"Stimulus package" gimme a break.

"One Trillion Dollars" Just saying it makes me feel like I should be stroking a white cat and putting James Bond in a overly complex and easily escapable death device.

The "package" went to the house where all Republicans and 11 Democrats voted against it. This bi-partisan opposition was defeated, now it before the senate where they look to make it bigger. According to the Wall Street Journal's break down, only about 10% of the package is going to actually stimulate the economy. Where is the other 90% going? Here is a list of some of the items that were put in.

* $2 billion earmark to restart FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient

* $650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program

* $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (Arctic ship)

* $448 million for constructing the Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters

* $248 million for furniture at the new Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters

* $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees

* $400 million for the CDC to screen and prevent STDs

* $1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs

* $125 million for the Washington, D.C. sewer system

* $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities

* $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion

* $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges

* $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI

* $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction

* $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River

* $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas

* $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings

* $500 million for state and local fire stations

* $650 million for wildland fire management on Forest Service lands

* $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities

* $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs

* $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service

* $412 million for CDC buildings and property

* $500 million for building and repairing NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD

* $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service

* $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the VA "National Cemetery Administration"

* $60 million for Arlington National Cemetery

* $850 million for Amtrak

* $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint

* $75M to construct a new "security training" facility for State Dept Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

* $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems

* $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.

* $275 million for "watershed and flood prevention operations"

* Unspecified assistance for "nonambulatory cattle"

Granted some of these items are good things, but don't stimulate the economy or create jobs. They should be addressed on individual bills and voted for, not ear marked onto an "emergency" bill and rushed through. This is exactly the kind of Pork we were promised was going away.

If you want to stimulate the economy target thing that will create sustainable jobs, drop capital gains taxes to get people investing, target easing the troubles of home owners (didn't that cause the current "crisis"). Giving the hard left it's wish list for the last 40 years is not going to help.