Recovery Logo: Recovery.gov Gets A Brand

Look at the New Recovery Logo! Pretty sweet stuff. Now, Recovery.gov has a brand, just like the big corporations.

A Recovery Logo logo is just what this country needs. Something to rally behind...something to pump us up...get our patriotic juices flowing.

We are freaking stoked!

Just the sight of it makes us want to send in extra with our tax payments, help with economic recovery and just do anything we can to stimulate the living hell out of everybody.
We are quite sure there were many sleepless nights and midnight oil burning that went into the design, implementation and marketing of this fine piece of Americana. So, we would like to thank all those who did their part to help us out of this rough stretch of road we are on.

It should be smooth sailing from here on in...

Kinda cool that's in the shape of an "O". Just like you know who's first name.

Here's a pretty cool logo we found on the blog of our friends:

American Elephant

2009 Stimulus Check: Don't Wait By the Mailbox

The rumors of a 2009 Stimulus Check are running rampant and scam websites are popping up daily here in WWWeb land. So, as a public service to our loyal readers, we will give you the facts, and nothing but the facts (or as close to the truth as we can find. Okay, we will just pass along some rumors).

Are you employed and struggling to make ends meet?

No stimulus check for you...although we have heard rumors of a small tax cut. $13 a week is being thrown around.

Are you retired, on SSI?

We are getting conflicting reports here, but it seems you might get one. $500 is the rumor.

Do you still make plenty of money or own a small business or your corporation isn't really important to the economy?

Bend Over

Didn't get a check in 2008 because you didn't file taxes in 2007 because you are hiding from the Feds?

You can still get your 2008 Stimulus Check! Go for it!!

Do you run a large corporation that is deemed important to the economy or you are a large contributor to the folks in Washington D.C.?

How much do you need? Help is on the way.

As for us...we gave up on being stimulated a long time ago.

Obama to Mayors: Waste Stimulus Money and "I Will Call You Out"

At a gathering of mayors at the White House today, Barack Obama warned them that he "will call them out" if they waste money from the nearly 1 Trillion Dollar Economic Recovery Plan.

Obama told the mayors,"The American people are watching. They need this plan to work. They expect to see the money that they've earned — they've worked so hard to earn — spent in its intended purposes without waste, without inefficiency, without fraud."

Since the passage of the Economic Recovery Package, accountability for where the money goes has come in to question. A 25,000 word document was released earlier this week that details how agencies and organizations must report spending. These reports will be posted on the website Recovery.gov, which is now it's own website and not just a page of the whitehouse.gov site (which is all it was at it's inception).

Mr. Obama told the mayors that the new legislation gives him the ability to "watch the taxpayers' money with more rigor and transparency than ever." "If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it," he said. "I want everyone here to be on notice that if a local government does the same, I will call them out on it, and use the full power of my office and our administration to stop it."

Call them out?


Call them out???

We are talking about 800 Billion Dollars here. Why don't we let the punishment fit the crime? How about a trip to Guantanamo? A little waterboarding perhaps? Firing Squad?

It will be interesting to watch when Mr. Obama catches the first one...and "calls them out" and sends them to bed with no dinner.

The Insanity continues. With our money.

The $75 Billion Housing Rescue Plan

Did you overreach with your last home purchase? Buy more home than you could afford? Refinance to pay off debts and borrow more than your home was worth? Are you a chronic slow pay?

Fear not...help could be on the way.

Mr. Obama has unveiled his $75 Billion Housing Rescue Plan, which will bail out you and the other 10 percent or so of homeowners that have a little problem playing by the rules, don't read or understand the implications of contracts before they sign, or just generally go willy nilly through life and hope someone will help them out when crunch time arrives.

Mr. Obama's plan calls for measures that will allow up to 9 million homeowners to reduce their mortgage payments through government-backed refinancing arrangements. The Obama administration said it will provide more details on the plan and when it will go into effect on March 4th.

Granted, there are people who have played the game of life responsibly and need a helping hand during these tough times. They have lost their jobs, and they are hurting. But it's obvious who this plan is designed for...the folks in the first paragraph. We also understand that, if implemented, this money will go directly to the Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Service Companies so they can "help out" those about to, or in danger of, losing their homes. In effect, this plan would give ANOTHER 75 BILLION to financial institutions to bail them out. To ease their losses from foreclosed homes that they have to sell and take huge losses on.

House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Republican Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., sent the president a letter asking, "What will your plan do for the over 90% of homeowners who are playing and paying by the rules?"

In addition to the above program, it appears that the government has pledged ANOTHER
Two Hundred Billion Dollars to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

To keep them viable...

The Insanity continues.

SCHIP Bill Signed By Obama

President Obama signed the SCHIP Bill into law today,providing federally funded health care to an estimated 4 million children. The final version of the SCHIP Bill provides an additional 35 Billion in Federal funding for SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) and is being financed by raising Federal cigarette taxes roughly 62 cents per pack. A great idea, but one day when most everyone has quit smoking, this country is going to be screwed.

Before the bill's passage, SCHIP covered almost 7 million children whose parents earn too much to qualify for Medicaid -- the federal health insurance program for the poor -- but who can't afford private insurance.With the bill, Obama said at a White House ceremony, "We fulfill one of the highest responsibilities that we have --to ensure the health and well-being of our nation's children." (Source: CNN)


In a show of stellar bipartisanship, virtually every Democrat in the House voted yes and virtually every Republican voted no on the bill.