Credit where credit is due, Obama kicked ass today.
$50 BILLION dollars for infrastructure JOBS!
Where are the jobs? They're coming, $50 billion dollars worth!
Here's the goods . . . .
• ROADS: Rebuild 150,000 miles of roads — renewing our commitment to the backbone of our transportation system;
• RAILWAYS: Construct and maintain 4,000 miles of rail — enough to go coast-to-coast;
• RUNWAYS: Rehabilitate or reconstruct 150 miles of runway — while putting in place a NextGen system that will reduce travel time and delays.
This will be PAYCHECKS, much need PAYCHECKS for people, but we can always do MORE and BETTER, and we can make John Boehner mad in the process. Sound good to you? Sounds great to me.
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Crossposted at The Progressive Electorate.com
Again, credit where credit is due. $50 Billion dollars worth.
Caption away!
This is what a guy looks like when he doesn't realize he's about to be outsmarted.
Regarding JOBS, this is looks like it could be just the beginning.
• A vision for the future. The President proposes to pair this with a long-term framework to reform and expand our nation’s investment in transportation infrastructure.
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and as Joan says . . .
It's a solid, job-creating policy idea to take into the fall campaign season, a) because it's absolutely necessary, and b) it's jobs, jobs, jobs. It's going to be hard for Republicans to honestly argue that the nation's transportation infrastructure doesn't need this critical investment before it falls entirely apart (not that they need honest arguments) and harder for them to fight a good job plan.
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Check it out, as already frontpaged here at DailyKos by Joan McCarter, but then remind yourself, while this is GREAT NEWS for John McCain the entire economy, and especially the lower 98% of income earners who aren't dependent on the Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich and the Plutonomy for support, this is also terrible, awful, bad news for John Boehner's golf game.
For Labor Day, I already had a mind to have some fun with "The Apocalypse is coming!" Sir John of Orange today, but that cagey Obama beat me to it. $50 billion dollars later, I had to re-write my whole diary. I'm telling, there is some work coming out of this, and it is going to cut into Boehner's golf time, and that makes him mad. Works for me.
Stephen Colbert felt bad last night that John Boehner has been taking so much heat for comparing the financial crisis to "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon." Colbert said: "Republicans prefer to kill ants with magnifying glasses. Or as they call it 'sunboarding.'"
Colbert continued that Boehner's also faced "vicious hate speech" from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who accused Boehner of being lazy. Scarborough, said Colbert, is "racist against Tangelo-Americans." We've heard it before, he added: "Orange people don't like to work. Orange people just drink all day. Orange people hate Mondays and love lasagna."
"I hope that next week is better for you and your son, Chester Cheetah," Colbert said.
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Help celebrate this Labor Day by Grabbing Your MOP, and laughing your ass off at John Boehner as we seek to improve his golf game, permanently.
So, here is my question. WHY THE HELL IS HE ORANGE????????
Perhaps it's genetic?
Perhaps John Boehner is a victim of de-regulated industries?
(The above 2 pics found at tildology.com)
Or perhaps John Boehner is just a lazy, out of touch asshole who'd rather play golf with his plutocrat chums all day while they think up new ways to let Wall St gamble with your retirement, which won't be happening until you are 70 if they have their way, thankyouverymuch.
I suspect that today, to celebrate labor day, John Boehner didn't tip his caddy, and while muttering under his breath as he puts his manly lob wedge back in his golf bag, John Boehner is cursing Obama's efforts to use the power of the EVIIIL Government to create jobs instead of cutting taxes for the rich like it's supposed to. Surely Boehner will have to reschedule his Monday tee time now that he will have to find someway to call this "Wasteful spending" or a "Government Takeover". Ooooh, how that makes John Boehner mad, he thinks as he cheats on his scorecard.
So here I am, thinking of ways to ridicule Boehner (which is hard to do if you want to be original), and along comes Obama and throws a 50 BILLION dollar Jobs plan in my lap. Credit where credit is due, Mr. President. You knocked this one outta the park on Labor Day.
So, what would be the icing on the cake here? How about showing some love to the man who can help retire John Boehner, and let him finally work on that hitch in his swing permanently.
Check out this press release from Boehner's Democratic challenger, Justin Coussoule.
Whatever it takes to get the Golfer to Visit his District
"Living in the Eighth District, we know Boehner has done nothing to serve us in years. Now he’s not even showing up to pretend he’s been doing anything for Ohio. This should tell you something about Boehner’s opinion of the residents here. He already thinks he doesn’t have to advocate for us; now he thinks he doesn’t even have to report to us either," says Coussoule. "And he’s not making a party distinction here. He’s ignoring the entire Eighth District."
Challenging a politician like Boehner to a debate in his home district is like trying to catch a greased pig. Boehner’s slippery agenda has taken him from Minnesota and Wisconsin last week to Kansas and Missouri in the coming days, but he has yet to sit still in southwest Ohio. Coussoule wants to make it clear that if Boehner is too busy to come home, the debate can take place in Washington, D.C. or any other place in the US where Boehner seems to be more comfortable.
Unfortunately, Boehner’s record shows he’s only comfortable making appearances in exchange for signed checks and cold cash.
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If you really want to rain on Boehner's tee time, check out Justin Coussoule's campaign website, and if you are feeling extra feisty this labor day evening, follow these links to help GRAB A MOP and show Boehner the door.
You can follow Justin Coussoule on Twitter
You can follow Justin Coussoule on Facebook
And, if you can, make a small donation and help Justin Coussoule give John Boehner all the time in the world to work on his golf swing!
Because Justin Coussoule will support an idea like this. Credit where credit is due, Obama just put together $50 BILLION for JOBS you can't send offshore, $50 BILLION in paychecks for working class Americans. Justin Coussoule would support that. John Boehner can't even support his sagging waist.
Awwww, look, now you gave John Boehner a sad . . .
If only we could keep that look on his face permanently.
Peace and love to all, and happy labor day!
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