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CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN

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Neal Boortz
@ March 12, 2009 8:27 AM Permalink | Comments (36) | TrackBacks (0)

Yesterday Barack Obama signed into law another $410 billion in spending. That's $410 billion of your tax dollars to fund projects like a boarding school for at-risk natives in western Alaska and tattoo removal programs for gang-bangers. This, my friends, is exactly what Barack Obama said that he stood against when he was asking the people of this country to give him this job. Oh how he hated pork, wasteful spending! Oh yeah! The Chosen One was going to veto any bills with pork in them. There was going to be change, by God, and it was going to be change you could believe in. That was then, this is now. Now he signs a budget bill with more than 8,000 pet projects into law. As he does so he stands in front of the American people - looks into his ever-present teleprompters - and says "OK ... I mean it this time. This is really the end, guys!"

Puhleeezzze.

PrezBO calls this budget bill "imperfect" Golly! Ya think? But he's ready with the excuse. This pork-filled bill is oh so necessary in order for our government to continue to function. NOW I remember! During the campaign Obama said he was going to kill pork UNLESS the pork was necessary for our government to continue to function. I'm getting it now!

You know what's happening here? People are starting to get the real picture. Hard as it is to believe, they are starting to catch on. Even some of the media is starting to get it. This guy was all talk during the campaign. Empty promises ... just like the rest of them. When it comes down to it, he was much better at being a presidential candidate that he is as a president.

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What others are saying

  • Approval ratings could be artificially inflated...
    It seems to me that reality is taking precedence over the mythical figure the MSN created in the campaign. AOL is my email account, & hardly a conservative bastion, & all the Obama polls I see there are overwhelmingly negative. If it were true that he was elected by a massive media snow job combined with the illegal activities of groups such as ACORN, the registering of felons to vote, etc., it may be that people got it all along & the polls are not supporting the farcical candidate that was created.
    By Andy @ 03/13/09 07:45:18 AMreport abuse
  • Issues with the Omnibus Bill
    Great overview of issues with the Omnibus spending bill.

    http://www.politicallyincorrectfacts.com/Presidents/Barack%20Obama%20the%20President/Omnibus_Bill_2009.htm
    By Roger King @ 03/13/09 04:09:42 AMreport abuse
  • JUST WORDS, JUST SPEECHES
    By MS @ 03/12/09 06:21:43 PMreport abuse
  • Earmarks
    Copy the bigger issue is not the "pork" but the 8% increase in the general budget. This now becomes the baseline for next years budget proposal. And in Washington speak if you don't add to the budget in 2010 (over 2009), you're are "cutting the budget on the backs of folks who need it". This is why we are tracking to double the total budget every 7 years. Wish I could get a 8% raises every year regardless of how the economy is! Grow up
    By Bob @ 03/12/09 03:12:39 PMreport abuse
  • Exactly what I said Yesterday
    I wrote this in response to Neal complimenting BOzo yesterday on saying that we need to have merit-based pay for teachers.

    Don't you get it? He says (i.e. reads off the teleprompter to be more precise) whatever he thinks the majority of the people want to hear. That is why he contradicts himself all the time, because eventually you run into groups with opposing views.

    Like John Kerry in 2004. He was in Detroit one morning telling the goonions how great his Suburban is, then less than 12 hours later he was down somewhere in the midwest talking to environmentalists demonizing trucks and SUVs! Shameless or sociopathic??
    By The Truth @ 03/12/09 02:18:27 PMreport abuse
  • They just won't call them earmarks anymore.
    We're talking about people who debate the meaning of the word "is," here.

    Alan, you’re right on the fiscal responsibility, but you think something might have happened to change President Bush’s ideas for less intervention abroad? FDR promised to keep us out of WWII, but the Empire of Japan had different ideas.

    Copt’d a left says, “According to Neal, ANY domestic spending is automatically "pork."” ------------ Where does Neal say that, or are you chasing your tail again (speaking of circular reasoning) and tilting at strawmen?

    Justin, Robin Hood stole from the tax collector and government to give the money back to the taxpayers. Hussein ‘Sheriff”
    By anonymous @ 03/12/09 01:52:28 PMreport abuse
  • Obama, Dems, economy
    Is ANYBODY surprised that Barney Frank wanted the "package" to be bigger?
    By tony @ 03/12/09 01:04:23 PMreport abuse
  • Let them eat cake
    Sorry - i'm at work and couldn't finish this thought ...

    The candidates that speak the truth and tell America what it needs to hear, not what it wants to hear ...
    are the ones that lose in the first few primaries ....
    By Alan @ 03/12/09 12:17:37 PMreport abuse
  • Every candidate is all talk ...
    does anyone remember Bush running on a campaign on fiscal responsibility and less foreign intervention?

    How did that work out for us?

    The candidates that speak the truth and tell America what it needs to hear, not what it wants to hear ...

    "let them eat cake" ...
    By Alan @ 03/12/09 11:53:33 AMreport abuse
  • Democrats will be Democrats
    The question remains-are there enough fiscally conservative republicans in congress to stop this man from doing what we knew he would do regardless of the lies he told us during the presidential campaign? I don't see the evidence of it. Vote Libertarian.
    By Carlos @ 03/12/09 11:47:33 AMreport abuse
  • It's all Bush's Fault
    Let's face it, could Obama have won this election without the homeless vote? Without the "uneductaed" college student vote? How about ACORN? What do these people care about the economy or the debt we leave? It's not as if it affects them.
    By NCchik @ 03/12/09 11:16:24 AMreport abuse
  • Business as usual..
    When Obama signed the stimulus bill, he said there were no earmarks, even though it was full of wasted spending.

    So it's easy to see how it will be going forward: Anything the democrats put in a bill, is much needed spending and anything republicans want, is an earmark.

    That's one reason why line item veto is not a good thing, the sitting president could just veto all the other party's earmarks & sign the bill.
    By David @ 03/12/09 11:11:05 AMreport abuse
  • New name for the President
    As much as I like PrezBo, I think President Robin Hood fits better...
    By Justin @ 03/12/09 11:10:26 AMreport abuse
  • Crap included, but E-Verify tabled
    Subject line basically says it all ....(the one program that could help keep our citizens and legal residents working, and "puff").
    By KentuckyPatriot @ 03/12/09 10:45:31 AMreport abuse
  • Change- What Change
    All the change in DC is the recyclement of the Clinton Administration.
    By George @ 03/12/09 10:44:52 AMreport abuse
  • Grow a set!
    If you are going to fuss at your buddies and say "no more after this one" but then turn around and sign it anyway???? Just refuse to sign it till they get the crap out! What is so hard about that? Geez, so tired of this liar. Almost as worthless as that drivel Copy posted.
    By Joyce M/Blythe @ 03/12/09 10:44:31 AMreport abuse
  • Obama Pelosi Reid Spending
    Since the libs are blaming this on George Bush (even though they added a bunch of pork)why didn't he just veto the darn thing. Obama is proving to be even worse than I thought he could be and that was pretty bad. Can anyone say "IMPEACHMENT". Personally, I think apologizing to enemies of the United States of America should be considered treason.
    By Maggie @ 03/12/09 10:41:49 AMreport abuse
  • All Republican's Fault
    Ok,

    So this whole mess is entirely the fault of the repubilcans and Bush. C'mon.

    For once, I wish ONE democrat would take some personal responsibility, yes I said PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, for anything instead of reverting to the default talking point responses that either everybody does it or it is Bush's fault.

    Grow up people.
    By Had Enough @ 03/12/09 10:35:23 AMreport abuse
  • Last Year's Business...
    What an elementary excuse for someone who is suppose to be the President and leader. Grow up!

    Why is this bill just now getting done if it was for last years business. Two reasons - Pelosi and Reid. They would not let the bill be introduced under Pres. Bush's watch, because they knew they would get the support to ram it down our throats. So if you are going to blame anyone, it should be Princess Pelosi and Prince Harry.

    Yes, President Obama, you are a LIAR. You had a chance to prove your WORDS actually mean something and you showed the American people your words are meaningless!!! I guess we now know who is really running thing in Washington DC, since you lack a backbone to be a leader, it is Princess Pelosi and Prince Harry.
    By Rick @ 03/12/09 10:31:04 AMreport abuse
  • Obama
    When you put a biracial Arab, who started life as a Muslim, was trained by Communists, has hidden his birth and school records, has worked as a 'Community Organizer, has only run for office, and is still campaigning instead of being a President, this is what you should expect. Maybe being President is above his pay grade and he is letting Nancy Pelosi serve as President because he can't do the job.
    By vcw39 @ 03/12/09 10:30:27 AMreport abuse
  • SUUUUEEEEE!!! OBAMA'S CALLING ALL PORK!!!
    If pork is defined by what is not necessary to run the federal government then who decides what IS necessary? How about this..."THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO ONLY WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL NOT,CAN NOT OR SHOULD NOT DO"(Phil Valentine quote). If this sounds too simple its because it is. Federal Government was orginally designed to handle the interaction between countries, these countries mostly consisting of the original 13 colonies which needed to get along to survive.
    The states and private sector can handle 90% of what the fed. is doing and at half the expense. States rights should be returned to the states so the fed. can focus on its real job.
    By damifino @ 03/12/09 10:19:55 AMreport abuse
  • Do The Math...
    A simple equation, really...

    Stimulus + Omnibus = Screwed Us
    By QueenOfPhenomenal @ 03/12/09 10:04:55 AMreport abuse
  • Change
    I am tired of people calling Obama a liar on change. Change for the worse is still change.
    By Woodsey Owl @ 03/12/09 10:04:25 AMreport abuse
  • Read my lips
    Yep, "Read my lips, No new earmarks."
    By Raima @ 03/12/09 09:52:48 AMreport abuse
  • Obama
    Obama's siren song is drawing the good ship USA towards the rocks, and all the Sailors onboard are swooning to the croonin' of our good ole POTUS. If only he could execute 25% of what he says so eloquently.
    By BEOHBE @ 03/12/09 09:41:34 AMreport abuse
  • Government "nutrition"
    Remember all those times you went on a diet, but before you started you had to have one last big meal before you kicked off your healthy eating? That's exactly what this $410 billion earmarked bill is. The government can't go on a diet from earmarks and wasteful spending without having one last chance at gluttony. Why would they be any different? Oh yeah, and it's worth pointing out that most diets don't work anyway, bc of a lack of discipline. And you know that sounds just like government.
    By david @ 03/12/09 09:39:00 AMreport abuse
  • Republican Hypocrisy
    The Republicans are 41% of the Senate and 41% of the House. And, guess what, the republicans are reponsible for 40% of the earmarks in this bill.

    Yet the republicans are condemning the earmarks. Classic case of "stop me beforeI kill again."
    By AWK 829 @ 03/12/09 09:14:13 AMreport abuse
  • taxpayer dollars for tatoo removal
    As an income tax payer for over three decades I think that one of the best uses of money taken from me would be the removal of ALL tatoos displayed in public. heck, I'd pay a surcharge for this
    By jim @ 03/12/09 09:12:37 AMreport abuse
  • Earmarks redefined
    Obama means it. Henceforth he will only
    sign spending bills that contain Congresionally Resolved Appropriations for Procurement.
    By An.American.Expat @ 03/12/09 09:07:25 AMreport abuse
  • $410,000,000,000 in 2009
    We just added $410,000,000,000 [I like for people to see all those zeros] to our debt with the EXCUSE that it was left over from the 110th Congressional business and had to be passed. I wonder what the excuse will be in 2010 when the 112th Congress starts slobbering over pork spending.
    By P. McCall @ 03/12/09 09:05:19 AMreport abuse
  • Change you can believe in
    I think it gets even deeper. What he's finding out is that promises he made during the campaign are a lot more difficult to implement than he originally thought. Now, he's finding out what being president really means. The Messiah is showing his shade of green and folks are starting to pick up on it.
    By Garcia @ 03/12/09 09:03:48 AMreport abuse
  • Earmark issue
    So in order for Obama to keep his "promise" and allow earmarks in future budget legislation, the Speaker of the House need only to wait until the current budget funding is "dangerously close" to a "complete shut down of Government" in order to pass a similar budget bill, saddled with similar earmarks.

    So the obvious question is "When will the money for this current bill run out?"
    By Chris in Missouri @ 03/12/09 08:55:46 AMreport abuse
  • Last year's business?
    It seems that the most common explanation for why there is so many earmarks in this bill is because it is "last years business." What do they mean by this? I know the goal is to blame Bush for it somehow but I don't really understand the reasoning...
    By Andrew @ 03/12/09 08:49:37 AMreport abuse
  • Circular reasoning here
    According to Neal, ANY domestic spending is automatically "pork." Therefore, when Obama said he wanted to eliminate pork and then approved a stimulus bill, he was "caught in a lie."

    See how it works? The logic is airtight... IF you accept Neal's absurd premise that domestic spending of any type equals pork. That's nonsense, obviously... but he's hoping you don't notice it.
    By Copyleft @ 03/12/09 08:49:23 AMreport abuse
  • The first graders are in charge
    They are already giving him an excuse. The flacks in Congress are floating the idea that this is last year's budget and last year's business (though they can't explain exactly WHY they couldn't get to it last year). So, anything bad in this bill must be BUSH'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (drool) (slobber)
    By Steve @ 03/12/09 08:48:41 AMreport abuse
  • Not Surprised
    I'm not at all surprised that this bill got through the Senate and was signed by Obama. From TheHill.com, "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had threatened to push for a stopgap measure funding government unless the Senate approved the House-passed package without amendments."

    Both the President and Harry Reid are Pelosi-whipped. God help us.
    By That Woman in Kansas @ 03/12/09 08:48:01 AMreport abuse
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