Plenty of Schock, Very Little Awe at Mandatory Obama Signage
Calling the stimulus signs “the height of narcissism,” Rep. Aaron Schock, Republican congressman from Obama’s old stomping grounds of Illinois, is preparing to bring the battle over the stimulus signs to the floor of the House this week. “The constituents in my district look at those signs and see tens of millions of their hard-earned taxpayer dollars being spent, no jobs created, and hardly any infrastructure,” Schock said. “I’ve already had several emails and phone calls on my personal phone from friends back home that are upset about it and say, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’”
Last week, PJM reported that Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to to Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, demanding an investigation into the cost of the signs and what he termed the violation of anti-propaganda laws.
Schock likewise regards the signs as propaganda.
“I think if put to the test the American people would overwhelmingly reject tens of millions of dollars of their money being spent on promotional propaganda,” he said. “If that’s an argument the president and his administration want to get in then that’s one I’m willing to have.”
According to a story in the Peoria Journal Star, an Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman said the signs are optional.
Schock says that assertion is false. He obtained the official documents outlining the use of the stimulus logo and the regulations regarding the signs, which he has provided to PJM.
Schock is correct. The official EPA document on stimulus reporting does indeed say in section V:
Signage –V. ARRA
Logo Recipient shall display the ARRA logo in a manner that informs the public that the Project is an ARRA investment.
Additionally, the White House’s own document on the use of the ARRA logo, which PJM also has, states:
Projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will bear a newly-designed emblem. The emblem is a symbol of President Obama’s commitment to the American People to invest their tax dollars wisely to put Americans back to work.
Schock takes particular umbrage with that section.
“It actually says requiring you to use this logo will show the American people President Obama’s commitment to wisely investing their taxpayer money,” Schock said. “That’s like the biggest oxymoron I’ve ever heard. Next it’ll be Barack Obama funded your teacher and Barack Obama funded your bridge.”
Schock noted the ability to fund projects does not belong to the White House.
“The power of the purse belongs to Congress; this is actually Nancy Pelosi and her bunch,” Schock said. “But, OK, if the president wants to take credit for it — why just the stimulus funds? If we’re going to have to pay homage to him on stimulus, why aren’t we doing it on everything?”
Schock quips, “Our textbooks ought to say: ‘provided by Barack Obama,’” which at least one textbook printer seemed to come close to doing last year.
The proposal to cut funding for the signs is part of the Republican YouCut program, in which five proposals are posted on the YouCut website each week and the top vote-getter is brought to the House floor in a procedure which forces a vote on whether or not to debate the measure.
At the time of this writing, the proposal to remove funding for signage touting the $787 billion “stimulus package” and to require a report on just how much money has been spent is the top vote-getter on the site.
Shocok said he would introduce a separate bill as well.
PJM reported last month that the cost of the signs could be as much as $192 million or more by the time the funded projects are completed.
“We’re gonna make an easy $20 million cut,” Schock said last Wednesday. It cuts to the heart of the Democrats’ message that “there are no easy cuts.”
“They always trot out the children or suggest you’re gonna put people at some kind of disadvantage if you make cuts in government,” he said. “This is a glaring example of abuse of taxpayer trust that they would blow this kind of money on self-promoting propaganda.”
Schock said he was incensed over the cost of the signs and what they imply.
“Signs over $10,000 a piece?” he asked. “This after the president spent all that time promoting the stimulus as job-creating infrastructure investment? Less than eight percent of this bill actually went to infrastructure, and then of that tens of millions of dollars getting wasted on signs.”
Dear Pajamas Media,
If I use the word “barack”, as in “what a crock of barack”… is that foul language?
Maybe so, so I shall not use that word in my comment.
Ok, as I see it, That’s a huge crock of bARRAck! This is the stuff of N.Korea, NOT the United States of America! Misdemeanors, as in “High Crimes and”, is surely exceeded by O’BHO-Zo & Co.
We the People of these United States, need to pull the life-support power plug on this so_full_of_himself traveling Bolognia & Salami (BS) salesman, et al, ASAP!
Granted, Congress and Speaker Pelosi may be principally responsible for the various boondoggles that are going to be “fully funded” under ARRA, but I’m quite sure they’re entirely happy to let The One take the credit now.
That way, when the majority of them turn out to be replays of Boston’s Big Dig or Alaska’s Bridge to Nowhere, they can also avoid the blame.
clear ether
eon
we have one of these signs near my house in Ga. It’s for connecting two sections of sidewalk. The new section will be about a 1000ft long. I saw another one to install street lights on an empty section of road. I wonder how much does this stuff cost? Could there not be better things to spend it on?
It drives me insane everytime I see one. I told my children it was propaganda. I’m glad someone else as noticed too.
Mary, are you being overgrazed by taxes. If you had fifty percent or more of your tax bill to spend as you saw fit that would go a long way toward solving the spending problem. We can’t support this tax system except by having less for ourselves so we should beware of the political promises. No different than con men promises.
I think they make for good target practice you know as a substitute for those that voted for and thought this stupidity up in the first place. If anyone has any pictures of these sign painted over or stoned or shot all to pieces it would be nice to see that!
Steve,
In Lombard Illinois, in suburban Chicago, one of those stupid signs was covered with graffiti! Lombard is upscale and has one of the highest amount of church’s per square mile in its downtown area I have ever seen, so i would not blame this on street gangs. The logo looks way too much like the Dear leaders 2008 campaign signs and so has become a way for people to register their disgust (and guilt-this reliably Republican area voted for Obama two years ago). The sign is on the corner of route 53 and St.Charles road if any of my still sane fellow Illinoians want to take a digital picture
I remarked to my wife just yesterday, how much the logo, looked like propaganda.
Another thing i noticed. I have seen these signs in other local towns, but NEVER anybody actually around doing this wonderful stimulus work.
In my town the sign went up a year ago near a road but nothing has followed. We should be lucky his face wasn’t on them.
You mean like all the portraits of him all over the White House? Don’t worry his time is very limited after November and especially in January of next year he’ll have to be doing too much testifying (or invoking the 5th amendment to the U.S.Constitution, which he would rather did not exist) before Congress and perhaps actually be impeached with no benefits or Secret Service protection!
Pipe dreams…nice, but pipe dreams.
ALSO!!!
Pipe dreams…nice, but pipe dreams non the less.
Seems Obama and his gang were closer to “Blago” than thought… Don’t worry it will be like the DOJ and the panthers…swept under the rug…
The signs are petty and I resent seeing them..they are a waste of time and money..
While I oppose the signs on principle, assuming they are made by non-governmental employees and by small businesses near to the associated project, then at least conceptually they are driving some small amount of money into the local economy and may in fact be the most productive expenditure of the entire ARRA project being funded. Of course if they are being made by companies directed by the federal government (and which the act does not seem to require) then that is another matter altogether.
In point of fact, most states have their own sign shops in-house. So the signs aren’t even creating a couple of jobs here and there.
They’re just a waste of money.
Patrick
Erroneous thinking Otto. When you have surplus cash you usually have that cash working. Checking account, the bank can loan the money. Stocks help finance job producing businesses or maybe you start your own business requiring help. These government induced jobs are like the broken window. It needs to be replaced at the expense of the owner and does not add to his profit. Had he used the money to by stock that was in demand and sold to satisfied customers he would have reaped increase from that expenditure. We do have maintenance but it is always an expense that comes out of our increase. Government tax paid and induced jobs are always an expense on the private sector so they should be discouraged.
I suspect next that we wll see giant portraits of Obama on billboards and walls nationwide. He indeed has the mentality of a Mao, Sadam Hussein, or a Kim Jong Il.
comparing an elected American present to mass murderers defeats any moral authority you may have and is an insult to Americans and all those victims of those tyrants
Wow, you’ve got to love this Modern Liberal Fortune Cookie Moralizing.
Crack! What does yours say?
Keep up the Stein Way, and you’ll be right up there with The So Serious Modern Liberal Random Serious Thought Generator.
May we compare Obama to Peron and Chavez then, teacher?
Mr Lucky
I was recently on a trip to Armenia and had the pleasure of meeting a German diplomat staying at my bed and breakfast . We had a long discussion about many issues including the Holocaust. I mentioned to her a an article i comparing the rise of Obama to the rise of Hitler. She suggested the the author was mentally ill. You might want to take that for face value next time you compare an elected US president to Hitler. I did not lie it when the compared Bush to Hitler and I don’t lie it when they do the same to Obama. It is an attack on the presidency as well as the individual occupying the office.
it is also an insult to the victims of tyranny.
“I did not lie it”…
Yes, that is quite an example of a gaf where in what is uttered is really the truth though you will say it is a mistake.
Comparing American Presidents to genocidal monsters is the new normal, thanks to our lefty buddies. Shoe… meet other foot.
Your point taken (sort of) but your’re still missing the MAIN point:
The CULT OF PERSONALITY which Obama DID ride into the nomination and eventually the Presidency IS similar to the adoration other leaders (yes, even Hitler) received in their rise to power.
You are simply blinded if you don’t see the similarities with the campaign logos, “office of the President-elect” emblems, HOPE posters, and now these stupid ARRA logos. It’s the SAME tactics used by narcissitic leaders since the time of the first printing press and even before that with “portrait” painters
And it simply is NOT what Americans want from their leaders…though it worked on enough Americans this past election. It won’t work again, as these signs are just the latest example.
In order to successfully run for president, every candidate has to have a element of narcissism
A presidential candidate is also supposed to love the United States and uphold the rule of law by respecting the Constitution. Obama? Not so much . . .
True statement but in MOST former Presidents there was some restraint, and some humility.
An element? Just one? I’d say a periodic chart full of elements. And our current Narcissist-in-Chief is filled to the brim with elements of it.
you might just want to study your history
Yes, and history shows us the most successful Presidents were NOT narcissists at heart…or at the least they did a good job of hiding it.
This President seems not to even know what the word means…
yes, Nixon never saw himself above anyone else when he obstructed justice and challenged a Supreme Court decision on releasing the tapes that sunk his administration
Nixon was more paranoid than narcissistic. But if you lefties want to compare Obama with Nixon, please go right ahead. I think he is a combination of Nixon and Carter with a splash of McGovern left wing lunacy.
Mr. Brodhead, you had it right the first time, as in “what a crock of barack.”
This administration’s incessant elevation of Obama to this wise, benevolent deity who showers his subjects with blessings is simply cover for a hustler who shoplifts an item from our store, then wraps it with a tag saying “From, Obama” and gives it back as a “gift”, for which we’re supposed to “oooh” and “ahhh” upon receipt.
Rep. Schock,
Respectively, Obama’s has displayed his narcissism FAR sooner than this indiscretion at the expense of the taxpayer.
-The silly ‘Seal of the President Elect’ sign. hahahaha
- The ‘I won’ response to Republicans concerns of the stimulus bill’s direction and tax credits going to illegal aliens.
- Obama telling Republican Senator/Doctor Coburn health insurance rates won’t increase at the healthcare ‘summit’. Lo and behold, Obama found out they WOULD increase. Yet he didn’t apologize or motion to Coburn for his mistake. What a guy!
- The gift for England’s Queen Elizabeth – An Ipod with his teleprompted speeches. Woooowwww.
- ACCEPTS the Nobel following his 11 days as President (crickets chirping) instead of giving this honor to the Allied Forces soldiers in the M E. Is later given credit for he’d written ‘some of the acceptance speech’ – !
- Considers himself an athlete. Though playing only high school ball at a private Hawaiian school. Hmph.
-Touts his ‘intellectual prowess’ though his speaking off the cuff is downright disastrous (‘Unemployment is at 9.6% At least it’s not at 12, 13 or 15%’. Yeah, this guy screams ‘confidence, poise’.).
On and on. It’s all the more disappointing considering their (Dems) boasting of the ‘..most transparent, bipartisan administration’ and ‘..lessening the deficit by 50% by 2013..’ nonsense. Then again, he’s a politician.
A legend in his own mind..
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“…Touts his ‘intellectual prowess’ though his speaking off the cuff is downright disastrous…” **** You forgot all of his “eh-eh-eh”s, “la-la-la-look”s, “aaaaaaaannndd”s, “uh-uh-uh”s, etc….
As opposed to a president who sent hundreds of thousands of troops into iraq based on a lie? 4000 American lives lost based on a lie and all you can complain about is a few signs that do not cost lives.
Do you have any connection with the truth David?
If Bush sent troops to Iraq on a lie, then it was a lie told by Clinton, British Intelligence, French Intelligence, the UN (liberal’s government of choice), Russian Intelligence, and virtually every other Intelligence agency on Earth.
Go troll somewhere else David, and come back when you live on planet reality.
Patrick
Remember now, no complaints about the government unless they rise to the level of a congressionally approved war. Further, in view of the lie routine, and the fact that the approval was bi-partisan, that would indicate that Mr. Bush ran circles around and duped many prominent super moral super intelligent Modern Liberal Workers For the People.
yes Mr Lucky, the congress has to approve a declaration of war. Juts wondering where the WMDs were. The US armed forces dd not even try and search them out. Juts and FYI, I was also fooled by the deception and favored invasion. Then I remembered the mess I served in while in the IDF during the 1982 invasion of fractured Lebanon
“The US armed forces did not even try and search them out.”
Citation, please.
/sarc
..there, FIFY..
The over 1000 cease fire violations were not lies but acts of war.
The 4000 + lives lost by our troops is very sad indeed. However, how many have died (combined)in one year, in our “peaceful” cities here in America?
If the war bothers you, that is acceptable, but look first to raise the peace flag in your own country.
Gentleperson Stein: am I correct in believing that your age and your IQ are the same number? Why is it that the liberal mind automatically assumes the same level of stupidity in those around them as it manages internally on its own?
One of my favorite philosophical questions to muse internally upon as I wander through my days is whether dumb people realize they’re dumb, or if they just assume that everyone else sees life through the same idiotic lens as they do. Increasingly, watching liberals such as Stein, I’m convince that stupid people do *not* realize they are stupid because it’s impossible for them to wrap their minds around an alternative. So that Mr. Stein functions basically at the same level on a daily basis as I do when I have a very bad cold with total sinus congestion.
It’s frustrating dealing with him and his ilk. It used to be amusing and easy enough to ignore, but that’s before the majority of these creatures banded together enough to elect our current President, whereupon the entire government we function under started behaving like it has a very bad cold with sweats and fatigue and body aches, and an intelligence totally thwarted by plugged-up phlegm.
And they still can’t look in the mirror and see the dumbness there being reflected back at them.
I agree with you that comparing Obama to dictators is as moronic and childish as comparing GWB to Hitler. But there are always stupid people like that–like the 6% (at least 6 million) who thought the US ought not to declare war after Pearl Harbor. The people who think we ought to have sat out WWII. But I differ on Iraq: there was no “lie” used in sending people to Iraq. IIt was a sound stategic call based on violations on UN resoluions and our patience to oust a war prone, homicidal dictator and protect the region from further attacks. If it succeeds in establishing a democracy able to last amidst the collection of dictators there, it may prove to have been one of the most far-sighted moves in the last 100 years.
“As opposed to a president who sent hundreds of thousands of troops into iraq based on a lie?”
That’s where you lost any credibility with me. I don’t know who you are. I don’t read the comments enough to be familiar with many of the posters here, but I was almost willing to give you that one when you first implied that others here were comparing Obama to genocidal dictators. But after thinking about it only briefly I came to the realization that that’s not what anyone here was doing. They were pointing out a similarity in tactics – namely, self propaganda – between them. Count how many “I’s”, “me’s” and “my’s” he uses everytme he speaks.
Is Obama a genocidal dictator? No. Is he employing some of the tactics and exhibiting some of the behavior they have in the past? Yes. Are Congress, the media and several govermental departments swimming in lackies willing to promote him to some kind of sainthood status? Why yes. And Obama believes he’s extra, ultra special for the fawning adoration by useful idiots.
Take it for what it’s worth and I don’t know where it will lead, but that’s the truth.
I’m surprised the obama logo isn’t required to be included.
I have a novel idea. Instead of using taxpayer money to fund propaganda signs, how about sending out ‘stimulus’ checks to families who have lost their income due to horrific gov’t spending, which in turn castrated the private sector, particularly those who were forced to close their small businesses due to gov’t malfeasance?
Sending checks costs too much money. Much better to let the American tax payers not pay taxes for six months/one year whatever. This would directly benefit the people most likely to stimulate the economy.
We have probably all known ,certainly in our adolescence, some kid who was such a weasel that he always claimed credit for everything. ” I did that ” or “that was my idea” or some such hollow claim.
This sign posting is a logical extension of the insecure babbling of a pathetic child who is pretending that he is the source of our blessings and to him we owe our appreciative allegiance, (ie worship)
What a hopeless ,laughable creep he must be.
Mr. Stein @ 7: While a candidate for President certainly needs to have some confidence, maybe even a large ego, but that is not the same thing as narcissism.
When GWB lands on the aircraft carrier claiming “mission accomplished”, what do we call it?
I called it stupid then, and I call it stupid now David, it’s called intellectual honesty.
Patrick
Much like the argument for entering Iraq. Was it that intellectual dishonesty or an honest mistake?
I don’t consider Iraq a mistake. I consider it good strategy.
The major issue with fighting terrorists is much like the problem with exterminating the cockroaches they so resemble, getting at them.
By invading Iraq we caused the terrorists to concentrate in one place where we could easily get at them. Stratfor.com some few years back noted that by doing this and causing Al Qaeda to mass there we managed to effectively destroy them as an effective global organization. (To forestall your howl David, note I did NOT say they were there before we got to Iraq, or that hitting Al Qaeda was a reason for invading Iraq, but then, neither did Bush the younger say that.)
We call “SOP”. We call it that because that is what happens when a ship returns to port after a mission. Mission /= war.
Well, since that particular mission had been accomplished, perhaps we could call it “thanking our troops.” Since Bush, unlike Clinton or Obama, loved and respected our troops, and they knew it, his acknowledging their courage and hard work was probably uplifting to them, doncha think?
Rumsfield loved out troops so much that he sent them in without the needed body armor. Asa former soldier, I resented his arrogant response to those allegations. Bush Sr was quited as saying that he would never had gone into Iraq without an exit plan. His son obviously did not heed those wise words
I agree with a lot of what you say but Rumsfeld is hardly at fault for the military’s failure to have body armour when it was needed– any more than FDR was responsible for our inferior torpedoes, tanks, initially inferior fighters, etc in WWII.
Actually, a lot of the “inferior body armor” stories were driven by the Dragon Skin folks, who were pissed off that their body armor wasn’t chosen in a competitive process. However, Dragon Skin actually failed in several tests, plus had severe quality control issues and didn’t deal with the heat in Iraq well. Here’s a DoD buzz story, and at least at this instant, the Wikipedia entry looks decent.
Shortly after the brouhaha of that event, the background of it was published. It was ship personnel who prepared and displayed that sign. It was not GW’s staff. It was ship personnel. The photo that resulted from it became useful for those who already hated him for other reasons.
“When GWB lands on the aircraft carrier claiming “mission accomplished”, what do we call it?”
We call it a statement of abject fact because that particular carrier’s mission was indeed accomplished. It was in no way a statement reflecting the status of the entire Iraq War effort.
But considering the lengths lefties go in an attempt to discredit anything remotely GWB-related, I’m not at all surprised at the way it’s been distorted.
As I see it, militarily the mission was accomplished but politically we jerked the rug out from under the military victory and invoked the Vietnam no win policy to govern the victory and are still dedicated to that policy. The problem is political, not military.
Actually it was a “Mission Accomplished” for that particular ship and it was the ships idea to increase morale and not George Bush’s idea. Plus George Bush actually took control of a Navy aircraft on approach to the ship you are talking about, Obama can only ride on an aircraft as a passenger not a pilot or commander. Yes in fact the ship did conduct it’s mission (a war is several individual missions, and they accomplished the one they were assigned in the early parts of that conflict) as did other parts of our military.
Obama can’t even throw a baseball I truly believe even Hillary Clinton would at least get the ball over the plate and with a better throw than Obama (One Big Ass Mistake America)!
MMM, I’ve stood beneath quite a few “mission accomplished” banners. They have all been for those there at that ceremony, and not for the war. Note it said mission, and not war. Course you not having been there and not having done that, you don’t have that point of reference.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6116297-503544.html?tag=
There is hope Obewan. We The People have caught on and this November we will finally get the CHANGE we were promised.
Instead of his picture why not one of a real life version of the democratic parties mascot walking away, a real jackass instead of a metaphorical one.
When I was a young man in Florida we elected a Republican Govenor for the first time named Claud Kirk. One of the first things he did was to put his photo on all state licenses that had to displayed. That meant that you could not just add the date sticker to it, you had to replace it each year. All because he wanted his picture posted in every elevator, gas station, restroom and beerhall in Florida. Obama will do the same thing soon.
One minor thing – Aaron Schock is actually from the Peoria area, which is a couple hundred miles from Chicago. His story is quite fascinating if you have time to check it out.
Obviously we need a decal sign or quick stencil logo to layer on top of this. WE THE PEOPLE do not tolerate tyranny and that’s what this Obama-branding is all about.
This one is more apt, methinks. Keyword search “wreckovery.gov” & you’ll find it.
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/17/the-11-senate-republicans-who-voted-for-the15-billion-porkulus-ii-jobs-bill/
The road construction is funded by tax on fuel. Koolaid drinkers think all good comes from Obama.
Sheesh… I see this kind of stuff all the time in Mexico. Everytime they build a pedestrian bridge there is a huge sign celebrating how the government works
The first time I see one I’m removing it.
Please post the size wrench or bit I need to remove the screws so I can help in this!
The “Mission Accomplished” sign was not prepared by White House staff members. It was prepared and displayed by ship personnel. The resulting photo became useful for those who already hated GW for other reasons. This information was published in a brief article some time after the initial event.
How close are we to seeing a cult of personality of the likes of “1984?” It appears that according to some, this administration can do no wrong and that all criticism is “racism.” At some point success or failure is proof of the effectiveness of actions. Right now, with overseas media labeling us as being in a depression, it would seem that throwing money over limiting spending is not a viable solution. Spending money during an economic crisis for political intent is not just careless, it is selfish and at some leve in so much as it deprives many of those millions, evil.
What is this cult of personality? How can it be compatible with the rule of law. “It is written” as used in the Bible means unchanging. The law, like our mathematical formulas, is designed to solve problems. When we follow personality we are subject to personal opinion.
On recent business trips to both Chicago, IL and Columbus, OH, the sign are everywhere but no workers were ever seen and no work in progress was evident. Both areas clearly suffer from high unemployment rates. Are these items of propoganda to stave off (in the short term) the the wrath of taxpayers? If so…another obvious example of “Stupidity in the White House”.
REplacing Bush’s war mantra of “shock & awe”, is Obama’s new slogan, “Schlock & Awe”.
I am totally awed by his dreadful performance and determined attempts to paint reality as something other than the schlock it is. Iraqi’s should be grateful that all that happened to them was a few bombs and some very bad guys being waterboarded. What’s happening to all Americans is a slower but equally deadly torture-to-the-death by our government suffocating everything 51% of us hold dear.
More and more I sound as rabid about That Person as my ex-liberal friends used to sound about poor Dubya. And yes, I do miss him yet.
Every time I see one of those signs I can feel my blood pressure start to rise.
Who else but our Dearest Leader gives us our daily bread? I propose a few hundreds of millions to our unemployed artists to paint our Dearest Leader on our buildings, and our unemployed sculptors to put our Dearest Leader on horseback. It must be specified, however, none of that money should go to the Chinese or the Iraqi artists even though they have more experiences in doing those things.
It’s interesting how things turn. (Liberal) politicians were probably appreciative of the signs when they first went up, but now that the value of the stimulus is being shown in a negative light, these signs are like an advertisement for government failure.
I took pictures of the ARRA signs near my house and posted them a while back (even before it was cool to bash them) – http://banyanconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/12/real-recipient-of-economic-stimulus.html – and I pointed out that orange traffic barrel rental shops might make a good investment…
Robert Gibbs Is Asked About Obama’s Connecticut Social Security Number
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Aahw3NT6E
Obama’s Social Security Number(s) – Jerome Corsi on the Jeff Kuhner Show – 5/18/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRt64dO0opE&playnext_from=TL&videos=40nsx4e7eKM
Hey what do you expect from someone who gave his convention speech in front of styrofoam columns? What an inflated sense of self-worth Obama has. We honest taxpayers are not worthy to be on his planet apparently. Michelle said she had never been proud of this country until he won the nomination. Really appreciated her scolding email this weekend about supporting the troops. Where was she and her Husband several years ago? They’re a couple of Phonies. They just want their name on the sign but none of the hard work to earn it.
But just like a subprime borrower can liar-loan his way into the big White House, it’s what happens after the closing that matters. And on this front Obama has been a complete failure. The worst President of my lifetime. His legacy will for foreclosed on and short-saled before he is done.
The stimulus is a failure and thanks Barry and Michelle for the trillion dollar tax bill we’ll be paying to the Chinese for your stimulus for the next 30 years. But hey you got your name on a sign. I guess that’s all that matters to Obama.
It is very clear that his policies are prolonging the recession. People are less willing to commit Capital and create jobs with the uncertainty of someone who doesn’t Lead but votes “Present” on everything.
Here in Chicago we are used to having the Mayor put a sign on everything that moves but it’s disgusting that Obama has taken this corruption nation-wide.
Just remember he’s just another larcenous Chicago hack
When I was in the U.S. Navy when you went into the “head” our term for the restroom there were $hit jokes and also the a$$hole of the month year or decade taken from “Hustler” magazine I think Obama should make a$$hole of the 21st century and be plastered in every restroom in the United States!
Smith, There is a marked difference between the Iraq war and Pearl Harbor, Iraq had not attack US forces at the moment. There was time to assess and evaluate troop readiness. In WW 2 we were thrust into the war as a result of Pearl Harbor
The “Cult of Personality is all you are going on? Wow, you really came up empty there. No capital buildings mysteriously blowing up or cries of eliminating the public enemy for within? Come back to me when yo have read about Fascism.
Well David my lovely little troll, you did a find job of derailing the conversation in here, which I have little doubt was your intent all along.
However, even if we stipulate for the sake of argument that GWB was the manifestation of evil on earth the very avatar of Satan, you still have not managed even once to stick to the topic. You have not shown how these signs, which are a colossal waste of money we do not have are in anyway justifiable, or not the propaganda the critics are claiming.
So, sir, I defy you to defend them, logically, without once deflecting or indulging your Bush Derangement Syndrome.
The ball, sir, is in your court.
Patrick
Cut the signs as soon as we can. In the meantime, hang them on the posts upside down. there isn’t an ordinance that says they have to hang it right side up, is there?
The American people will get the joke and understand the commentary without difficulty.
What DO we have to do to get this buffoon impeached (along with his ENTIRE administration)?!?!?
The next one of those signed I see is going to get a red circle and diagonal spray down.
Punk,
Obama was elected by a clear majority, deal with it. You have 2012 to vote against him. Perhaps you should rephrase your question, like ” what do we have to overthrow this buffoon” Get back to me when you can figure out what is an impeachable offense.
Another example of the imperialist, top down attitude of the crowd of cultural élitists infesting DC. Like so many parts of the Constitution, they just ignore the part about power resting on and springing from the people.
Hey Barry, that’s our money you’re tossing down the drain in service to your narcissism.
Great website you link, “YouCut”. Eric Cantor is a very knowledgeable and trustworthy guy.
I will be voting early & often
If a car salesman picked out a car for you, confiscated funds from your checking account (or your childeren’s or grandchildren’s as the case may be) to pay for the car without your consent, and then charged you extra to put a sign on the car letting you know that you just bought the car from him, would you use that car dealer again? Yeah, me neither, but this is a logical way to do business according to Big Government.
The only one in this region went up a few days after the slush fund was passed on a section of interstate which has had absolutely NO WORK whatsoever on it. Of course, this interstate is near Asheville, NC which has been invaded by a smelly pack of far-left nuts who have turned a beautiful city into a dirty sewer of drugged out homeless bums and leftist kids who shack up a dozen to a room in the downtown projects along the usual increases in crime, drug use and anti-social behavior.
The city is in a suicidal descent as businesses are driven away to be replaced by hemp shops and assorted low-end leftist shops who are so superior that they reject the profit model.
This is just a technique typical of big city mayors who put their names on everything from letterhead to buses to parks to garbage cans. Then if you vote him out it costs millions to remove his name from everything.
Actually, removing the signs would be better for Obama’s image than putting them up, because, at least in my state, the signs are almost always placed on stretches of road where there’s no evidence of any work being done.
These signs are not only too expensive they are not truthful. They should read “This (pick your own word) (mine is; boondoggle), is brought to you by YOUR Grandchilds Grandchild, who will be paying for this Barak Obama Led, Democratic Congress Mandated POS.”
It shouldn’t cost anymore and would at least be true.
Sheer hubris.
Teh One and his peeps really do believe that the country (and world) revolves around Little Barry Soetero.
‘Tis indeed a grotesque and inexcusable waste of OUR money.
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During Carter’s admin, the Gov’t created a program to give money to communities to restore historic homes, spruce up downtown properties, etc. Our small community in Michigan’s upper peninsula received the money and a sign went up with the words “your tax dollars at work!” posted at the edge of a neighborhood of old historic homes, owned by private citizens. These were not depressed homes by any means and were located a block off or right on the shore of Lake Michigan. Work began with the free money (grants) and the rest of community were enraged. The sign came down within a week. It was hard to see Dr. and his wife get free money while the rest of the population were dealing with 20-29% interest rates. Just take em down and say “hell no”.
Message to Aaron, I am sure you failed to also point out the logic behind forging the sign with foreign made steel,being exported in English language sign from a foreign manufacture, and the use of illegal migrant workers to place them throughout IL Hwy’s. Hey Arron – Focus on a problem… not creating one!