Barack Obama once claimed to have visited 57 American states.
So perhaps it should come as no surprise that his administration is boasting of creating jobs with stimulus money in congressional districts that don't even exist.
In Iowa, reveals one Internet blogger, "there are still only five congressional districts, not the 13 listed by the White House" on stimulus-tracking Web site www.recovery.gov.
Arizona, the White House's Web site says, got new stimulus-created jobs in its 15th congressional district. The problem: The state has eight congressional districts.
In South Carolina, according to www.recovery.gov, stimulus money created jobs in congressional districts 00 and 25. In the real world, the state has six congressional districts.
Says ABC News: "In Connecticut's 42nd district (which also does not exist), the Web site claims 25 jobs created with zero stimulus dollars."
Your tax dollars at work as never before! Just imagine how many jobs they could have created in that district with, oh, five bucks!
The fraud is sweeping, both in its geography and its audacity. According to ABC News, the Obama administration is claiming stimulus money created jobs in these fictitious political districts:
- $68.3 million spent and 72.2 million spent in the 1st congressional district of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- $8.4 million spent and 40.3 jobs created in the 99th congressional district of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- $1.5 million spent and .3 jobs created in the 69th district and $35 million for 142 jobs in the 99th district of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- $47.7 million spent and 291 jobs created in Puerto Rico's 99th congressional district.
Think about that for a moment. The White House is claiming that, together, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands account for nearly 200 of the House of Representatives' 435 members. If you fold in Puerto Rico, that's about 300 of the House's 435 members.
That doesn't leave much room for the country's actual 57 states, does it?
The Obama administration blames the job-reporting sources. OK, let's look at that.
First off, you could certainly expect some mistakes to occur -- perhaps in addition. But these "mistakes" -- creating congressional districts that don't exist -- seem so intentional and widespread that it smacks of a conspiracy.
Secondly, how could the Obama administration just blindly report the existence of congressional districts that don't exist?
It's not just a matter of knowing how many congressional districts there are in each state. One could almost excuse that. But the Obama administration is claiming there are at least 99 congressional districts in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Even if U.S. territories had congressmen, which they don't, wouldn't someone employed at the White House have questioned why the Virgin Islands had more congressional districts than California's 53?
Oh, wait. According to recovery.gov, California has 60 districts.
This is either sweeping, world-class ignorance in the White House -- or it's fraud. You pick. Either option is as unsavory as the other.
So will there be accountability? Will the White House track down where those millions and millions of dollars really went?
Don't hold your breath. Here's the verbal shrug-of-the-shoulder coming from the White House: "Some (stimulus money) recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number. We expected all along that recipients would make mistakes on their congressional districts, on jobs numbers, on award amounts, and so on. Human beings make mistakes."
In other words, no big whoop. We expected these burps.
Besides, it's not their money. It's yours. And there's a stimulus package to defend, so keep those fake numbers rolling in folks!
This is the same government that wants to manage your health care.
When you look at all the fraudulent numbers coming from fake congressional districts all across the fruited plain, it's nearly impossible to chalk it up to innocent mistakes. This looks like an intentional pattern to lie to the American people.
"The attempts to cover up the dismal failure of the president's trillion-dollar stimulus have gone from comical to embarrassing," says Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.
The $787 billion "stimulus" bill, which has only seen unemployment rise, has been a massive failure. But it may have been only a colossal mistake.
The attempt to cover up that mistake seems to be no accident.
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Obumbler is in so far over his head ground level looks like the top of Mt Everest. So much for openness in government and "change we can believe in". Obumbler won't be able to close GITMO in a year as promised, Obumbler has put together budgets that create the largest deficits of any President in history and now says deficits may lead to double dip recession, huh. The stimuluis package has been a complete failure. The President is going on over seas trips at a rate that exceeds any President in history and is dithering on Afganistan while our troops are dying. The President's Attorney General is going to hold show trials for militray detainees that had already plead quilty and ask for the death penalty. These trials will create a circus that will cost over 100 million dollars (the folks in New York are asking for 75 million just to beef up security) and lead to the execution of people that had plead guilty and wanted to be executed. This is just incredible! When Holder was asked if military detainees had ever had a civil criminal trial he had that deer in the head lights look..It will be a long three years..
See Cloward-Piven/obama
hussein supporters;try to defend this!
hussein has added 7 states and 300 reps.to the house in less than a year.At this rate,we will have added 28 states and 1200 reps.by the end of his term.Change we can believe in!
carcraft, are you genuinely upset that Obama won't be able to close Guantanamo Bay by January?
How long before the defense resorts to blaming Bush?
Looks like the hussein supporters have jumped ship.
The administration is lying about the national debt, also. It is much higher than they are reporting and growing faster than projected. We are in deep trouble with a double dip recession looming, rising unemployment and no more money to borrow. The truth is the public debt will exceed 100 percent of GDP in two years.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2332594/posts
"YOU LIE" rings true now doesn't it!
Remember when the Clinton actions were being investigated by congress and a request for a piece of information was responded to with over 200,000 sheets of paper covering thousands of subjects, but none related to the investigation? I think this administration is just doing its version of the Clinton shuffle. "If you can't impress them with action, baffle them with male bovine feces." Yes they can!!
After all the silly things that Bush said as a result of innocent slips of the tongue (the famous Bushisms) , you are now complaining about a few typos in a report? The President must be doing a good job; otherwise you wouldn't need to stoop to this level of nitpicking.
omnomnom on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:34 AM Obumbler sat down in a solomn ceramony and signed a document and announced "I am ordering one year from today Gauntanamo will be closed". Then launches into a series of enept moves that are worthy of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clueseau. Paying the tiny Island nation of Palau 11 million for each of 17 detainees shipped there (Palau held us hostage for more money). Sends 4 detainees to Bahamas with out notifying the British Foriegn Office so the Brits have thier nickers in a bunch. On one of Obumbler's over seas trips he askes his "European Allies" to take detainees and Germany takes one, France takes 4 or some such. With no idea of what to do with the rest Obumbler runs around the US looking for a spot to put them. Adults ussual have some idea of how to procced with an endeavor and have a plan. Obumbler in his Hubris thinks if he signs a paper it will happen. This is a prime example of Obumbler's administration and it's ineptitude. They can't even run a damn web site and these clown want to manage YOUR health care?
rhetor a few typos errores in a report. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING? this is fraud, or at very best waste of taxpayer money and you still try to blame bush by inference. but how can you blame this prez for all the so called typos after al he as a candidate thought there were 57 states. this administration at best is incompentent but more than likely it is full of fraud and deciet. cant blame bush all your life and now ol obama is complaing about the rising debt and out of control spending.. does this man have no shame???
Uh, gotta give you an F for that answer, carcraft. What I asked was "are you genuinely upset that Obama won't be able to close Guantanamo Bay by January?"
omnomnom on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:17 AM NO I am happy. Gitmo should stay open, it is an ideal location for detaining these folks!!!
These are simple human error examples which proves everyone can make a mistake. The mistakes will be corrected and progress will made on the economy. This happens all the time.
then why bring it up if it doesn't bother you? As someone against his platform, shouldn't you be HAPPY he's breaking campaign promises?
Great Editorial! Real Pulitzer Prize winning material. I was wondering when the Editor was going to get around to drafting up articles of impeachment! President Obama lied to the American Public. He only visited 56 states not 57 as he claimed!!!
The Perfect Obama Supporter can never find any fault under any conditions with the messiah of the neoDem party. This attitude is a perfect imitation of the German people in 1931. I'm sure this is just a coincidence.
The stimulus bill will keep unemployment below 8% LIE. The jobs created as reported on recovery.gov LIE. 57 states LIE. Gitmo will close in one year LIE. I will fully support my hand picked General LIE. Afghanistan is the good war and we cannot afford to lose it LIE. The police acted stupidly LIE. The stimulus bill is working LIE. Lets not jump to conclusions about Major Hasan, we know all the facts and they lead a reasonable person to conclude it was a terror attack. The only thing I can believe that Husein has said is that "I surround myself with people that are like me (Communists, home grown terrorists, Marxists).
I'm a conservative, but I sincerely hope Obama does well in this critical time. I also hope (and believe) he can turn more to the conservative view. He is able to learn and adapt. I mean it's an amazing story of his come from nowhere to the presidency so he has the ablity to lead us in the right direction...which he may learn is the conservative one. However, right now, he's making terrible decisions and not being honest. Holder said yesterday if KS Muhammad is found innocent in NYC he will be returned to the military and held as a prisoner. So WHY are we having this trial? A big mistake that Obama seems to be making many of.
Obama has already tried, convicted, and sentenced KSM to death. He stated "The American people will see that justice will be served when KSM is found guilty and sentenced to death". Why go forward with the media circus to allow these terrorist thugs a platform to spew their hate, or will they be trying the Bush Administration alongside KSM.
funny, when the dems make false statements, its just "a simple human error," but when a republican or anyone of different political persuasion makes a 'mistake', it's a world-class action lawsuit and the democrats scream for blood-letting, persecution and the whole nine yards. like i've always said, NO ONE does chutzpah like the dem party. just wish the party would dissolve and fade away, as it should have done about a hundred years ago. but since that probably isn't going to happen anytime too soon, i just ignore theiir rantings and ramblings and incoherencies. plus, how can you believe or trust anyone who can't remember there's only 50 states?
omnomnom on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:54 AM The Obumbler attempt to close Gitmo is, simply, a monument to hubris and government waste and is the perfect metaphor for this administration! Ill concieved, poorly planned and ineptly executed!
OMG!!!..justas are you kidding me?...When asked about this "creative counting"...guess what the barry said...."this is a side issue"......barry sheeple will stand and watch our Country fall apart and still kiss the feet of this despot..he could stand on the steps of the White House and burn the Constitution and they would still baaaack him...so we do not argue with sheep...we take this fight to the streets.!!!!!
I reject the argument that the reporting individuals misreporting their districts smacks of conspiracy. There is no evidence of that. It is just a dumb rhetorical statement. A question has been raised about the authenticity of the numbers and an explanation has been offered. The process of review is not stopped, it just takes time. Ask yourself why the AC is jumping the gun with this editorial. Wouldn't it be better to wait for actual results and comment on corruption or incompetence than to speculate before-hand and run the risk of looking foolish later on? That's what's wrong with conservative strategy, AC. You are the problem.
The disingenuous Chronicle is at it again: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/57states.asp
and then blaming Obama for the mistakes of others. Why do they hate America?
steve wylie......""A question has been raised about the authenticity of the numbers and an explanation has been offered. The process of review is not stopped, it just takes time.""...........This sounds like something out of "Animal Farm"...is this a barryism or what?
AC, the 57 states comment taints your editorial. IMO, it's time to let that one go. Of course, I know the lamestream media will forever use the false "I can see Russia" quote, but we, hopefully, can take the high road.
It is scary that intelligent people would make an effort to defend such lies .