THE DAILY BLADE: Obamaville: The Town That “Shovel Ready” Stimulus Projects Built
Homeless people living in a tent city in Colorado Springs got the media to pay attention to their plight by putting up this sign, reports KRDO (Channel 13-Colorado Springs, CO):
"You mention his name, you get some attention, I think that was the whole idea behind it," said Spencer Swann of Colorado Canyon Signs. "I didn't dream it up, but I thought it was a good idea. I thought that it would help some of these guys down here." …
Swann says the "Obamaville" sign cost around $150. He didn't charge the unknown creator ...
Now that the homeless community is “newsworthy,” Swann put up a new sign that reads: "Please help, we need firewood, propane and canned food."
Editorial Note: For some reason, this ditty popped into The Stiletto’s head:
Wasting away again in Obamaville,
Searching for my lost stimulus grant,
Some people claim that George W. Bush is to blame,
But Tea Partyers know it's Obama’s fault.
The Stiletto Scoops Michael Barone
The Stiletto … had a beef with all the historical inaccuracies [in Obama’s inaugural address] – which is what you get when a 27-year-old writes your speech. To begin with, 44 Americans have not taken the presidential oath; 43 have.
- “A Day Of Firsts Celebrated By Second-Rate Festivities,” The Stiletto Blog, January 21, 2009
At Oslo, [Obama] cited Richard Nixon's meeting with Mao, Pope John Paul II's preaching in Poland and Ronald Reagan's negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev as precedents for his truckling to the Iranian regime - in each case with some violence to the historical record (maybe he needs at least one speechwriter over 40).
- “Could Obama's Speeches Reflect a Foreign Policy Shift?,” Michael Barone, Rasmussen Reports, December 14, 2009
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