Posted on 03/19/2009 11:21:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Biden Begs: No Swimming Pools! Posted by Mark Knoller | Comments
Looking to strike fear and compliance in the hearts of local officials, Vice President Joe Biden warns that if they use money from the economic stimulus fund to build what he regards as the wrong kind of projects, Ill show up in your city and say this was a stupid idea.
No swimming pools! he implored. No tennis courts! he begged. No golf courses! he pleaded. No Frisbee parks! he exhorted.
This cant be government as usual, he told an assemblage of local officials invited to the White House from around the country.
Even if they can promise him that building their projects will create jobs and generate revenue, Biden wants none of it.
The answer is no, no, no! He said its got to pass the smell test.
He urged the officials to think about how their constituents would react if the projects they launched were plastered on the front page of their biggest local newspaper.
If it doesnt automatically make sense, dont do it!
Once the officials get funding for infrastructure, Biden said, they can do what they like with it. But he served notice that if they launch the kind of projects he deems inappropriate, he wont be shy about saying what he thinks.
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Muster zone shelters for illegals seeking day work will be fine.
OOOH BOY! I can get a nice BIIIG grant from them if I can figure out what kind of religious symbol to combine with which bodily excretions to cause the most controversy!
No actually this is a relatively small town cultural arts council. They support a children’s theater and local events like weekend open-air music in the summer, idol-type talent contests, etc etc. They are a good group on a small budget but it still just pained me to here about the rush to grab a piece of the “free money”. I would much prefer to see local businesses and people and state and national arts promoting groups support these effors rather than federal tax dollars.
The pool at the Y offers classes in drown-proofing children.
Yup, Exactly like at least 15 other super ugly state buildings in downtown boston built in the glorious 70’s,
Turning to dust.
What a mess.....
So what will Big brother allow?
“So what will Big brother allow?”
$1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa
$2 million for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii,
$332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas.
$2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York,
$650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi,
$1 million for Mormon cricket control in Utah.
$1.7 million for a honey bee factory in Weslaco, TX
$475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah
$200,000 for a tattoo removal violence outreach program that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past
$300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center
So what will Big brother allow?
$1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa
$2 million for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii,
$332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas.
$2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York,
$650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi,
$1 million for Mormon cricket control in Utah.
$1.7 million for a honey bee factory in Weslaco, TX
$475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah
$200,000 for a tattoo removal violence outreach program that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past
$300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center
As my daughter is a swimmer, I’d rather have the POOL :(
I think most would!!! (or frisbee park,etc.) You know, things that might keep youth out of trouble, promote family time, serve general public :(
Here in California, our stimulus share will extend foster care until age 21. I think I’d rather have the pool also :)
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