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Why don't you call RNC and EX BUSH pork ??? Idoits

Don't forget about green energy in this stimulus package. Don't just give big business the tax breaks. Give home owns big tax breaks on solar and wind energy they don't need big transmission lines to bring the power to the cities. Those wind and solar farms are a eye sore to our land scape. And that goes for the atuomobile less fuel consumption the bigger the tax break.

Here and elsewhere I see the ditto-heads are out on the weekend, feebly attempting to spead the Limbaugh doctrine. Too bad, guys, but few are listening. Even less will be pursuaded by Hatespeak.

The republicans have zero ideas on how to get us out of the mess they got us into. As a party they are bankrupt—yet they cling to their failed ideology.

And now, suddenly, after putting this nation into historically deep debt, they act like they are born-again spend-thrifts and are asking the American people to put their faith in them.

Uh, I don't think that's gonna happen, dudes.

Why do these bloggers seem to ignorant. Read the document and proposals rather than listening to Rush Limbaugh and the sound bites from the TV. It is the Republicans that want the cuts in education, etc. because their children do not have to worry about going to substandard schools. Wake up America. This is a global crisis and was not of Mr. Obama's making. He is trying to work towards a solution but the Republicans are focusing on the 2010 elections. Wake up before it is too late. The republicans do not realize this yet, but they will come out at the worst end of the stick because most American people realize that they are mostly thinking of themselves and how they will factor in the 2010 elections.

Tax cuts isn't change, it's more of the same.

You gotta spend money to get the economy moving again. I'm all for it Mr. President. I stand with you and most of America does too. If the republicans want to cut something, it should be themselves out of the picture.

GO OBAMA!! GO COUNTRY AND LETS START MOVING FORWARD TO HELP THIS COUNTRY GROW IN A POSITIVE MANNER!

REPUBLICANS NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND NOT THEIR PARTY OR THE CORPORATIONS!

VOTE FOR THE BILL OR FACE THE WRATH OF WE THE PEOPLE!

Obama inherited this mess. The Republicans, ala Rush Limbaugh, want to keep doing the same things but expect different results. That's insanity. The stimulus bill doesn't have to be perfect - we just need to take action and achieve some progress, not perfection. The loyal opposition needs to offer something other than just negativity and the same ole shopworn cliches.

You tell them, Mr. President! I appreciate that you are working so intelligently and so diligently to work towards solutions for our country's difficult problems. The way I see it, you are trying to overcome 3 major difficulties at the same time. One is the problems themselves, the second is the obstructionists in Congress, and the third is the media. The media have given way too much airtime to the obstructionists who distort and trivialize these serious issues, and have done way too little to push back and ask them to explain their motives and their flimsy rhetoric. Good luck, Mr. President!

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This is CHANGE,

You're a bit confused. Your Republicans are the ones who want these items eliminated. They don't care about nutrition, education, construction, etc. because poor people will benefit from these programs, and they don't want to help the poor. The PORK that McConnell and others successfully spinned to the public was only a fraction (approx. 2%) of the BILL. For example: Contraceptives, Funding for an Anti-Smoking Program, were taken out of the BILL before these other concessions. Republicans are listening to Limbaugh, so they requested 48% Tax Cuts like he told them, but they settled for 42%. (Remember the Election where Obama won 54% to 48%)? Get the picture? Get a little more understanding please.

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Democrats were wrong to cave in to all of those concessions. They should have forced a filibuster.

I HOPE YOU LEARNED A LESSON PRESIDENT OBAMA . . .

There is no bipartisanship with the Republicans. You must dictate policies and let the Republicans fight over crumbs. PERIOD!!!

Obama, you forced the Democratic House to give the Republicans 200-$Billion in tax cuts upfront and the Republicans still didn't give you a single vote. Don't ever make that mistake again Mr. Obama. You must rule with an iron fist the way Bush and the Republicans ruled for 8- disastrous long years.

It's obvious that those that are complaining are not in need of a job at this moment. Obama could sell his mother-in-law just as long as it stimulates the economy and get folks back to work. Instead of criticizing why not offer suggestions. And in terms of the Republicans who got us here, stop whining and do what your constituents sent you to washington to do and that is to keep their best interest in mind. You have a job while a lot of them don't.

So how do we stop the mounting job losses and the ensuing loss in demand and depressed spending? Should we simply throw up our hands, save our money like in the 30s and proceed to depression?

Ever business knows you borrow money when times are hard to stay solvent. you are indebted but you invest the mone wisely. The key is to pay it back and begin to reduce the deficit (like in the Clinton years) when you recover. The debate should now be on how best to spend wisely – especially since our infrastructures have degraded over the years and some are actually failing now. Tax cuts would be saved by those who can to weather these times rather than spending it so making it up to 40% is bad enough.

Half of those who equate all spending to pork here would not do so if/when they join the additional 4% that jjust got added to the unemploment rolls to 8% now.

Bring on the pork! I'll take Democratic domestic spending over Republican international spending (and let's not forget the borrowing) any ol' day.

He is going to go gray before the end of the year, The Repugs are going to stick it to him, because he beat the MAVERICK and MAVERICK Jr. and they are taking it out on the American People.

Remember he did not start this economic mess he just inherited it

PORK, PORK, PORK, AND MORE PORK! SOME CHANGE!!

Meanwhile, if McCain was elected, he'd die in 2 days and then Caribou Barbie would destroy us. Would you want that? I don't think so, Mr. "Common Sense".

New name for the program...Compromising Republican Action Plan. YOU put the letters together, make the acronym and THAT IS WHAT YOU GOT.

Santa Maria...YOU hit the nail on the head!! Chicago politics, maybe???

America, remember this when it comes time for elections. I can only pray that this country is not so brainwashed that over the course of two years, WE will all see through these antics and sequentially vote this 'gang' out of office. You want CHANGE…make it happen during the next election and get these abusers out of office.

And, when they are voted out, charge them with criminal acts…because this is criminal! Crazy Joe even said it…'Dems have a 30% chance of getting this wrong'. I vote in my elected officals KNOWING they will be 'zero defect'. SEVENTY PERCENT CHANCE OF DEFECT IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR INACTION OR THEIR 70% DEFECT RATE!

Cutting from education programs, unemployment benefits and school construction and keeping the other PORK is NOT stimulation. The dems want to compare the Bush admin to 'war criminials'...selling out this country in THIS fashion is Treason.

I actually had some hope when Obama was elect, but that is pretty much gone now. I thought he was all about "CHANGE," but after this pork bill and seeing who his various nominees were and the problems they have had being confirmed, I realized that he is not about "CHANGE" just "POWER." Listen to the guy he speak and act. He just wants to be in control. Oh well, when this fails, he will be voted out in 4 years and all those people who voted for him will realize that he does not know how to lead.

OBAMAS PLAN WILL WORK, REPUBLICANS CAN'T STAND IT, THEY ARE AFRAID IT WILL WORK AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE NO PLACE TO HIDE THEIR SHAME.

he looks a bit out of it in that pic

At least we get to eat the pork instead of feeding it to iraq

This bill is a travesty. Obama is looking a bit tired in that picture. Fist shaking takes alot out of a man. I don't think he's used to people not agreeing with him.
And it's only been 2 weeks.

"What the world needs now,is some new words of wisdom,
like lala lala la la lala la la"..........
***Teen Angst,1992*****

Europe has been doing equaly as bad as us! (No explanation).. So he switches to China... Dumb Idiot... Europe is not doing as Bad as You... They have Europe... Barack Obama as No Idea... America has nobody But America... Canada will not wait for this Idiot, even though you do...

YAHOOOOO, Change has finally arrived!!!!

now, we have a president who is fighting for us. thank you, obama. for those who hate him, if it was mcain who was president, you would be in deep trouble because he does not have the courage to stand up against his radical republicans.

Thank you President Obama for finally sticking up to the Republicans and their outdated ideas. IWhy do they want to stick to their outdated solutions that did not work before? Most of them are very negative and narrow minded. They actually think they know more then the nations top economists and they DO NOT LEARN from history!!. President Obama, do not let the Republicans push you around and play partisan politics. Most of America is sick of them. Look what their ideas of done to our country yet they still blame the Democrats. As long as they do not learn from history and their mistakes, and refuse to be forward thinking, they will continue to shrink and become irrelevant and it is their own fault
From an EX Republican-

I love pork, especially when the rich have to pay.hahaha

It is time that we the average American, take the responsibilty of learning about what is happening in Congress, and not going by what is said in 30 second sound bites. The Republican party is a master of not telling the truth and using sound bites to lie to the American public. The reason this nation is in this deep depression(that is what it is although no one wants to call it so) is the failed policies of the Bush and his adminstration over the last 8 years. Now we see Senators like Linsday Graham, Kyl and Corker saying this is such a terrible bill. I have yet to hear any of them say what bill and have and how it would help this economy.
President Obama is trying as hard as possible, and the news media instead of telling the truth. Plays over and over the lies that these Republican senators are saying. It would be wonderful if we the average citizen could receive the truth and make an informed decision on the facts.

All Obama can do is give obfuscating speeches! Big talk – no walk!

America needs a president not a salesman. Roll on 2010 and 2012 – this guy will kill the USA!

America will be fine if we just do the opposite of what McCain and the repubs tell us.

I watched Johnny yesterday, and he seems to have returned to the Grumpy old man he was during the campaign.

Go Obama...Keep the faith...and be of Good Courage.

America loves you!!!!!

It is my money. Democrats just don't get that. Never have. I work, don't lay around the house waiting on SSI, WIC, SCHIP, SSA, and all of these other handouts democrats use to get themselves reelected. I pay taxes, actually pay out of my salary, don't get anything back, Now, these dogs in heat are after more all so they can keep winning elections. It's crap and they didn't win by that much. If you subtract everyone who voted for Obama cause he is black, the ACORN frauds, the union frauds and the pot smoking 60's crowd that has never contributed anything positive.

Yeah, giving money to the corrupt, hateful, anti-American election fixing Democratic Acorn will stimulate the economy-LOL!!! The average lib believes this, they are beyond sick.

The republicans remind me of the people who ran to the beach to get a better view when it was reported a Tsunami was expected.

Here's a comment I read elsewhere:

You are supporting the government spending $900 billion to create 4 million jobs. Each one will cost you (it is your tax money, and your childrens and your grandchildrens) $225,000. On average those jobs will pay less than $40,000 per year. There is no business in the world that will survive with that kind of philosophy. Think about it. Then call your Congressman, Democrat or Republican!

I'm thinking about it . . . and I'm calling!

You want stimulus? How about making banks stop charging 19% – 24% on credit cards? Especially when the prime rate, the rate banks charge each other, is currently LESS THAN ONE PERCENT! Recently issued government bonds are effectively paying ZERO percent interest, yet banks continue to charge 19% to 24% interest on credit cards. This amounts to loan sharking, in my opinion.

President Obama has an almost impossible job with the mess he inherited and the obstructionism and partisanship of the other party. It does not appear that his efforts are going to pan out. Our political system just seems to be stuck in a ditch and spinning its wheels. Meanwhile, Rome burns and people are homeless, jobless, healthcareless, etc. Mc.Cain thinks he is going to easily win re-election in AZ in 2010. He seems to be completely divorced from reality. He is the band leader of the opposition with no solutions and too much criticism. I plan to work my heart out for whomever runs against that tired old millionaire.

Obama was elected on the change in washington idea. People in this country want change and what we have gotten so far is more of the same. In 55 years I have never seen a congess so out of control. Anyone under 35 should be furious at what this president and congress are doing with this so called stimulus package. We will be paying for this for years way after I am dead. My children and my grandchildren are going to have to learn to speak chinese as very soon they will own this country. Is there not a centerist political party out there that will support the average american taxpayer?

Mr. President: Maybe what you should do is lock all the members of Congress and all the members of the Senate in a room, put them on furlough, give them bread, water, and a place to go to the bathroom and keep them there until they can act like intelligent adults and get this done. And for that matter maybe you could put yourself on furlough and join them for a while. This has to be done. You shouldn't have to waste your time selling anything. (another fan of common sense) Santa Maria-I understand where you are coming from however don't compare Blago with Obama. Obama still has a little more on the ball then Blago.

It's a shame he can't undo in 3 weeks what Bush and the repubs did over the past 8 years.

2010 is next year. We only need 2 more Senators to put the selfish republicans in their place for awhile - for US.

Selling a spending bill to Democrats is like selling an air conditioner to residents of hell.

Sell stimulus? Isn't that kind of what Blago was doing?

PORK, PORK, PORK, AND MORE PORK! SOME CHANGE!!

Don't let this man mortgage our future for generations!!

I am an independent and voted for Obama but I am getting tired of the "tired old policies" bull. Sure Bush and the Republicans made a lot of mistakes but the housing failure was headed up by Dodd and Franks and the rest of the Democratic congress that pushed banks to continue make loans to unqualified people. There is plenty of blame to go around.
I must say I am very disappointed in Obama's tone recently, at this rate he will never get any bipartisan support. On the surtface he is reaching out his hand but there is no substance to his gesture. Unfortunately it is all show. This stimulus bill will be the beginning of the downfall for Obama I am afraid.

President Obama has done more in the 2 weeks he inherited the mess from dumbbell bush, then bush did in eight years. so it may take trial and error to clean up the mess. But it sound pretty good to me. JOBS,JOBS,JOBS.

Dear Mr. Obama, we feel your anger toward the Senate and House, and believe me, we are all angry at the lack of concern for the American people. Dems not putting in things that will stimulate the economy and GOP wanting to use tax breaks that don't work. Mr. President, you didn't make this mess, it was a mess before you got elected! We are all wanting you to succeed, because when you succeed, America succeeds! We are praying for you and your family!

Yea,
SELL it to us because there is still way to much B.S. in it. ALL of the pork needs to be cut. Get people jobs and $ now, not in 1-3 years. Look at CNN's story about what's been cut out so far, and if republicans didn't question all that B.S. that got cut the Dems would have SOLD it to us as all stimulus.

Obama that is not the right stimulus package i need money in my pocket i am living paycheck to paycheck i need money now not later.

It has got to feel great for both sides of the isle to work together and get something accomplished for the greater good.
It also has to feel good to something different that will most likely work this time around. It's not a game if the other side won't pick up the bat..."Play Ball!!!" This is how politics should be done...I love it =)
I agree with President Obama, this is how the government should be working by getting everyone involved. What a great President!

The someone talks, the less people will listen.

The rhetoric is out of control!!!!

If one trillion is good, why not more? Why not ten trillion?

* Build 15 airports in Youngstown, Ohio.

* Cover the entire State of North Dakota with sod.

* Buy everyone between the ages of 23-27 a pink condom.

* Everyone gets a free oil change, as long as they file Form 4939-B with the government in triplicate by 2/23/10.

* Everyone in the FBI gets a Joe Biden screen saver for their laptops, a brand new IPhone, and a gift card to go to Applebee's.

* Pay Rob Stumpf's car insurance for upcoming year. Okay, so maybe this one is a little bit personal.

And more! What are YOUR ideas for all this waste?

Do it. My wife will lose her job as a teacher if we don't. My kid's school will also be closed down without an influx of funding.

This affects me personally. For all of those out there screaming tax cuts is the only way, this is my life you're playing with.

Its not a joke. I'm not making it up. This is serious.

Next time it could be you on the chopping block.

Make this recovery plan work. Hold your Senators accountable for playing political games and not letting it happen.

Remember before you make jokes or partisan comments, this is real life. This is affecting real people, like my five year old, my wife, and me.

i cant get one comment to post, ive been polite, decent and tiemly, is my only sin being conservative?

cached, oh yea.

President Obama will go down in history as one of our great Presidents. His vision and care for the American People will bring us back to the Great Nation that we were and will be again, better than ever.
Godspeed, President Obama and may God keep you safe and protect you and your wonderful family. God bless America.

Arch liberals Pelosi and Reid have run over Obama.

His ears look like doors on a car that are open.

Sold! Now, get it started already.

The one highlight of Obama's first 2 1/2 weeks is that he was right after all when he said, "You can put lipstick on a pig…but it's still a pig."

Kill that Porky Pig Bill now.

Barack you need to get it together and lead.

Cut the wasteful spending and negotiate a deal. Democratic Presidents and Republican Presidents have learned to negotiate. It is part of the job.

No one is just going to give you what you want because you are arrogant. Be a leader and lead.

If these nutjobs in your Congress, and i'm talking about both Democrats and Republicans, can get off their butts and do what is right for the American people and give Obama the chance to do what he says, then your country will survive this recession. Getting Americans back to work in any recession is the key to bringing a country back to prosperity. Invest in yourself now. the knowledge that coming together as a country, working towards the goals that President Obama has laid out,will in the end bring your country back from this mess the last 8 years have cost you. An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment of its citizens is the correct way to go.Getting out of Iraq will also save billions of dollars that will be used to help in this recovery. The rest of us in the world are watching and hoping America is smart enough to do this. Without you, we all fail. America is the key to this global recession. Success for many depends on the intelligence of the American people and its leaders. Without its people supporting their new adminstration, we call all kiss our way of life goodbye. Give your new President a chance, and I am pretty confident you will see many and improved things come out of this. I think everyone in this world wants to prosper and give their families a better tomorrow. Its up to you America.

It is not Work: Shouting.... I want, won't get: what I want...
This Guy is heading straight for the River...

Republicans play politics by complaining about 1% of what's in this bill. Meanwhile, 150,000 Americans lose their job every week.

By the way, the Republican's always revise history to fit their ideology. Tthe New Deal did indeed create jobs during the Great Depression, cutting the unemployment rate almost in half, from 25% to 13%. Thank god Obama is acting quickly and decisively to fix what George 'Hoover" Bush has wrought.

If we remove all non contributors ( kids welfare recipients, retirees, unemployed, tax dodgers, etc) How much per person will this "stimulus" package cost each one of us?
Do we really believe the government spending our future is the answer to today?
I think we need to tough it out , take our lumps now rather than compounding the problem with interest and pork piled on top.
These bailouts are proven to reward bad business decisions and failed miserably in oversight. I'd like millions of your money to mismanage my business with and then get a bonus for doing it. , Matter of fact I think I'll have a company trip to Austrailia for snorkling and sightseeing and drinking and if we have time maybe we can think of something to do with business. Naaa lets just pleasure ourselves with tax money!!!!!

Interesting! Makes you wanna tell funny drunk jokes

You hurt the GOP's feelings about 8 years of tired old theories. I am sick of the way the GOP still will not admit failure. Start closing military bases in their states. If they are so worried about spending this would be a good start. Let them put the money where their mouth is.

Fed up in Oregon

Pres Obama , I will translate your message :

+ US had an estimated 400 billion surplus when pres Clinton's term ended.

Within one year of pres Bush this slinked to 80 billion.

- By 2006 there was a 400 billion defecit.

Meanwhile they did spend Billions on a war nobody knows what for.

Today there is a crisis , and politicians want to play hard ball.

So congress, trim/adjust the bill where you deem fit, but do not deliberately obstruct for political reasons.

Democrats have the Senate, the House and the White House. Why do they need Republicans? Oh, yeah, Democrats have no guts, that's why. It called CYA.

Change we can believe in? In the brilliant words of Sarah Palin... YOU BET'CHA!!!

There is still too much spending in the proposal ...or at least for programs that are not stiumulative...

*Why is there not more money proposed for infrastructure...
*The states need money..look at California for example..
*Temporarily suspend payroll tax
*Build in and buy American is needed.There are so,so many products that are imported from overseas, a few items/sectors made and bought in the US will not hurt international trade relations.

Just to name a few..

We've got the biggest, fatest pork-bill ever dreamed up being shoved down our throats, tax cheats and lobbyists galore being hired into the administration, rendition and "enhanced interrogation" methods still on the table, closing Gitmo "in about a year" with no plan for the detainees whatsoever and now the plan to withdraw troops from Iraq has gone from his promised 16 month timetable to at least 23 months and possibly to extend to as long as Bush's plan was.

Don't you democrats ever get tired of being used and lied to? Have you no shame whatsoever?

Change you can believe in!.....lolol

I elected you, Mr. President. I believe in you, Mr. President. I support you, Mr. President.

Thank God we have a man of brilliance and honor.

Where can the public (taxpayer) find out what's exactly in the stimulus plan? I feel the various spending line items need to be available for public review because this is our tax money and future debt. Then we can express our views to our elected representatives instead of just blindly hoping this huge spending plan will help the average American. As a small business owner with employees and overhead, I would also like to know how the stimulus plan will help my business!

A precipitous lurch into a spending spree financed by generations yet to be born which will at best only delay the calamitous consequences of a greedy and stupid economy dependent upon charlatans selling useless or inferior junk to people who are too poor to buy it.

A precipitous lurch into a spending spree financed by generations yet to be born which will at best only delay the calamitous consequences of an greedy and stupid economy dependent upon charlatans selling useless or inferior junk to people who are too poor to buy it.

This guy is a complete joke, He's gonna put this country so far in the hole it aint funny. He said last week that he has to fix the huge debt that the last administration created. How does he do it? By spending nearly a trillion dollars. A trillion dollars that the US doesnt have And all the money he spends is gonna get tacked right on to our debt you ignorant fools. Im glad we voted a guy in office on misleading rhetoric, false propaganda and skin tone. The only legacy he will leave when he is gone is that he was the first black president!

So they cut funding for building schools.
I've seen the shape of many of the schools in my area, and a lot of them just in my area do need to be either re-built or refurbished.

I wonder what kinda fluff stayed in the bill. I would say building schools in pretty important.

Cut the waste spending and get the job done Barack.

Its amazing to me how CNN, almost every day, has the lead article, inevitably, somehow related to Sarah Palin. If there is an ounce of news about this woman, CNN will elevate it to a prominent position in its news cycle. Get over it!! The woman lost, along with her withered and weakend political partner, and you might find her interesting, but most of us don't. How do I know that? Because she was soundly defeated by most of our votes.
This article about Obama's weakly address, is the most newsworthy of any article on here and you know it. Spare us your ridiculous fixation on the machinations of the contemptuous Sarah Palin and her husband. This country has more important things to think about and your coverage should mirror that.

President Obama is right:

We need this package to move this country forward. I am ashame to be part of the Republican party, and statistically be a part of the problem and not the solution.

The dems are right and I see a long road ahead for the Republican party. There maybe another party that has to come along and take the place of the GOP.

We need solutions, and not the fighting and clinging on to the same ole way of doing business as the last eight years of leadership.

The people are exposed to the bull that the GOP has been doling out over the past eight years.

I am looking for a new party to join other than this mess we have in the Republican party right now. This is sad. Jobs are being lost by the millions and they are still holding on – like the musicians on the Titantic. I am jumping ship NOW while there is a life raft for to jump in for safety.

I have to admit that I never thought that I would feel like this about the Republican party but these wars and this economy shows that the times have moved beyond what the Republicans can grasp. Our party has lost touch with the people. Sorry.

Go President Obama and the dems, get this straight and get the people of this country back on the road to the American Dream.

No way, the Stimulus package never can save 3.6 millions jobs, but it can stimulate Government only.

Barack....65% and dropping.

Every at home has to cut their spending and their budgets to get through.

I expect our US senate to cut the fat out of ths bill as well. Maybe are Senators need to cut their own salaries. Maybe they can cut the fat out of this spending bill. I dont care what their excuse is. The BILL needs to be lean and mean.

Figure it out Barack.

Another thing: Please MAN-UP Mr. Panetta! How could you let LOSER to the 12th power, Kit Bond, force you to "retract" your statement? You should have stuck to your guns, and said to him: "With all due respect sir, I said what I meant, and I stand by my words. " The retraction made you look very weak. Please don't let that happen again sir. Thank you.

will the guy just stop doing PR and get to work?

when's that visit to Kentucky happening?

Someday something might happen to restore this country to prosperity but it won't happen during this guy's term. He should go back to Chicago and continue organizing his community. Please leave the big decisions to people with intelligence.

Politics and politicians are literally sickening. The country has drastic and growing problems and all they want to do is play politics. The Republicans want to fault and stall whatever the Democrats propose so they can say ‘see we told you’ when anything may come up short and the Democrats obviously tried to pad the package with excessive spending. Hearing them talk and pretend is disgusting. None of them ever let go of their biased and self-indulgent positions yet they talk (and only talk) bipartisanship. The two-party system is a failure as it doesn’t honestly and responsibly serve the people but rather it is just a competitive game, aggressively and arrogantly played by the politicians for their egos and own gain. Look at the major players and you see the egos, the insincerity, the pretense, the selfishness and the unconscionable antics, the insanity: Pelosi, Palin, Cheney, Bush, Kyl, Rove, McCain, all of late and there are many more just as bad from both sides. As I said, it is sickening.

he looks tired already.

Selling a pork barrel bill with earmarks galore. So much for the change bull.

Nancy Pelosi better not blow it, or she is out of there.

After the theatre of the stimulus is complete America must insist upon a complete government reorganization for the first time in 233 years. By evaluating each department of government and eliminating unnecessary functions and consolidating like functions the government would be in a better position of fiscal stability and to ask our citizens to make sacrifices. The economic meltdown has exemplified how out of touch the government truly has been towards fiscal responsibility and oversight of its regulatory responsibilities. We can no longer simply complain about government without taking action.

Can you say BAFOON!. This spending bill will do nothing but prolong this recession.

Keep up the great work, President Obama. As a loyal supporter I will continue to stand by your decisions. I realize that "Rome wasn't built in a day." This disaster was a long time in the making. It will take some time to stabilize. Those who understand, will continue to pray and encourage you. Those looking for a three-weeks' fix are immature. We won. Please remind the Democrats in Congress. Change has come, and will continue to come; no matter how strongly the "old establishment" resist.

Three weak willed repubs doesn't mean the parties came together. Oh well, whatever makes him feel good.

Well stated President Barack Obama! Thank-you for offering such simple encouraging words to us. We appreciate yours and all of Congressmen and women's work on our behalf, especially where it may cost folks scorn from their own party. Yet, this is what the times demand and let's lift ourselves by listening to those 'angels of our better nature' to adequately serve and represent the legacy we wish to continue in perfecting our more perfect union.

Yes the stimulus plan may have been simple in Obama's mind but the leaders in congress added a bunch of unneccessary buys into it. He also needs to stop trying to use scare tactics the american people have learned not to believe them.

I am a truck driver and Navy veteran and I am puzzled at a lot of the amendments in this so called Stimulus Bill. I don't see much of anything that would help me or my friends other than a check for 500 dollars. This was tried before and was a complete failure! What we need is to stop sending about 30% of our hard earned money to the government! The editorial in the Washington Post Yesterday hit the nail on the head. Most of this Bill is simply WASTE! Most of the jobs that this bill creates is Government jobs of which the tax payer funds, not the private sector jobs that run this country. The Government was, is, and will always be a consumer, not a creator. Lets use some good old COMMON SENSE in Washington and stop throwing our money away.

Solving the economic crisis is SIMPLY. We have 658,000 people have lost their jobs, give each one a million dollars.

We have hundreds of thousands of people who are in forclosure give them a a million dollars to save their homes. Now they have money to survive this crisis and put money back into the economy.

If this is done you this have billions left for infrasture, energy,education and and so on. Economic Crisis Solved ! Credit is freed up money is flowing once again.

Put money in the peoples hands!!

This bill will barely stimulate the economy. Is Microsoft going to hire back it's 5000 people because of this bill? No, and that's the problem, America's top 100 companies won't start hiring b/c of this bill. Why do you think they will? Because we're giving money to AIDS research, cigarette quitting programs and building a frisbee golf course?

Unemployed people are going to panic when this bill doesn't work. What new Obama jobs will be available next month, or in the next 6 months? If the Dems can't answer that, then they are full of it. The democrats are ripping off the American people.

Fifty billion cut for education so they could put more tax cuts for the rich in the stimulus. Oh, I forgot all those repubs fighting for bigger tax cuts are millionaires. So to John McCain ( 8 houses , 13 cars) and all the other repubs the voter is hurting and will not forgive or forget.

If the Republicans need the weekend to actually read the bill, does that mean they didn't read it in the first place? And if so, how is it they were against something they didn't read. Perplexing.

I just can't take him seriously. You can see it in his face, he's in over his head.

a great orator he is – - – but not a leader. He is beginning to sound more like a dictator of a socialist country – - not USA

I'm already sold. Barack is doing the best that he can.

Send the Republicans and old shoe, and tell them to get with the program.

The bill is now too heavily investing in useless tax cuts. The $1.35 TRILLION spent on the bush tax cuts only produced a 2% job growth, and much of that was the result of the housing boom. I'd like to see less tax cuts and more infrastructure spending and money sent to local governments – it will produce more bang for the buck than tax cuts.

Please, Mr. President, give us the change we voted for. Do not beg for bipartisan support that you cannot possibly get. Do not promote anymore of these bumbling idiots who caused this crisis we are in to high offices! They too will do exactly what they have been doing for the last 8 years! They will fawn at your face and laugh at your back!