VIDEO- Obama: 'Insulation is sexy'. Rachel: 'Infrastructure is sexy'. Is it hot in here?

By GottaLaff



Hey, nothing new here! Rachel Maddow thinks "infrastructure" is sexy. I feel a trend coming on...

President Obama Talks About Stimulus, Jobs and Infrastructure 3/03/09

Vid via FDL.

VIDEO: Norah O’Donnell calls out Republican on bogus economic talking points

By GottaLaff

Where did the real Norah O'Donnell go?

Today on MSNBC, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attempted to argue that the House economic recovery package needs more corporate tax cuts instead of infrastructure spending, arguing that it wouldn’t help create any jobs. McCarthy, however, was swiftly knocked down by host Norah O’Donnell.

Suh-napity doo-dah.

Rachel Maddow Show: Rep Defazio on the Need for Infrastructure Spending

Palin ignores Obama request and Alaskan infrastructure

By GottaLaff

Via ADN:

Is Palin so focused on the gas line and 2012 that she's ignoring other Alaska infrastructure needs? (The Alaska Standard):

Several legislators say they have been unable to get a list from Gov. Palin of the state infrastructure project proposals she put forward as requested by President-elect Obama. Yet she shared them with Sen. Mark Begich, who says they're aimed at supporting gas line construction. ... This seems to be a clear statement that if Gov. Palin wants to damage the state economy as her ticket to the 2012 presidential candidacy, Begich is not playing.

Grandma Palin always has seemed a little too focused on her gas. What's that? Oh, sorry: Gas line.

Begich says Palin not asking for enough in Obama stimulus proposal (KTVA):

Sen. Begich says that with an estimated $800 billion economic recovery package in the works, he wants to know why Palin is only asking for about $150 million. "I think the four (gas-line-related) projects she's identified, in my view, is not enough."

What stunning revelations! Thinking of only herself is so not Palinesque. Oh wait. Yes it is.

VIDEO: Maryland Water Main Break Highlights Need For Infrastructure Spending In Federal Stimulus

By GottaLaff

Obama's challenges as the new president remind me of how I'd feel if I invested every bit of myself emotionally, intellectually, and financially in an enormously, hugely, gigantic new fixer-upper mansion, and during escrow, discovered that its roof just collapsed:

This [water main] incident underscores the vital need for including infrastructure funding in the upcoming economic stimulus bill. Maryland, like so many other states, is facing a budget crunch to deal with its much-needed repairs. Gov. Martin O’Malley has been urging President-elect Obama to make an early investment in infrastructure. “Not only would an infusion of funds help keep people employed and create new jobs,” O’Malley said, “it would allow us to deliver infrastructure improvements that will last beyond the immediate economic crisis and benefit generations to come.”

In an interview with Washington DC’s CBS affiliate WUSA9, Montgomery Country council member Roger Berliner stressed the point, saying the state is suffering an “epidemic” of infrastructure breakdowns. “We simply don’t have the money to take care of it,” he said. “We need help from the federal government.”

While President Bush has stubbornly refused to address the need for immediate infrastructure investments, President-elect Obama has expressed his strong desire to make it a priority.

The previous owner of my imaginary fixer-upper could have made at least some of the necessary repairs, but instead, abandoned it for a Texas ranch with an abundance of excess dry brush, and left my family and me to fend for ourselves.