First and foremost is a contract worth nearly $6 million in stimulus funds was awarded by the Obama administration to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's pollster in 2008 (Penn, Schoen & Berland and Burson-Marsteller). The money was used to set up a PR campaign to inform the public of the impending switch from analog to digital TV-and the need to buy new boxes. That grant allowed Burson-Marsteller to save 3 jobs.
$6 million-three jobs!
$5 million grant from the Department of Energy to create a geothermal energy system for the Oak Ridge City Center shopping mall in Oak Ridge, Tenn, which is mostly empty.
"Whadda we gonna do with all that money, Jeb?"
"First thing we do is open up a Winn-Dixie."
$1.57 million grant to Penn State University to search for fossils in Argentina.
Nazi fugitives, perhaps?
$100,000 award to a liberal-leaning theater in Minnesota for "socially conscious" puppet shows.
Two million dollars in stimulus money went to build a replica railroad as a tourist attraction in Carson City, Nevada.
A dinner cruise company based in Chicago received nearly $1 million in funds to combat terrorism.
The State University of New York at Buffalo won $390,000 to study young adults who smoke marijuana and drink malt liquor.
The National Institute of Health got $219,000 to study whether female college students are more likely to “hook up” after drinking alcohol.
You Sir! Think the conclusion will be, "YES?"
"Uhhh....yeaaaah."
"You bet'cha!"
The University of Hawaii got $210,000 to delve into the learning patterns of honeybees.
Half a million bucks to Arizona State University to study the genetic makeup of ants to determine distinctive roles in ant colonies.
I have a more economical idea.
$450,000 for the University of Arizona to study how ant colonies divide their labor.
(Must be some scheme to set up a labor union for ants.)
$700,000 went to help crab fishermen in Oregon recover lost crab pots.
"Has anyone seen my crab pots?"
Wasteful government spending? You be the judge.
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