Story of the yesterday....no soup for you!

I Just don't get it.

Apparently Sen. Mitch "Turkey-neck" McConnell is heading the minority party leadership on trying to fail the stimulus bill.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Kentucky, where after a horrible string of ice storms have left the state paralyzed. Utilities down, roads and buildings damaged. Infrastructure.
Just what this bill is starting to get the groundwork in rebuilding.

Sorry Kentucky, but I say cut off Kentucky altogether from any aid until their Congressional voice stops obstructing and starts working with the rest of the playgroup.

Nothing. Nada. Like they don't exist. Like Bush did when New Jersey requested federal aid after major flooding and hurricanes.

Let them figure their own mess out.

Besides - these backwater fucktards rean't naming any significant "pork" spending in this bill. Josh Marshall of talkingpointsmemo.com lays down the gauntlet the best.

Now, here's a representative list from Rep. LoBiondo (R) of New Jersey ...

$1.9 billion for high-level physics research;

$1.5 billion for universities to improve their biomedical research programs;

$600 million for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to purchase new satellites to improve weather forecasts;

$600 million to buy new cars for federal government workers, adding to the existing inventory of 640,000 vehicles; and,

$335 million for education and prevention programs regarding sexually transmitted diseases.

Separate criticism has been directed at $75 million for smoking cessation plan.

Set aside whether you think these line items are worthwhile. (And it seems obvious to me that it's good for the economy to buy more vehicles for the government fleet, when our auto industry is cratering and demand for cars is flatlining.) But just add those up and you get a total -- $3.51 5.01 Billion -- out of $819 Billion.

LoBiondo is fitting the congressman from the crotch of New Jersey better suited to being annexed by Kentucky.