Scamming the Public

**Ken** · 11-19-2009, 02:02 PM

For those of us who opposed EVERY SINGLE DIME appropriated for corporate bailouts and the so called "stimulus plan" this comes as no surprise. None at all. It was a "Pork Festival" from the very start.

Still, the people who have authorized many of these projects should be in prison.

http://www.boston.com/business/artic...o_aid_economy/

**Rick** · 11-19-2009, 02:08 PM

Those don't bother quite as bad as some others I've read about. But I agree, ill conceived and executed worse.

**Pal334** · 11-19-2009, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

For those of us who opposed EVERY SINGLE DIME appropriated for corporate bailouts and the so called "stimulus plan" this comes as no surprise. None at all. It was a "Pork Festival" from the very start.

Still, the people who have authorized many of these projects should be in prison.

http://www.boston.com/business/artic...o_aid_economy/

OK, "esplain" what you have against studying the deadly pollen in Iceland? You need to have a global view.
Seriously, these people think that we should respect them ,, sighing

**rebel** · 11-19-2009, 02:56 PM

Around here they are going to convert an old rail bed into a bike path with some of the money. It pisses me off! They say it will create jobs. IMO not long term jobs. There is a bridge that has been deemed not safe for trains. These geniuses think if it can't hold a train then it can't hold a bike either. So, for an extra 3 million we get a bike bridge.

**NightShade** · 11-19-2009, 03:22 PM

Hey!... I live near gillette stadium!!... Geesh, do u have any idea what games do to traffic in a 10 mile radius?....

Seriously... A footbridge will create a few construction job.. But for the long-term I only see it lining Kraft's already fat pockets.... Theses wastes of money are sad!... Even sadder is that most people don't even seem to care....

**Ken** · 11-19-2009, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by NightShade

Hey!... I live near gillette stadium!!... Geesh, do u have any idea what games do to traffic in a 10 mile radius?....

Seriously... A footbridge will create a few construction job.. But for the long-term I only see it lining Kraft's already fat pockets.... Theses wastes of money are sad!... Even sadder is that most people don't even seem to care....

That's a great Bass Pro Shop there..........

**2dumb2kwit** · 11-19-2009, 03:26 PM

Just wait until election time, when all the politicians brag about all the federal money they brought home to their state/district, and they get re-elected because of it.

**2dumb2kwit** · 11-19-2009, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

That's a great Bass Pro Shop there..........

Are they not all the same?
I've only been to one.

**NightShade** · 11-19-2009, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

That's a great Bass Pro Shop there..........

Yea... Mrs. Nightshade takes away the debit card if I so much as drive down Rt 1...lol

**Ken** · 11-19-2009, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit

Are they not all the same?
I've only been to one.

Same stuff mostly, but this one has a really neat floor-plan. And the restaurants are different.....

**NightShade** · 11-19-2009, 03:54 PM

My daughter loves the fish tank/ponds!.. She's always. " daddy can we go see the fishys?".... "sure honey!!"

**Ken** · 11-19-2009, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by NightShade

Yea... Mrs. Nightshade takes away the debit card if I so much as drive down Rt 1...lol

Maybe she'll give it to me. For safe keeping, that is.

**NightShade** · 11-19-2009, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

Maybe she'll give it to me. For safe keeping, that is.

LMAO... Yeah then we can rendezvous in the optics section!

**SARKY** · 11-19-2009, 04:48 PM

I have a question and it might be some what political in nature but bear with me. How many of these pork projects have gone to blue areas of their respective states? And how many have SEIU involvement?

**finallyME** · 11-19-2009, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by NightShade

My daughter loves the fish tank/ponds!.. She's always. " daddy can we go see the fishys?".... "sure honey!!"

Or how about "Daddy, can we go see all the stuffed animals?"

**Rick** · 11-19-2009, 05:10 PM

Sarky - It's split up by unemployment rates. I know. I know. All I can tell you is what the criteria is supposed to be. Here's a map that shows the amounts each state was supposed to receive. Just roll your cursor over a state and the amount will display. The map was created in January so I don't what the difference is between what they were supposed to receive and what they actually received.

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/m...c4000255111976

**2dumb2kwit** · 11-19-2009, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by SARKY

How many of these pork projects have gone to blue areas of their respective states? And how many have SEIU involvement?

Originally Posted by Rick

It's split up by unemployment rates.

Tomato...tomoto.

**Camp10** · 11-19-2009, 06:47 PM

The company I work for...well, the company that owns the company that purchased the company I work for (yeah, being global is something)..is using stimulus money to lay people off!! They are taking money to install a automated meter reading system and getting rid of those jobs!