In case you had any question about whether Congress is driving our country over the deficit cliff:

See where our money is going and who’s to blame for this bloated spending. 

It’s really a shame that George Bush and the Congress had to run up such huge deficits and double our national debt to $10 trillion during a time of relative prosperity.  So now when economic times are tough, we’re already in such a deep hole that it’s even more difficult to climb out.

Thanks to The Ranter for the graph.

Both the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as hundreds of news organizations across the country, have wrongly attributed this quote to the Obama administration:

“A midnight rule change by the Bush administration to allow carrying of concealed weapons in the national parks will not have any significant impacts on public health and safety.”

It turns out this statement did not come from the current Justice Department under Obama, but rather from a Department of Interior memo dated November 18, 2008 during the Bush administration.

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“Her skirt was very short, and Josh found himself mesmerized by her perfectly shaped, silken legs with kneecaps that reminded him of golden apples.”

– excerpt from Senator Barbara Boxer’s (D-California) novel, A Time to Run

Editorial review by Publisher’s Weekly:  “The three-term senator from California offers a debut novel to relate ‘a story I had long wanted to tell.’  Aspiring political activist Josh Fischer and aspiring journalist Greg Hunter are best friends and roommates at 1970s Berkeley: Josh is dark, sensitive and liberal; Greg is blond, gregarious and leans right.  When the two meet Ellen Downey, a petite redhead with a steely determination to make the world a better place, romantic entanglements ensue, with Ellen ultimately marrying Josh shortly after graduation.  When Josh dies during his Senate campaign, Ellen assumes his candidacy and scores an upset victory…”

Who knew Boxer had a bit of Jacqueline Susann in her?

The Congress has just passed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  This is the largest single spending bill in our nation’s history.  The goal of the bill is to invest in key areas that will save or create jobs immediately, while also laying the groundwork for long-term economic growth.

The government has launched a website Recovery.gov that lets you — the taxpayer – see where your money is going.  The site provides this chart that summarizes the financial distribution:

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CNN’s Jack Cafferty published an excellent column on how Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Democrats are using the same ol’ partisanship to ruin Obama’s mojo.  Here’s a brief excerpt:

“Well, that didn’t take long.  Three weeks into the new administration and the Democrats are squandering their advantage and threatening to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.  Credit House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for getting the ball rolling.  Under her leadership, House Democrats excluded Republicans from having any voice in crafting the stimulus package.

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For obvious security reasons, a trip to Iraq Friday by a congressional delegation was supposed to be secret.  Even the few select media outlets that knew of the trip had kept it quiet.

That is, until Rep. Peter Hoekstra twittered his arrival in Baghdad:  “Just landed in Baghdad.  I believe it may be first time I’ve had bb service in Iraq.  11th trip here,” Hoekstra messaged from his BlackBerry.  That’s a pretty surprising screw-up for Hoekstra, the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee and normally a smart guy.  Hopefully he won’t be along for the ride when President Obama eventually makes his way over to Iraq.

Lost in this news is the obvious: one can now get BlackBerry service in Baghdad.  Aren’t you glad we spent over a half trillion dollars to bring Twitter to the Iraqis?

In today’s article we include a picture of mirror, because the stupid person here is us — you and me and all the American citizens.

In December our government passed a $700 billion package to use taxpayer funds to bail out the banking industry.  So far over $350 billion has been spent with pretty much nothing to show for it.  The credit markets remain frozen, the stock market had its worst January in history, and new jobless claims reached an all-time high.

But while we lose our jobs, say goodbye to our retirement funds, and struggle to make ends meet, the top officers in the banks that received our bailout money continued to haul in obscene salaries and bonuses.  That’s right, the people who helped collapse our economy because of their greed and irresponsibility were rewarded with riches beyond belief for their poor performance.

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