Texas Lawmakers Who Voted Against The Recovery Act Now Beg For Stimulus Funds For NASA
Texas Lawmakers Who Voted Against The Recovery Act Now Beg For Stimulus Funds For NASA
Every single Republican in the House voted against the $819 billion Recovery Act in January. Among the Republican senators who voted against the stimulus were Texas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. Both of them complained that they wanted to see more tax cuts rather than government spending.
But now, both Hutchison and Cornyn are pressuring the Obama administration to give Texas $3 billion in stimulus funds. The co-signers on the letter are a bipartisan group of the Texas delegation in the House, including 19 Republicans, all of whom also voted against the funds for which they’re now begging. The letter was drafted and circulated by GOP Rep. Pete Olson. From the letter:
Therefore, to ensure the U.S. maintains its leadership in human space exploration, we respectfully ask that you include in your promised amended budget request for NASA’s Exploration Systems a request to Congress to reallocate the necessary funds for NASA from the funds that we anticipate will remain available from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). As of last month, less than 15 percent of ARRA funds had been expended.
Since the stated purpose of the stimulus package was to secure good jobs and stabilize our economy, there is no better investment that could be made than the addition of up to $3 billion to NASA in FY2010, and the projection of at least that level of increase, as recommended by your Committee, at a 2.4% rate of inflation in the out-year projections included in the initial FY2010 Request.
Cornyn said that while the stimulus funding “that has already been spent [is] clearly not working, it is my hope that the Administration will use a portion of the remaining, authorized, unspent stimulus dollars to safeguard our nation’s space program.”
Texas isn’t the only state showing this stimulus hypocrisy. Some other examples:
– Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is now criticizing Gov. Tim Kaine (D) for being “slow” to spend the stimulus money allocated for Virginia — even though if Wolf and his Republican colleagues would have had their way, there would be no extra money for the state at all. “We could use that money desperately,” Wolf told reporters. “We’re in a critical situation.”
– Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) also voted against the Recovery Act and has since called it a failure. The stimulus, Grassley told the National Review last week, “is not working.” In June, he had harsher words, saying the stimulus had no positive impact on the economy, “none whatsoever.”
But recently, Grassley announced two grants totaling $399,875 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa and Goodwill Industries of the Heartland through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration program. “These funds will give a hand up to our veterans who have fought bravely and selflessly for our country,” Grassley said. The funds were authorized by the Recovery Act.(UPDATE: These grants were from FY 2009.)
In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) continues to put his ideology over his state’s needs, refusing to listen to state officials’ requests for high-speed rail funding.
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– - Secede, you’ll have a better chance at getting foreign aid. Oh, but the U.S. gets to keep NASA.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:09 amHA HA HA!!! This is too funny. If it were me handing out the stem monies, I’d say kiss a toad! None for you naysayers.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:15 amWhat’s new. These are the same people who fought to destroy Social Security for decades and now are pretending to be its defenders. It’s not like they have any shame or principles.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:16 amIncreased funding for NASA is a good thing.
So is increased federal funding for schools, highways, and general welfare.
Poor Texas GOP. I’m still wondering how the 2003 gerrymandering was LEGAL.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amWe were against it, until we needed it to save our sorry jobs in the next elections, so now we’re for it.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amSince the stated purpose of the stimulus package was to secure good jobs and stabilize our economy, there is no better investment that could be made than the addition of up to $3 billion to NASA in FY2010
No better investment? I can think of several: auto industry, environmentally friendly factories, supporting small businesses…
I don’t know how much will increasing funding to NASA help, in regards to this stimulus thing. It’s great from a scientific point of view, but I don’t think NASA-related products (which like Tang and Velcro did in their day) will get back to the markets fast enough to help with this economical recovery.
Just my opinion, of course. Feel free to disagree.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amthe truth is a smear? wierd science.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:19 amWell, we just don’t want that stimulus money, until it is OUR state, and then we really, really need it. What hypocrites!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:22 amWhen we finally wake up to the fact that elected officials DON’T work for their constituents, we might be able to engage in meaningful dialogue from either side of the political spectrum.
THEY ARE THE ENEMY, NOT YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR “POLITICAL RIVAL”.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:22 amI say yes to Texas republicans request of stimulus money for NASA,
October 6th, 2009 at 11:24 amon the condition that it is used for one way state public transportation,
into space.
Just like Medicare must be saved because it’s not really a government program. Unless it is and the GOP is in charge and wants to cut “pork.”
http://www.political-buzz.com/
October 6th, 2009 at 11:25 amTypical GOPshite behavior from the repiggie stupidheads…
I really hate that bunch of good-for-nothings.
All they care about is the welfare of the very rich and the corporations.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:27 amThey turned it down in an effort to play politics, now they can suffer the consequences of their actions; now and at the polls next election cycle.
Weren’t they going to secede anyways because they don’t agree with the actions and reach of the federal government?
You reap what you sow.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:27 amFred: “the truth is a smear? wierd science.”
Well, the truth does have a well-known liberal bias.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:28 amWell NASA should get the money, but it should also be noted that they had nothing to do with NASA getting there money. I mean there should be no way these people get any credit at all none nada zip etc…
October 6th, 2009 at 11:30 amBobby Jindal has forgotten the adage from the late Tip O’Neill… “All politics is local.”
If he won’t take care of his local district, state, etc., how can he be expected to work hard for the country.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:31 amAmazing that a bunch of truck driving obese bbq-gut igmoes in Tejas can build a rocket.
Pleese send us 2 bilion dollers. We want to built a rockit.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:33 amThey want to leave the Union and many Americans want them out as well.
Kick them out. Bunch of fascist rednecks anyway.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:34 amLet them eat cake.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:35 amRick Perry, the original Texas Hair Queen, and his last stand:
US activists turn spotlight on executed innocent man
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed on February 17, 2004 after being found guilty of starting the blaze that killed his three daughters in his home Corsicana, Texas, in 1991. Thanks to the work of investigative journalists and human rights activists, we now know that he was innocent of the crime for which he was put to death.
And, as American abolitionists have been saying loud and clear, the death penalty does not allow any form of reparation for Willingham’s wrongful punishment.
On September 7, 2009, the New Yorker magazine published an in-depth article on the case by journalist David Grann. Quoting three separate reports by respected fire experts, it showed that all the evidence used to support the arson accusation was flawed.
LINK
October 6th, 2009 at 11:35 amCrazy Legs says:
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Wow, tp is really getting desperate to smear!
Yes. Because fixing crumbling infrastructures while creating jobs doing so are terrible things.
Why do you hate America?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:35 amNote to the Republic of Texas:
Secede.
Then STFU.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am@ 2. Crazy Legs says: Wow, tp is really getting desperate to smear! October 6th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Gosh, CL, I suppose it is a little too obvious when we point out the hypocrisy semi-publicly. We ought to just let the Republipimps continue their self-smearing efforts without comment.
What is it that you don’t get about the hypocrisy and contradiction involved in pissing and moaning all over the MSM about the sin and horror of the stimulus and then turning around an asking for a piece of it?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:37 amHey trolls, lets make a deal….
You get to secede Texas and move there and we get to bomb you to oblivion…. Deal?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:38 amThe repugs can afford to be hypocrites. The mindless masses who support them hear only what they want hear when listening to the faux network.
Lord knows the legitimate news organizations will NOT call out their hypocrisy.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:40 amSpeaking of hypocrisy and repiggie lying, FoxNews is now claiming that Obama,
the man they have repeatedly castigated as being behind the move to “socialize” medicine in this nation, has always been opposed to the Public Option.
FoxNews needs to sort out its lies, and make sure that, at the very least, its lies have some sort of consistency.
FoxNews and the repiggies are one and the same, lying their butts off about everything, with no accountability whatsoever.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:41 amMove NASA, these people don’t deserve to have it.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:42 amTexas wont go anywhere until Oklahoma stops sucking like that is ever gonna happen or something
October 6th, 2009 at 11:42 amWolf is a putz.
The guy is trying to push to widen 66 inside the beltway when he should be figuring out how to get all his commuters onto public transportation and off of the highways.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:42 amTexan White Wing congresscritters should be put on Mars or Jupiter.
They sure as hell don’t care about our Earth or our Country.
Cornyn, Hutchinson, you can call home anytime you want from Mars, but remember…cell phone coverage is a bit spotty…
October 6th, 2009 at 11:44 amI still feel that any politician (republican or democrat) that votes a particular way on a bill, should not reap any benefits for their state or constituency from that bill. This will actually force a politician to vote for the benefit of their constituents, instead of political points. The people will actually be inspired to hold their “representative” accountable for how they vote. That is real democracy.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:47 amSo according to these 21 Republicans, thanks to the Democrats and the Obama administration the United States have the opportunity to ensure US leadership in human space exploration while securing good jobs and stabilizing the economy.
And yet they all voted against the stimulus. How did Hutchison and Cornyn plan to increase funding to NASA with tax-cuts?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:48 amOn second thought, let’s make a deal. After all that’s what politics is all about, right?
Here’s the deal, AFTER Hutchinson AND Cornyn BOTH vote FOR the public option version of universal healthcare, Texas will get a generous portion of stimulus money for NASA!
Win-win, no?!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:50 amAlright TP, you seem to be playing a bit of a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” game here. A few days ago you did a piece on Jindal not filing his state’s request for stimulus funds to build a high-speed rail project, and now you’re doing one on Hutchison and Cornyn for submitting a letter requesting stimulus funds for NASA projects in Texas.
I realize we’ve got ‘em over a barrel here, but sheesh, pick an end first.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:52 amHeh. Why does that new hypocrisy on the part of those stupid GooPers from Texass not surprise me in the least?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:52 amSo what exactly do these whiners think NASA is going to do with a one-time $3 billion influsion? Maybe it’ll give Orion a boost, maybe fund one more Shuttle mission, but without reliable budget increases for the following years I don’t see them being able to do much good with it.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:53 amGreat ammo for the Dems if the Dems can get organized in Texas
October 6th, 2009 at 11:53 amGreat. The funds can be released after the Dems Health Care reform packages become law and each of these Texans makes a speech on the floor telling Texas how sorry they are that they tried to stop Texas from getting the stimulus money.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:57 amI like some of the ideas here. They want 3 billion then vote for real health care reform. That’s the way the game is played.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:59 amSeriously Crazy Legs, where is the smear? What is untrue about the article? Please point out specifics or admit that you’re pulling your accusations out of your corn hole.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:59 amWhat an excellent opportunity to tell Cornyn, Hutchinson and all the other rubes who made such a show of naysaying to go screw themselves.
C’mon, President, say it: “Go screw yourself”. It’s easy and fun.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pmTake it one step further Lark. When they actually dole out funds, they pretend that they found them at the end of a rainbow rather than give the Obama administration any credit. That way, they can continue to pretend that the stimulus isn’t working. And don’t leave out those that have refused to put up signs acknowledging that a project was funded by the stimulus. Hypocrite….thy name is republican.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pmAre they still here I thought they had seceded from the union? It sure is expensive having them around
October 6th, 2009 at 12:08 pmI see conflicting reports on the status of the aerospace economy, all but a few are very positive. This money would also appear to benefit stockholders and the corporate military industry by way of subsidy. Without proper oversight, there would be few of the benefits of this stimulus proposal “trickling down”.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pmMake them come out and publicly beg for it.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pmMake them beg.
NASA operates in states other than Texas. Give the money to those states.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pmRednecks and rockets
October 6th, 2009 at 12:16 pmStrapped on beds of pickup trucks
You know, THAT NASA
I still think that Senators and Representatives salaries, on both the State and Federal levels, should match the median income level of those in their states/districts. They should also be under a constant IRS audit while in office to track any income other than their salaries.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:16 pmMaybe then we’ll get some people concerned with their constituants well being, rather than lining their pockets. I think the U.S. Reps and Senators get their salary for life after leaving office anyway, along with medical coverage. That works out to close to $200,000/year. A person should be able to muddle along on that eh?
I like the idea of making them beg for it. It will humiliate them in front of their constituents who will then have to rethink about the stimulus. Once you plant the seeds of doubt on one issue, it spreads to other issues.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:18 pmSoooo, up front the Repubs do not want the money. However, behind closed doors(no Fox TV) they WANT the money. I say give the money to them but ONLY ON PRIME TIME ON FOX NEWS.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pmTo all Republics now begging for stimulus money:
“SUCK IT!!”
October 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pmDoesn’t NASA depend on, and serve, science?
October 6th, 2009 at 12:28 pmAnd isn’t science the false God of atheists?
Are Texas’s representatives actually in league with Beelzebub in demanding money to fund NASA?
In the immoprtal words of Pam Anderson, tell them that they can “Suck It.”
October 6th, 2009 at 12:29 pmTough CRAP! You tried to score political points, so NOW you tell the idiots who voted for you, you have nothing for them. Payback is a bit*h!
October 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pmGiving them money they voted against is enabling bad behavior. Tell them to find in the Constitution where it says the federal government will fund a space program and they can have it. Or they can wait for the Rapture and that will be enough space for them.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:43 pmGood idea. President Obama can fly to Texas and give them one of those huge checks, like they give to sweepstakes winners.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pmSounds like some people worried about their own jobs.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pmIf Texas seceded, that would make Cornyn & Hucthinson ‘illegal aliens’.
That would also apply if we sent them to Mars.
Either way, they’d have to forfeit their lifetime salaries…
I like where this going.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pmBut now, both Hutchison and Cornyn are pressuring the Obama administration to give Texas $3 billion in stimulus funds.
Fcuk them, did either of these pukes speak up about Perry’s secession crap?
No they did not, so fcuk them. Republican pieces of sh!t.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:50 pmTo hell with Texas. until they send some rational humans to congress they should get nothing. Do they not understand what “representatives” mean? When they vote for idiots to represent them, they are saying they are idiots. Fu(k em.
October 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pmlol nice try “feel progress”. i like how you say “texas” asks for the stimulus money. instead, they are asking to invest left over funds into a (ready for this?) federal agency! which (ready for this?) is not located just in texas.
i’m impressed though. you liberal regressives would make faux news and the neo-conservatives very proud…
“Center for American Progress… America’s first Feel Tank”
I love the comments here though… seriously you people are great. you fall into the category of “i feel, therefore i think…” rather than “i think, therefore i feel…”
its ok though. keep on the course. 2010 is coming… quite reapidly indeed…
October 6th, 2009 at 1:32 pmPrinting dollars like lunatics will crush the USA economy.
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/349687/Dollar-Living-on-Its-Reputation-and-Borrowed-Time?tickers=gld,tlt,tbt,uso,xle,udn,gdx&sec=topStories&pos=8&asset=&ccode=
October 6th, 2009 at 1:45 pm“Texas Lawmakers Who Voted Against The Recovery Act Now Beg For Stimulus Funds For NASA”
Amazing, isn’t it? The state was wanted to secede. Before, Guv. Perry and Katy Confused Hutchison was anti-stimulus money for the state and now the Texas lawmakers are panhandling for the stimulus money. They were against the stimulus money [and voted against the stimulus money] and now they want the stimulus money for NASA. Yet,I hear nothing from the lips of the lawmakers on the use of stimulus money for education, roads, unemployment, small businesses, healthcare, and so on. This is certainly coming back to bite them.
Memo to Texas lawmakers: Be careful what you vote against because it will come back to bite you.
October 6th, 2009 at 1:50 pmHey Rahm, listen up! Here’s a real opportunity for some horse-trading. You’ll get your $3B, senators, if you support a robust public option on healthcare.
October 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pmEverything is big in Texas — hair, hats, egos and hypocrites!
October 6th, 2009 at 1:55 pmNASA may well be a worthy recipient, BUT more urgently needed infrastructure repairs which would bring jobs around the nation; education, training, and other projects — the ones these asshats voted against — should take precedent over the want-to-have, but not need-to-have expenses of NASA.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:01 pmThe hypocrites are only looking to save their own sorry asses.
I can’t believe their chutzpah!
Stiff them, I say!
October 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pmMarie says:
NASA may well be a worthy recipient, BUT more urgently needed infrastructure repairs which would bring jobs around the nation…
NASA is just one item. If you look at the defense budget you will find that the southern states get a lot more bucks in that area. That is why it is virtually impossible to cut defense spending. Both parties are guilty of steering dollars that way. The losers are people in the rest of the country. And it explains why the red states get more money than they pay in for taxes.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:55 pmOh how I wish the Democrats would go in for hte kill, the GOP is ripe for the taking down of permanently but alas too many Democrats are wolves in sheep’s clothing…
October 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pmOh no. Now they’re begging this President for some of “his” money? Money that they voted against! I would not give them a dime. They don’t deserve a penny. They should secede – as promised. Please secede, the quicker the better, you awful losers.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pmTexas and South Carolina need to be taught a lesson. If you’re going to rant and rave about how much you hate the United States of America then you’ll have to get in the back of the line when it comes to government spending.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pmVoters have a short memory except for sound bites and the wingnuts are still winning that battle.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:22 pmHA! Cornyn, Kay Bailey and Perry may as well go sit in the bar at Cornyn’s favorite strip club in and around a church in Houston and cry in their collective spilled milk…
What comes around, goes around…How does that hunk of butt-cheese taste now dopes??
October 6th, 2009 at 3:28 pmtry this one here:
“Ex nasa official guilty of ethics breach”
http://www.blnz.com/news/2009/08/03/Ex-NASA_official_goes_trial_over_8256.html
October 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pmI have another one for you republicans…
“Iraq and afghanistan veterans healthcare being threatened”
http://iava.org/blog/urgent-veterans-healthcare-threatened
check out that one!
for our veterans…somebody hasnt been paying attention!
October 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pmWell, I enjoy a laugh at overt hypocrisy as much as anyone I suppose, and this definitely qualifies. Still, I cannot get the image of Rush Limbaugh and the editorial staff of the Weekly Standard chortling over Chicago’s losing the Olympics to Rio because they wanted to see Obama fail, even if it meant working against their own country. It is a bit like a ball player betting against his own team because he doesn’t like the pitcher – that’s one bad team-mate. So, what I cannot help thinking as I read this story is that, despite the obvious hypocrisy of their current position, putting stimulus money into NASA would actually be a good thing.
They are right to note that we are losing our edge in space. When India can send a satellite to the moon…and we seemingly cannot; when we are depending upon the Russians to put our astronauts into orbit, and we plead with Europeans to give us money to support the International Space Station, we have to acknowledge that we are no longer pre-eminent in that field. And generating more jobs in the tech industries could not be bad for our economy either. So, I’ll just say shame on you Texas legislators for being so late to realize how important this stimulus package would be for the nation as a whole and for your constituents in particular…but I support your efforts now and hope you will never fall prey to putting partisan advantage over national interest again!
October 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pmIt appears to me they where requesting money for a Federal agency. Nasa, or part of it is located in Texas, but is not a state institution. I dont see the hypocracy. They are more or less suggesting if the money isnt spent on something else why not beef up Nasa’s funding.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
While it would be the perfect solution to say, too bad, you said NO to all this, & we respect your initial (though stupid) decision, so you get nothing – NOTHING!! – it’s still important to remember the people who really need this money. On the other hand, these callous Repubs need to be blasted for their negativity, & it needs to be brought up every time one of these idiots wants to be re-elected. They trash their constituents; it’s time to trash them.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:07 pm#79- please stop pasting the same comment on every thread.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:07 pmCould we give the money to NASA with the provision that it be spent outside of Texas ?
I know NASA has a rather big facility in Texas, but just thinking of a win-win scenario.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pmCrazy Legs says:
Wow, tp is really getting desperate to smear!
Crazy Legs is an idiot.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pmMr Duke
No listening to the stupidest people alive which clearly includes YOU would ruin the country. Luckily you MORONS are insignificant.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pmDuke weighs in again MORE STUPID. Awesome
October 6th, 2009 at 4:34 pmchiroptera toasterhead says:
So what exactly do these whiners think NASA is going to do with a one-time $3 billion influsion?
Good point. NASA plans its missions for decades in advance. Sustained funding is far more valuable to them than a one-shot. They’d have to hang on to most of it for years in escrow to get much use out of it. Which is hardly “stimulus spending.”
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Mr.Duke says:
Printing dollars like lunatics will crush the USA economy.
The number of dollars in circulation is determined by the prime rate. The prime rate is controlled by the Fed. Go complain to them, not us.
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follow the money says:
try this one here:
“Ex nasa official guilty of ethics breach”
http://www.blnz.com/news/2009/08/03/Ex-NASA_official_goes_trial_over_8256.html
Wait – according to wingnut logic, that means that NASA is “corrupt from the top down,” like the U.N. or ACORN. Oh no, whatever will we do?
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nedfarrar says:
Well, I enjoy a laugh at overt hypocrisy as much as anyone I suppose, and this definitely qualifies. Still, I cannot get the image of Rush Limbaugh and the editorial staff of the Weekly Standard chortling over Chicago’s losing the Olympics to Rio because they wanted to see Obama fail, even if it meant working against their own country…
You are quite correct, of course. NASA shouldn’t be politicized. We’re just having a bit of fun here.
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Mr.Duke says:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts…
You’re spamming this irrelevancy into multiple threads.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:06 pmMarie says:
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NASA may well be a worthy recipient, BUT more urgently needed infrastructure repairs which would bring jobs around the nation; education, training, and other projects — the ones these asshats voted against — should take precedent over the want-to-have, but not need-to-have expenses of NASA.
NASA is need-to-have. Without NASA we wouldn’t have even 1/2 of our most advanced technology, particularly in the healthcare field.
http://space.about.com/od/toolsequipment/ss/apollospinoffs.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ten-nasa-inventions.htm
And that’s just a few.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pmAnd a few more: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000269.shtml
October 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pmHey, here’s where they could use 3 billion: NASA to Bomb the Moon. Actually, I’m sure there’s some important information to be gained, but still… that’s teh funny.
October 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pmFormer Regulator Rips Geithner: “A Disaster,” Has Been “Wrong About Everything In His Career”
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
And he is a tax evader on top of it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/william-black-geithner-a_n_311448.html
October 6th, 2009 at 8:01 pmEugeneDebs says:
Mr Duke
No listening to the stupidest people alive which clearly includes YOU would ruin the country. Luckily you MORONS are insignificant.
Obviously, you know nothing about economics. Sad and scary. The current economic policy are a disaster in the making. Not that anyone gives a rip about it now. But you will care in the next few years.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:09 pmThese are the idealogical deities who would cheerfully cut off your nose to spite their face.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:22 pmTuck Fexas!
October 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pmAh, the KKKonservanazi hypocrites are at it again. Now, let’s see…… unemployment is going up and the KKKonservanzis in Texas want their stimulus package.
What happened to the succession bu$hit?
And now the two KKKonservanazi senators from Texas want the money they didn’t want because Obama was going to give it to them? Hutchinson is running for governor. She’d make a good KKKonservanazi governor. A typical rightwing KKKonservanazi hypocrite.
Ain’t it somethin’ when a plan comes together?
Now, if I was Obama, I’d make ‘em kiss my a$$ before I’d give them the money.
With the KKKonservanazis, it’s ideology over everything else. Even helping your constituents.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis
October 6th, 2009 at 11:01 pmI know I’ve said this before, but I think it bears repeating — while it may not be smart to bite the hand which is trying to feed you, it takes a special kind of stupid to expect food from the hand which you’ve already bitten!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pmOk, so they voted against the stimulus bill, as did many people. And you folks think that should eliminate them from receiving any of the money that resulted when it was passed. Since it did pass, they’d be stupid not to apply for some of it for their state, whether they thought it was a bad idea or not. It’s a done deal, the money will be spent one way or another, and Texas should benefit like any other state (if there are indeed any real benefits from it below the level of CEO).
Does the same go for health care reform? If they vote against the bill that is proposed, but it passes anyway, does that mean that they have to be eliminated from receiving that health care? Does this go for any legislation in the future? Does Democratic legislation only apply to Democrats from now on? Vote my way or go hungry? Will it come down to individual citizen vote-counting? Anyone who didn’t vote for Obama is excluded from any benefit that might result from his presidency? And since Texas is probably roughly 1/3 Democrat like the rest of the nation, does that mean you’re willing to punish them as well? Such petty, vindictive people you are. I’ve never seen such sore “winners” in my life. You should be ashamed.
And as others have said, NASA is a federal agency, not a state body. They have been underfunded for decades. Right now they are at the point of having no manned space missions for years, as soon as the shuttle is retired with no ready replacement, but you’d rather let Hubble go dark, have satellites fall from the sky, and leave all transport to the INTERNATIONAL Space Station under exclusive Russian control, just to punish a few people from the other side of the aisle. Again, you should be ashamed.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:14 amhow about this: if you voted against the stimulus, you don’t get any of the funds, but you also don’t have to pay into it. If you don’t vote for changing health care, you can stick with your current plan and not pay into the new system. Basically, if you don’t vote for something, you don’t have to pay for it or get any of the benefits. Those that want the benefits/stimulus can support it with their own money. those that don’t want the benefits/stimulus won’t get any, but get to keep their money. You get to spend your money the way you want it to be spent. That way everyone will be happy, right?
October 7th, 2009 at 12:34 amSo if they ask for the funds, they’re hypocrites, and if they refuse the funds, they’re putting their ideology ahead of their consultants needs.. LOL That’s funny.
Haywire
October 7th, 2009 at 1:26 amHaywire, whatever a Republican does other than knuckle under to the Chicago machine will be characterized in the worst possible light, and attributed to the worst possible motives. You should know that by now. Trying to make the best of what they considered a bad idea (that was passed anyway) is inexcusable.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:38 amWhat else would you expect from a bunch of self serving hypocritical Republicans. NO STIMULUS MONEY FOR ANYONE, um, but make sure Texas gets a cut.
This is why I laugh when people like Rick Perry talk about seceding from the US. The illustrious state of Texas has it’s big mouth wrapped so tightly around the federal nipple that it will never let go. My bet is that on a percentage basis, Texas probably sucks up more federal dollars than any state other than CA.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:29 amFred: please explain to me where the liberal bias is in an article that simply states that the Repuplicans who voted against the simulus are now co-signers on a request for money from the stimulus. Facts are facts! If you weren’t joking or being sarcastic in your comment (I really could not tell if you were), then you need to come out of your dreamworld and get a serious realty check. However, if you were joking or being sarcastic, then please accept my apology.
October 7th, 2009 at 3:00 pmDuke
I know more about economics and pretty much everything else than you ever will. Remember you are a moron. Stupid and brainwashed isnt KNOWING it is regurgitating what you were TOLD to think. So bite me you ignorant troll
October 8th, 2009 at 11:04 amInthemiddle. Sure as soon as I dont have to pay for wars that I oppose, or nuclear weapons. Get back to me when you can make THAT happen.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:07 amCowcharge. You astonishingly stupid, incredibly brainwashed propaganda parrots make me laugh. You are so stupid. You just regurgitate the STUPID that Rush told you to think and are so pathetically ignorant you aqctually think you are clever. Here is a clue you are a moron and just pitiful
October 8th, 2009 at 11:10 amThank you for your sharing.!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:40 pmHow about a big fat ‘I’m sorry for being dense and antagonistic’ before the govt even considers listening to their plea. gögüs estetigi
October 13th, 2009 at 5:59 am