A Monument To Me
This is but one solitary reason, among zillions, why Porkulous was doomed to failure from prehistory.
Upon receipt of the untraceable government (i.e. taxpayer) largesse, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) quickly splurged $70,000 of “stimulus” money on highway signs commemorating the stimulus itself.
Just what the people of Massachusetts have been waiting for!
Clearly overjoyed with this wondrous idea, Patrick then spent an additional $15,000 of State funds on similar signs that had one extra addition.
Can you guess what that was?
Yep. His very own, beautiful name.
This, of course, also provides Patrick with free advertising for his imminent re-election campaign.
It gets better: Patrick’s predecessor, Mitt Romney, had previously banned taxpayer-funded vanity signage in 2003. Are you taking note, MA voters?
Do you recall the gold statue that Turkmenistan’s former ruler (and abhorrent despot) Saparmurat Niyazov had erected in dedication to himself? It rotated 360 degrees every 24 hours – I kid you not – so as to always face the Sun.
How long before Patrick decides he wants something similar?
Scratch that: how long before Barry wants one?
July 8th, 2009 at 15:02
Untraceable?
As a thought experiment, cancel the Mike Foxtrot outright. The muffled screams, I submit, would be a form of tracing.
You apprehend why they are not coming to me for policy decisions.
July 8th, 2009 at 18:42
..not to out-do you, but Hannity did a whole show the other night; something about 101 items of porkulus or something like that. While this item was on it, it was not described in the excrutiating detail that you provide. However, I think it was North Carolina or South Carolina who attributed EXACTLY ONE JOB to the the stimulus package, that being someone hired to track the effects of the stimulus funds coming into the state.
Your gummint at woik!
July 8th, 2009 at 19:47
Wasting taxpayer money, and taking credit for it. That’s pretty much the liberal way, isn’t it? The porkulus waste report can be found here: http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f
July 8th, 2009 at 19:49
An absolute complete and utter ass. No wonder we used to call them Massholes when I lived in Maine!
July 9th, 2009 at 00:01
And he’ll get away with it too, just like all the other states using Porkulus to shore up their budget deficits…at the urging of the Federal Goon Gubmint.
July 9th, 2009 at 01:05
As well as a 60 foot rotating sculpture, he needs to be on a horse with a drawn sword. Isn’t that the way we memorialize our political “heroes”?