Panetta's fees came from failed banks: SwampCarnahan: a story of vote fraud, rape and murder: Gateway
Kennedy: hog farmers more dangerous than Bin Laden: Times
House Dems party at taxpayer expense: Hill
Cheney warns of new attacks: Politico
Class move: no: Crittenden
Unions: the 7 lies: LRI Online
The audacity of image: Surber
Ethics, tax payments remain in news: Prairie
Parisi: Democrats' call for civility 8 years late: Times
Has Obama gone to war with Pelosi?: Hot Air
Boxer: screw economy, we must fix global warming: STACLU
Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental: Gawker
Stephanopoulos: violated all journalistic ethics: Gateway
Obama loses control of DC; it's the GOP's fault: Mac
Senate Lacks Votes to Pass Stimulus: WaPo
State of Arizona reasserts the 10th Amendment: AZ
Obama cancels Utah drilling leases, increases dependency on foreign oil: Wizbang
How the stimulus plan will work: Anchoress
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Minnesota.
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.
And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will work.
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