(2010-09-06) — Buoyed by the success of his other stimulus programs in turning around the once-moribund U.S. economy, President Barack Obama announced today a $50 billion plan to fix up 150,000 miles of highway in order to save jobs and the environment.
The man destined to go down in history as the first ‘green’ president said today he would increase taxes on oil companies to pay for the road construction.
“This stimulus initiative,” the president said, “will put hundreds of collective-bargaining units back on the public payroll, while taking thousands of cars off of the road, due to construction road closings and the higher price of fuel. The end result: more jobs, less global warming. It’s a win-win.”
Due to the anticipated public reception of the Obama roads stimulus, the White House will reportedly announce next week a plan to increase taxes on airline tickets to fund a massive project to ‘re-fluff the clouds’, employing tens of thousands of unionized fluffers.
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1 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2010 at 8:48 am
ObaMao puts the orange cone of gridlock on his endless road to perdition.
2 ScrappleFace // Sep 6, 2010 at 8:59 am
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3 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2010 at 10:06 am
As the old song put it, "(ObaMao) paved Paradise and put up a parking lot…"
ObaMao's current six-year plan is a short-term bandaid that does nothing of substance to address unstrangling the economy of uncertain taxation burden and crippling regulation. It is merely a patronage bone to throw at his easily duped followers. Be sure to "look for the union label" because that ploy was used to award bids in the first porkulus bill.
4 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2010 at 10:12 am
When you're holding the hammer…everything looks like a nail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH46DTAkxo
5 Maggies1 // Sep 6, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I understand he is also paving the "Road To Hell-o".
6 ChileSerrano // Sep 6, 2010 at 4:10 pm
They should begin posting big metal signs on all our ocean beaches, paid for through "The American Recovery and Re-Investment Act," marking the pre- and post-Obama tide levels, to document exactly how much sand The One has Created or Saved …
7 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2010 at 7:53 pm
I know it will come as no surprise but this is Off-Topic:
Not only has The White House changed the colors of the Presidential Seal to match the vomit-toned decor of the Oval Office but…..
Today BHO stole a line from Jimi Hendrix's song Stone Free!
8 charie66 // Sep 6, 2010 at 8:06 pm
I really need a job and am only 74 so think I could handle the one of "Cloud Fluffer (preferably in-chief as I have built-in tenure)". Where do I sign up?
9 SanFranNan // Sep 6, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Didn't Hitler do this also?—-Just sayin'.
10 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I see this as yet another step toward the enslavement of America wherein all citizens will be begging for sustenance—sustenance controlled by the Socialist government. Americans who toe the Party line will get crumbs, the rest will get nothing—literally.
The Socialist characterization is only laughable to the ignorant [and to those perpetrating the "joke"] and there's a lot of laughing going on these days.
BHO laughs more than most.
We're in big trouble. God help us.
11 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 7, 2010 at 6:08 am
BHO started his campaign speech in Milwaukee yesterday with the bald-faced lie that this would create jobs immediately.
12 Hawkeye_R // Sep 7, 2010 at 8:31 am
Maybe I should start looking for a job on a road crew?
13 SanFranNan // Sep 7, 2010 at 1:16 pm
AND the other lie, that it was already paid for. O-boob-a lies with such ease. I have always heard the devil is slick though and would deceive many!
14 SanFranNan // Sep 7, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Sheriff Arpiao would have his prisoners working on the roads and save a LOT of money!!!
Unfortunately Obama's gang are the ones who should be in prison and working on the roads.
15 ChileSerrano // Sep 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Excellent plan, Hawkeye!
Suggest you begin by submitting an up-to-date copy of your resume to :
Barack H. Obama, CEO, The Good Intentions Paving Company, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20500 …
16 Rogue100 // Sep 12, 2010 at 7:09 pm
And if that's not enough spewing of Marxo-Greenie attempts to look busy…he also took the show on the road with the "Summer of Recovery - Not My Fault" tour. You can get the T-shirt here: http://anti-contrarian.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-t...
17 Obama $50B Roads Stimulus Saves Jobs, Planet // Dec 9, 2010 at 10:45 am
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18 leben_frei // Dec 27, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Yeah, but if he had done nothing, I bet unemployment would be up over 9%!
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