Obama’s speech last night.
It was a spanking.
Not a beating.
But a strong hand, admonishing to ‘better un-usualize the usual DC song and dance’ and pass this stimulus package.

I laughed when he said some are complaining the stimulus package is going to cost money. His wry comment, along with vaudeville blink and roll of the eyes at end: “That’s what a stimulus package is… the spending of money.”

Yet, in reading these last two days about some of the unbelievable pockets of lard various are trying to sneak into the package for their pet boa constrictors back home (some make sense, but some, I swan to jinny), I just wonder. I’ve testified before Congress, and you’d not believe the carpetbaggers and snakes who slither to the dais in three piece suits to try to wheedle money for projects that sound like they were thought up by Jabba and Co.

You can read about one of the groups of uh, humans, who are up to sucking the yolks out of others’ eggs by interposing themselves into the stimulus package, here at Dr. Helen’s who notes this brow knitting detail:

“…subscribe to Forbes which I was reading this morning and caught an article on Tim Geithner. The article was good, but the more interesting tidbit I found was one about how debt-collection agencies are one of the winners of the stimulus package (in a highlighted box within the same article). Get a load of this:

“Debt-collection agencies. They thrive on others’ misfortunes, of course. They’ll really love the $1 billion headed for states to help them collect child support. Nearly every state outsources deadbeat-dad services to companies like Supportkids, an Austin, Tex. firm that was recently sued by the state of Virginia for alledgedly interfering with the enforcement of child support obligations by taking 34% of the debt it collects as a fee. (The company says the suit is “the result of a lack of comunication with the state” and hopes it will be resolved before going to trial.)”

UPDATE: Here’s the portion of Obama’s speech where he delivers the line on stimulus: