Who wants the stimulus?

I'm hearing from various sources that the calls to Senators is running in the neighborhood of 10-1 against it. This despite Mr. Obama's appeals to his supporters via email and speeches.

www.nostimulus.org is down due to overwhelming traffic.

Here's how to voice your opinion: www.moveovermoveon.posterous.com

Burn up the phone lines! Fill up the voice mail. Make them go buy more paper for the fax machines! Clog up their email inbox.

Don't just call YOUR Senator, call them all. Most don't ask where you're calling from (email forms require state). At the Move Over Moveon site they have suggested talking points to make it easier for you to get your point across.

A few Sunday morning "stimulus" headlines

The Stimulus Tragedy
Obama bets that we can spend our way to prosperity.

Peggy Noonan: Bracing Ourselves
America prepares for the worst, and Republicans suddenly seem serious.

WSJ: Obama, GOP Trade Jabs on Stimulus

AP: Senators debate stimulus in rare Saturday session

Politico: Senate GOP says they were left out

The Hill: Senators exert leverage over Pelosi on stimulus

Senators Hash Out Stimulus Details With Another Nudge From Obama
ABC News - USAThough a few moderate Republicans likely will vote for the stimulus plan -- which President Barack Obama today said is necessary to avoid a "national ...

AP: Competing stimulus bills divide Congress

Roll Call: Drafters Meet Stimulus Amendment Deadline

WaPo: Economists Agree Time Is of the Essence for Stimulus

Battle over stimulus plan tests Obama's mettle
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USABarack Obama will have to grind it out." "The moral of the story is that it's a lot more fun to campaign than it is to govern," says Jack Citrin, ...

Krauthammer on the Stimulus, Pork and "Hope"

Great read. Charles Krauthammer has a way of cutting through the fluff and laying out a solid case. He always seems to have the uncanny ability to see the kernel of truth that many of us miss while listening to the hyperbole.

The Fierce Urgency of Pork
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, February 6, 2009; A17
"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe." -- President Obama, Feb. 4.

Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared "we have chosen hope over fear."

Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill.

And so much for the promise to banish the money changers and influence peddlers from the temple. An ostentatious executive order banning lobbyists was immediately followed by the nomination of at least a dozen current or former lobbyists to high position. Followed by a Treasury secretary who allegedly couldn't understand the payroll tax provisions in his 1040. Followed by Tom Daschle, who had to fall on his sword according to the new Washington rule that no Cabinet can have more than one tax delinquent
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020502766_pf.html

Tx @drudge_report (Twitter)

How much is a billion? a trillion?

How much is a billion? A billion minutes ago Jesus Christ walked on the earth.
(Thanks to Brian Wilson on FOX)

How much is a trillion dollars? If a people had accumulated a million dollars a day since the birth of Jesus, they still would not have reached a trillion dollars.
(Thanks to Senator Jim Demint of SC)

Steve Maloney
DraftPalin2012
SteveMaloneyGOP

73% of us now do NOT want the stimulus (scamulus, porkulus... it has many new names ;-)
Go here: http://moveovermoveon.posterous.com for easy ways to contact senators and to vote on the inclusions you think are the most ridiculous.