White House Ham Giving New Meaning To Pork

That picture from Drudge’s website seems to say a lot. However, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued a statement attempting to defend the massive amounts of pork er ham in the stimulus bill.

Remember, the stimulus was supposed to stimulate the economy.

Response to Drudge Item on Recovery Act Funding
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

“Through the Recovery Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made $100 million available to the states for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which acquires food that is distributed to local organizations that assist the needy – including food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens.

The Recovery Act funds referenced in press reports allowed states to purchase ham, cheese and dairy products for these food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries that provide assistance to people who otherwise do not have access to food. This program will help reduce hunger of those hardest hit by the current economic recession.

The references to “2 pound frozen ham sliced” are to the sizes of the packaging. Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy “2 pounds of ham” are wrong.

Just like when the president said the stimulus plan was working exactly how it designed to … we learn that it really is. This is another example of the government ‘stimulus’ creating, and preparing for you being dependent upon them.

Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar Goodman, outlined exactly how utterly useless the stimulus has been for his constituents.

Biden Is Still An Idiot, The Press Is Turning On Obama, & Obama Admits He Is Trying To Destroy Economy

Whew, that’s a lot to say on a Saturday morning.

Biden may be an utterly useless, racially insensitive retard, but he is good for a laugh gaffe.

Biden’s latest idiocy has further exposed the divide between the press and our current administration … which is fractured.

Loyal Ticket readers know that, as a patriotic duty, we monitor the longtime senator’s schedule with a close eye for detail because, after all, this man is only a heartbeat away from having to give a toast at a G-8 summit. We’ve especially noted Biden’s innumerable “private meetings” that are closed to the press because, well, they’re private.

And we’ve wondered aloud how this Democratic VP’s private meetings with unnamed people on unnamed subjects differs from the private meetings with unnamed people that his evil predecessor had that got so many Democratic senators and representatives worried about nefarious secrets.

“Evil predecessor?” Whatever dumbass.

Well, today’s schedule, unlike many at the end of Biden’s work weeks, contains no “private meetings.” Not one.

Having spent Thursday traveling and successfully selling the nation on the so far hard-to-detect effects of the $787-billion Obama administration economic stimulus spending plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave them, Biden will show up for work around 11 today.

According to the White House schedule, Biden will not spend the remainder of the workday in private meetings that are closed press.

Instead: “The Vice President will spend the remainder of the day in meetings that are closed press.”

You get the difference, right?

If the LA Times is taking you to task for continuing Bush’s policies of secrecy … you know you’re in trouble with the press.

For Biden’s people … a closed meeting IS private.

I particularly love this quote from the LA Times piece:

Having spent Thursday traveling and successfully selling the nation on the so far hard-to-detect effects of the $787-billion Obama administration economic stimulus spending plan

Are you guys starting to get what I’ve been saying about Obama and the press these past couple of months? The press is becoming far less likely to cover for our president now days. Think about it … the LA Times is calling the stimulus a failure in pure black ink.

I find this ironic since the president just said the stimulus “has worked as intended” in statements answering criticism of the policy’s failure.

My friend Gateway Pundit finds this hysterical.

In honor of Billy Mays … BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!

I think the LA Times and GP have it all wrong.  I trust what our president is saying.  He’s just being honest with us … for once.  The stimulus worked as planned … as HE planned.

Here’s what Obama said about the stimulus’ success:

“It has already extended unemployment insurance and health insurance to those who have lost their jobs in this recession”

Precisely! The stimulus’ goal was to make people more dependent upon the federal government to further push us into little more than indentured servitude.

Our president just had a Freudian Slip … that’s all.

Good Visual Aid To Illustrate The Stimulus Package

The Stimulus Changes Everything, But No One In Congress Read It.

The sad truth is that he is 100% right.

We can all imagine several reasons why Congress broke their promise to allow all of us to read the bill before the vote, and rushed this thing through. Now we know that at least one reason is there is a vacation to get to.

And The Winner For The Dumbest Thing In The Stimulus Package Is …

Prepare yourself … you’ve been warned.

It’s high time we crowned a winner for the dumbest thing in the Obama/Democrat stimulus package. There are several candidates that would have been worthy of such a dishonor, but there is one that is indisputably stupid … no matter what your political affiliation is.

clipped from sema.org

SEMA is opposing an effort by some Washington lawmakers to include a national car crushing program in the upcoming economic stimulus package. Vehicles targeted for the scrap pile will likely include Chevy Blazers, Silverados, S-10s and Tahoes; Dodge Dakotas and Rams; Ford Explorers and F-Series; Jeep Cherokees and Wranglers; and any other SUV or truck that obtains less than 18 mpg.

Could it be something so retarded as to use taxpayer money to destroy cars? Yes!

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Under the plan, the federal government would pay a premium for ’99 and newer cars. Click here to oppose the legislation.

The so-called “Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act” is “Cash for Clunkers” with a twist. Instead of focusing exclusively on old cars as is typical with scrappage programs, this bill will target any vehicle with lower fuel-economy ratings. Participants will receive a cash voucher to purchase a more fuel-efficient new car or used car (model year 2004 or later) or receive credit for the purchase of public transportation tickets.

Under the legislation, “fuel efficient” means at least 25% better mileage than the CAFE standard. It will be illegal to resell the scrapped vehicles. Bill sponsors want to destroy 4 million pickups and SUVs over the next four years.

The program will fail to achieve its goal of improving fuel efficiency and stimulating car sales, but will increase unemployment and the cost of used cars and parts. Here’s why:

Follow this link for SEMA’s point by point opposition to the proposal.

Essentially, this is the government taking taxpayer’s money to advance the myth of global warming which we all know doesn’t exist.

Most of the vehicles targeted in this legislation are worth more than the max you can get from the government of $4,500. So if you were to participate you would be taking a loss to allow the government to destroy your car. Then you get to go into debt by only getting an average down payment on a highly restrictive list of new cars that are overpriced for the market anyway.

Naturally, this will not accomplish its stated goals. SEMA points out that this could raise the cost of used vehicles due to less supply. That affects poorer families ability to get a car.

To make it illegal to sell these vehicles is the worst kind of stupid. Why not sell them to companies that convert vehicles to other forms of fuel at a discount, and then allow them to sell the converted vehicle for market value? I guess that’s too simple for government.

So who’s responsible for this idea? Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) … shocking, I know.

If it makes you feel better, there is another provision in the stimulus package that addresses cars. The government is giving themselves an additional $600 million for new government cars for a total of $3.6 billion. Most of those new government cars, by the way, are SUV’s.

Sign on to oppose the car crushing plan here, and to get talking points to oppose it here.

Nobel Prize Economists Tell Obama He’s Wrong On Stimulus Plan

This is common sense stuff, but the masses seem so ignorant about history that they are willing to let this thing do its damage. We’ve tried these stimulus packages before … they failed. Japan has tried them before … they failed. Europe has tried them … they also failed. Stimulus packages like this have never worked, and never will work.

clipped from gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 200 top economic minds signed a national ad published in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal against the trillion dollar spending binge proposed by democrats. The ad, sponsored by the Cato Institute, blasts the massive boondoggle that funds liberal projects under the guise of “stimulating” the economy. St. Louis Today and Free Republic reported:

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“There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.”

President-Elect Barack Obama
January 9, 2009

With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true. Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, we the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan’s “lost decade” in the 1990s. As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the U.S. today.