loose cannon...making his press secretary run around like a chicken with his head cut off...trying to come up with the facts, to back up what Obama has blurted out in public and in press conferences. Poor guy. And having a president recant statements...is not good, folks. Obama doesn't even know to have his facts first before you speak! And this is the guy who is suppose to get our country's economy, back on track? Please.
Like I stated before, I've thought about it, read a gillion comments of American people, and I came up with my own economic plan, for a fast, effective means of a across the board economic recovery plan. I even went so far as sending a copy to the president, not that he'll take any of my advice. But it was a shot, anyhow. I don't care about being in politics and I'm not in politics but I do care about America's future and her people.

lindilu ashbury of NH 11:08AM March 13, 2009

Spending, $84 million for the creation of an oversight board headed by former Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney, who helped uncover the Jack Abramoff scandal. But the states, which are receiving roughly $200 billion of stimulus funds for their various programs.
I personally think that spending $84 million dollars for the mere creation of a board, to oversee the stimulus money, is a little extreme. This report didn't tell us as to how many board memebers or their names, will be used or needed, to form the board, either.
Ya know, I just cannot see Obama's stimulus package working for our future. I do see it hurting and damaging more Americans than it helps. This stimulus package...is a waste of our tax dollars.
Even I know how to produce jobs...across the board, reducing taxes, getting all workers of America, insurance coverage, for those who want it, and how to get our country in the green for a cleaner future without our current utility companies raising their rates. I got a plan and its a lot better than what Obama ever thought about, and I might add that it doesn't include the removal of gang related tattoos, either!
Obama is a joke. Impeach him before he deepens and hurts the economy and the American people, even worse!

lindilu ashbury of NH 10:43AM March 13, 2009

The news media chooses not to report on President Obama's Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, that gets to tell the RAT Board what actions it can take to prevent fraud, waste and abuse. This panel gets to "accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property" (SEE Recovery Act, Div A, Title XV, Accountability and Transparency, Sect 1543). So, the taxpayer is going to hear only about the fraud and abuse that the Panel chooses to tell us about. This 5 member panel will be getting a great salary, gifts (bribes?) galore and kudos for all the great work they are doing to rescue the taxpayers' money from the hands of evildoers.

Jan of VA 6:34PM March 12, 2009

Reality, Bush, Cheney, THE REPUBLICANS and company has done worst with the earmarks.
They manage to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars to Oil Company, Defense Contractors, Right Wing Evangelical Christian Extremist, Blackwater, and KKK/Hate Groups.
Stop listening to made up Right Wing Limbaugh Propaganda, lies from Fox News and Conservative Internet Forums.

Conservative Reality of TN 1:11PM March 12, 2009

AMERICA IS CONDEMMING THE CHARACTER OF BERNIE MADOFF FOR STEALING $50 BILLION FROM INVESTORS. AT LEAST HE HAS THE "CHARACTER" TO PLEAD GUILTY! WHEN IS NANCY PELOSI AND HER PUPPETS/CRONIES GOING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND PLEAD GUILTY TO STEALING $787 BILLION FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS?

VERNE of FL 12:05PM March 12, 2009

Why all of the meetings, face to face, wasting more tax dollars on expenditures? Has Washington not heard of conference calls, IM or email? All of this running around our country, is costing more tax dollars, unnecessarily!

lindilu ashbury of NH 11:23AM March 12, 2009

Sit down and shut up . This is transparent administration business.

Old Mo of NM 11:20AM March 12, 2009

just another show so he can pander to the mass of sheep in America that walk around without a clue.
How about cleaning up your own house Mr. President
Rep. John P. Murtha’s share of the earmark pie $75 million in the $410 billion spending bill passed this week. But now allegations are arising that a research center has been used by the Pennsylvania Democrat to funnel money to defense contractors that have richly rewarded his campaign coffers
Nancy Pelosi has been treating the United States Air Force as her personal airline, blocking out multiple flights, issuing last minute cancellations after planes and crew are prepped and ready, and expressing outrage when the military aircraft weren’t available.
More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys.
Need I go on?
Change we can Believe in - what a joke.
The Great Obamanation

Larry of CA 11:08AM March 12, 2009

There are stipulations attached to the stimulus money that each state is receiving. Would you please address those, so taxpayers will understand how it will effect them in the future?

slake of PA 10:24AM March 12, 2009