stimulus watch

Go to this site to view a list of proposed projects by state and city. Blue Island has a bunch. Evanston has a bunch. Chicago has NONE on the list. Interesting. You can vote on projects and leave comments.

priceless arrogance

It's no surprise that there are arrogant windbags like this Santelli jerk. His well-publicized rant about the mortgage bailout proposal has gotten too much air time. If you watch this pair of videos, 1 minute of the first is sufficient to get the message. The only reason I could suggest watching this a$$hole's rant is to show how out of touch he is with the reality of regular Americans. Do you think that a roomful of traders is representative of the American public? From his words and tone, one might infer that he'd like to see the mortgage portion of the stimulus be directed to speculators like him rather than given to people who really need it. Remember that speculators buying properties to flip them contributed a LOT to the inflation of real estate prices, a major contributor to the current situation where so many homeowners are underwater on their mortgages. I wonder how many of these a$$holes helped cause that part of the problem. The second video is much more worthwhile- an appropriate response to the arrogant prick.

restoring transit options

Wish they'd had this service while I was living in NH. I hope they're able to restore it. Right now intercity public transit options in NH are limited to a local Greyhound-equivalent bus line. It would be great to see a boom in transit projects due to the stimulus program.

great stimulus potential

I ran across this article by Rep. Blumenauer of Oregon about an infrastructure item that could be an excellent piece of the stimulus package, if the Republicans don't chop it out. We need to be encouraging MORE use of bicycles as transportation, and this is a great opportunity to do that, while creating jobs at the same time.