Tendo City

Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin, etc. All the Republican governors thinking about or actually attempting to block the stimulus money from going to their states, and thus doom their states to suffering and lost jobs and work that they don't have to.

Of course it's being "intellectually more consistent" to oppose stimulus as a Republican, but when intellectual consistency hurts people this much, sticking by your morals isn't something to be proud of.

But, these people were elected. So should the title be, "Mark Sanford and Sarah Palin are idiots who are trying their best to make the people of their states suffer", or "People are stupid for electing people like that, so whatever happens to them is their own dumb fault for voting for those people"? Because they're the people who voted these people in... if they suffer because of it, well...

Overall though, I hope that any governors that refuse the stimulus get overridden by their legislatures and the stimulus gets accepted anyway (they have that power). The whole country needs help, not just the states that want it...

Actually, many of the states that are trying to refuse it are pretty badly off and need it badly. So to alleviate the pain and suffering I do hope they get it, even if it isn't necessarily deserved -- these people do believe that government is evil, after all. If they really don't want it to help them that badly, we might not be able to force them. But we'll see what happens.

Sadly, I'm in one of those states. My mom almost lost her job due to her location closing (she works at Office Depot). At the last minute, though, she was relocated to another Office Depot, and she even got a promotion! Nevertheless, a lot of people are out of work in this state like in every other state, and most didn't get severance pay when they lost their jobs (especially if they worked for a company like Circuit City that has closed altogether). Alabama Governor Bob Riley rejected $66 million in stimulus money that was going mainly to the unemployed. Sadly, this is a red state and most of the people here are set in their ways of thinking (or rather, are set in their ways of voting and are devoid of thinking).

To quote Jon Stewart: Last I checked, Democratic money can still be exchanged for goods and services. I know it's not as good as Republican money, but it's no peso!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at how true that quote is. I suppose I should laugh at the quote and cry at the truth behind it.

What is this week's version of the Obama stimulus?

Last I heard, we were all supposed to get some thirteen extra dollars on our paychecks or some such. Which sounds very token to me. Which is a nice way of saying that it's basically worthless.