[GeronL]

wow.

typical I am sure

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Liz Oxhorn, Recovery Act Press Secretary

Ms Oxhorn's life experience allows her to reach better conclusions Mr. Tapper, a white male.

[Cementjungle]

The $27 million is the total amount given by the stimulus act to the Washington DC Housing Authority, the vast majority of which hasn't been spent.

Correction: the money's probably gone, but no one knows what happened to it.

[utahagen]

Jake Tapper has been courageous — that’s not too strong a word — in simply reporting what is really going on in politics today. (Yes, I know reporters are supposed to report what’s going on, but few do these days.)

[April Lexington]

I have this sinking feeling that, in true Chicago style, most of this stimulus money will disappear into the pockets of people connected to government. The numbers are not adding up. Nobody seems to be able to find the bulk of the stimulus money in the economy. Where is ti going???

[mattdono]

“Just words. Just speeches.”
-Barack Obama

[keepitreal]

Michaelson said that installation of the solar panels necessitated 330 total man hours: 202 man hours for plumbers and helpers, 40 man hours for electricians, 50 man hours for welders, 30 man hours for superintendents, and eight man hours for a crane operator. Installationg of the rainwater harvesting system necessitated 80 man hours of work.

Wow when she says it like that it sounds like a lot of people working, but it ain't.

202 man hours for plumbers and helpers - one whole week of work for 5 plumbers

40 man hours for electricians - one whole week of work for one electrician

50 man hours for welders - one week and one day for one welder

30 man hours for superintendants - one supervisor got to stand around on the job for almost a whole week

8 man hours for a crane - one day

80 man hours for the rainwater gutter installation - two gutter guys got to work for a week

So in total 10 guys got to work for one week. A tremendous stimulus.

[griswold3]

Recovery? Not likely....
http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601....
Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters

Other economists are more pointed. After falling from 16 percent in the early 1980s, 10-year yields have nowhere to go but up, according to Richard Hoey, the New York-based chief economist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

“The secular bull market in Treasury bonds is over,” Hoey said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “It ran a good 28 years. They’re never going lower. That’s it. It’s over.”

[freekitty]

The money is really going to pay off political cronies and donors. He never intended it to help people or the country.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Obama: putting america to work, one hour at a time.

[CharlesWayneCT]

was not as accurate as it could have been.

It was false. Any accuracy would have made it more accurate than it was.

You'd think at some point the press would become embarrassed by how bad they look not covering this white house.