House OKs $819B stimulus bill in win for Obama

In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night, filled with new spending and tax cuts at the core of the young adminstration’s revival plan for the desperately ailing economy. The vote was 244-188.

Note: solid Donk support, NO GOP backing.

There is so much crapola in this mess, that it is beyond description. Stimulus? most of the money won’t be spent for a year or more…so much for worrying about the immediate economy.

So what’s relly going on here? The Chief recalls an old African proverb: “Any stick will do if you want to beat a snake.” In this case, the recession stick does a great job of beatin gthe Donk’s snake…an ever expanding government with the bureaucracy expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

Although Queen Nancy got her way…it may just come back to bite her in the butt…with NO support from ANY GOP, the Donks will end up with this Albatross firmly and finally lashed around their neck, which also happens to reflect the view of this OpEd from across the pond:

Hollow victory: Republicans deliver slap in the face to Barack Obama

President Barack Obama got the $825 (or $1.2 trillion over a decade) stimulus package through the House of Representatives but the 244 to 188 vote is a hollow victory indeed. Without a single Republican voting for the bill, his high-profile visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday came to exactly naught – at least on the House side.Obama vowed to change Washington and usher in a new post-partisan era. The the mood music and optics were pitch perfect as he trekked up to the Hill. Republicans praised his gesture, welcomed his sincere demeanour and appreciated his willingness to listen.

SOUNDS good…but wait…the typical liberal formula…symbolism over substance, especially when it comes to what looks more and more like a pattern of faux-bipartisanship:

Problem was, he wanted only to listen and did not want to act on what Republicans said.

It’s going to be a long 4 years.