NRN - Where is the Stimulus Money Going?

Fellow Bloggers,

Yesterday, we reported on the Washington Examiner uncovering 75,000 plus bogus jobs from the Stimulus Bill. Today, we have even more fishy news on the Stimulus front.

Bill McMorris from Watchdog.org discovered that there seems to be stimulus money going to "phantom congressional districts", according to Recovery.gov. D.J. McGuire from Virginia Virtucon dug into this claim in Virginia and discovered that not only was this claim true, but Virginia, which has 11 congressional districts, received stimulus funds in many, many more districts than the recognized 11.

Notice, this chart (click here to see chart) showing the funds being delivered to Virginia includes many more districts than the federally recognized 11. Even further, the chart shows jobs being created in "unknown" portions of Virginia.

And, according to Bill McMorris, this is a widespread problem not exclusive to Virginia.

OBAMACARE ENDORSEMENTS: WHAT THE BRIBE WAS

By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

Published on TheHill.com on November 6, 2009

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As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the '09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these -- and the other endorsements -- his package has received are all bought and paid for.
Here are the deals:

* The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians' reimbursements under the current law. Obama promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are the fruit of a law requiring annual 5-6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Bravely, each year Congress has rolled the cuts over, suspending them but not repealing them. So each year, the accumulated cuts threaten doctors. By now, they have risen to 21 percent. With this blackmail leverage, Obama compelled the AMA to support his bill...or else!

* The AARP got a financial windfall in return for its support of the healthcare bill. Over the past decade, the AARP has morphed from an advocacy group to an insurance company (through its subsidiary company). It is one of the main suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost, privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues. [...]

Click on Link Above to read full story.

Jack Kimball for Governor Exploratory Committee Launches New Website...

NHInsider received the following via a forwarded email, thus the placement in Blogger Alerts/Rumor Mill.

We did take a quick look at his website, pretty basic stuff. But I couldn't immediately find a Party Affiliation, does anyone have more information about this potential Gubernatorial Candidate?

Dear Friend,

I am pleased to announce the launch of my new website that will continue to detail my exploring a run for governor.

My goal in designing this new site was to allow a place for Granite Staters to go to get to know me. I invite you to visit the website and read my story. You will also find my interactive, up-to-date events calendar – keep an eye on the calendar and please come introduce yourself if I am going to be in your area!

You can show your support by signing up for our Newsletter, signing up to volunteer, or by donating.

Check back often as we are constantly updating the site. In addition, feel free to make suggestions if there are more features you would like to see on the website.

Please have a look at www.JackForGov.com.

Jack Kimball

Exploratory Candidate for Governor

Constitutional Lawyers Pledge Court Fight if Obama Signs Proposed Health Care Plan

Bristol, Va./Tenn.  (Nov. 3, 2009) –  Constitutional lawyers have pledge to challenge the proposed health care plan in federal court the very day President Obama signs it, the founder of the 10 Amendment Foundation announced today.

"After considerable study and analysis of the bill regarding the constitutional issues involved, our board of trustees voted today to challenge the health care plan on constitutional grounds the very hour it becomes law," said Strother Smith, founder of the 10th Amendment Foundation, based in Bristol, Va.

 "We have been working with attorneys general and well-placed Constitutional attorneys in several states and are confident that we will have strong multi-state participation if we ask for it."

Smith said the proposed health care plan violates the 10th Amendment, which reserves to the states or to the people powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. Smith has been an attorney for 43 years and has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He founded the foundation as a result of networking that resulted from the April 15 tea parties in Virginia and Tennessee, and it has chapters in several states.

"This health care plan violates many parts of the constitution," Smith said. "There is absolutely NO paragraph, word, or phrase in the Constitution that can be stretched far enough to allow the federal government to have any say whatsoever over health care delivery or health care insurance for any individual (except for Federal employment, in or out of the military, or those in Federal incarceration)."

The Web site of the foundation is http://www.10thamendmentfoundation.org.

The web site with detailed information about  the constitutional problems with the health care plan is:

http://www.10thamendmentfoundation.org/National_Healthcare.html.

"We would file what is known as a Bill of Complaint in federal court in Roanoke, asking for a declartory judgment and mandamus, ruling that the health care plan is unconstitutional because it violates the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 16th Amendments to the Constitution."

Smith said the mandamus action should have the effect of preventing the federal government from putting any element of the health care plan into action until its merits have decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

How Large is a Trillion Dollar'$

I had this at the bottom of the page but thought it was worthy enough to get comments. Though the last page will certainly offend some, the rest of the presentation is worth a look.

Have you ever wondered How Much Is a Trillion $$$?

I know I have often thought what it would be like to win Powerball when it is running large.

It eems that the NH Representatives from NH after getting elected to Congress thinks they hit the MEGA-Powerball, they have a whole ton of other peoples money to spend as they wish!

Check out this Power Point presentation giving a visual of a Trillion Dollar'$

What is a Trillion Dollars?