Stimulus Bill

by Pat Darnell

I thought it was a new nickname for Bill Clinton. I realize after being president and all, there is some desire to go into other fields, if one still has his health, mental and otherwise. Jimmy Carter became a philanthropist of highest order, right up there with Mother Teresa; Habitat for Jimmy, a habit for Mother T.

We do have people we admire, and well Bill is most admired for tempting treason while he deflowered interns with his cigar in the Oval Office. Now that may be rampaging patriotic, and bold, and Jeffersonian... but it does lend a certain taint on a Philanthropic Career from the outset. Bill Clinton is second only to himself and the re-invention of the stimulus that will unlock the blockage up there in the colon of America, Washington, DC, that is. But really:

Stimulus Bill is actually a 2009 A.O., After Obama, law by Barry Obama, paced to bring the financial world back online after its collective vacation taking, eating rich food from foreign lands, and achieving swelling around the ankles not before seen in this hemisphere...

What Me Worry? ...comic relief glances by Bill Clinton are not warranted. Once a person is given the ignoble task of throwing around Solomon's wealth for eight years, long range is the dubious end to that. Long range gathers around the source of dismal planning like the storm of the century. In engineering... let's see we used to call it... Piss Poor Previous Planning, 4P, that is.

To keep bridges from falling, and cities from flooding, a bigger picture lies in waiting to be viewed if not by transient politicians. In USA it seems Americans plan for the 90 day cycle. In other places like the Orient, the plan is 50 years at a time. In Japan there has been recession since the late 1980's. How do you suppose they conquer almost twenty years of recession, and maintain 7 automobile manufacturers?

Japan as a collective culture has the mindset of a long term existence. While Americans are trying to find a way to sweep under the rug the extra 22% finance charges accruing in their credit card accounts every 25 days... Japanese practice a low tech method of saving 40% of their gross pay to bolster their high tech industry. That's how: forty centavos on the dollar e.

Not so much unlike living in a bubble like Japanese do, we Americans are trading off our self-respect, causing the bubble to surround us regardless, "distracted by a heavy bloated feeling."

Read this Article with me by Phil Harris, see if we can stimulate some packages: [Click HERE]

Saturday, August 16, 2008 | Phil Harris :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Constipation of the United States of America
by Phil Harris

We all have a picture in mind of how life ought to be. Perhaps it is not so much a picture; but rather, a strong inkling of what life in America should feel like if all was well and things were running along smoothly. In any case, no matter how each of us perceives that blissful state of being, it is obvious that we are not experiencing it.

Life moves on, of course, and by outward appearances we are living as we always have. The alarm goes off; we clean up and head for work or school, each with a uniquely personal measure of enthusiasm. There is lunch, some afternoon drowsiness, and soon another day is in the bag.

Yet, there is something different today. It is a feeling of not being quite right; not precisely on top of the game. Our daily grind is faced with a bit less energy, a little less bounce in our step, and an extra glance or two over the shoulder. When we sit back and ponder the future, we are distracted by a heavy bloated feeling that hinders us from reveling in our dreams.

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AND, Don't forget the comments too: Ron Jones Location: TN
Reply # 2
Date: Aug 17, 2008 - 1:25 PM EST

Government IS the blockage
If you support federally funded:
public schools
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Welfare
WIC
public roads
public housing
ad nauseum

Then YOU are to blame, not the marxist left, or the mercantilist right. But YOU.

Looking to government to cure whatever social ills or needs that exist is like empowering a thief in the name of stopping thievery.

Read the Constitution; Article 1, Section 8. If you can find a specifically enumerated (that means 'written down' for you public school kids) power, then Congress has the right to get involved.

Your kids are already obligated for trillions and trillions of unfunded future obligations. If they're not yet old enough to vote, it seems like a case of "taxation without representation" to me.

I think it's time to do some house cleaning...bring your pitchforks, torches and a guillotine and we'll get started on the Mall in D.C.