by Jonathan Karl and Gregory Simmons

As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and reminding passers-by that the program is “Putting America Back to Work.”

On the road leading to Dulles Airport outside Washington, DC there’s a 10′ x 11′ road sign touting a runway improvement project funded by the federal stimulus. The project cost nearly $15 million and has created 17 jobs, according to recovery.gov.

However, there’s another number that caught the eye of ABC News: $10,000. That’s how much money the Washington Airports Authority tells ABC News it spent to make and install the sign – a single sign – announcing that the project is “Funded by The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and is “Putting America Back to Work.” The money for the sign was taken out of the budget for the runway improvement project.

ABC News has reached out to a number of states about spending on stimulus signs and learned the state of Illinois has spent $650,000 on about 950 signs and Pennsylvania has spent $157,000 on 70 signs. Other states, like Virginia, Vermont, and Arizona do not sanction any signs.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Note: times must be hard at ABC.. they had to put two reporters on this critical report ['er I mean propaganda]..

You know things are not going well for the Democrats if they have to advertise what they are doing for you. This is pathetic! I can think of a lot better ways to spend our hard-earned tax dollars.

Harry Reid: No Illegal Immigrants Do Construction Work In Nevada

LAS VEGAS - “When you go to the unemployment office there’s many U.S. citizens who are unemployed construction workers and they don’t have jobs because right now, some of those construction companies find it easier to hire undocumented workers,” said Reporter Nathan Baca.

“I think that any information you have in that regard is absolutely without foundation,” responded Reid.

“That may be someplace, but it is not here in Nevada.”

video at this source..

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Sure Mr. Reid.. and there are no illegal aliens living in the United States either!

by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen

Public confidence in President Usurper Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term, nearly six in 10 voters say they lack faith in Obama to make the right decisions for the country, and a clear majority once again disapproves of how he is dealing with the economy.

Regard for Obama is still higher than it is for members of Congress, but the gap has narrowed. About seven in 10 registered voters say they lack confidence in Democratic lawmakers and a similar proportion say so of Republican lawmakers.

Overall, more than a third of voters polled — 36 percent — say they have no confidence or only some confidence in Obama, congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans. Among independents, this disillusionment is higher still. About two-thirds of all voters say they are dissatisfied with or angry about the way the federal government is working.

Such broad negative sentiments have spurred a potent anti-incumbent mood. Just 26 percent of registered voters say they are inclined to support their representative in the House this fall — 62 percent are inclined to look for someone new.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

If the poll was done by ABC News you can be damn sure there are MANY MORE voters disapproving than what they are telling you. Where I come from about 99% of the folks can’t stand the sight of Obama — not to mention those snakes in the grass, Pelosi and Reid.

I sold new Chevrolet Trucks for many years in Colorado and Arizona.. I took one look at this photo and busted out laughing!

by Peter Valdes-Dapena

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Smart USA, the company that sells the ultra-small Smart ForTwo, is now offering customers the option to choose to have their car painted any color they choose.

Seriously. Any color. They mean it.

Red, blue, green, fuchsia, burnt sienna, cyan, lavender, turquoise with a hint of gold, plaid… you name it.

Customers will still be able to choose one of Smart’s six basic colors at no additional cost but, for $1,550 more, they can choose from a palette of 93 other colors as part of the brand’s “smartExpressions” offer.

The Smart ForTwo has been on sale in the United States since 2008. Despite fuel economy over 40 miles per gallon on the highway, Smart sales have plummeted in recent years. So far in 2010, sales are running more than 60% below 2009, which was one of the auto industry’s worst sales years.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Isn’t this one of those cars that Obama was pushing at some town-hall meeting.. the wave of the future — GO GREEN!

Talk about a “death-trap.” Can I order mine in battlefield “camouflage” GREEN?

Message from ‘Bite Me’ Biden: “it’s the Communist truth!”

Here’s the story from CBS News..

by Stephanie Condon

Vice President Joe Biden gave a stark assessment of the economy today, telling an audience of supporters, “there’s no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession.” [note: this is the ONLY true part to this story]

Appearing at a fundraiser with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) in Milwaukee, the vice president remarked that by the time he and President Obama took office in 2008, the gross domestic product had shrunk and hundreds of thousands of jobs had been lost.

“We inherited a godawful mess,” he said, adding there was “no way to regenerate $3 trillion that was lost. Not misplaced, lost.”

Claims for jobless benefits fell by the largest number in two months last week, but were still high enough to signal weak job growth. Meanwhile, the Senate on Thursday failed to pass an extension of unemployment benefits.

Biden said today the economy is improving and noted that in the past four quarters, there has been 4 percent growth in the economy. Over the last five months, more than 500,000 private sector jobs were created.

“We know that’s not enough,” the vice president said.

Last week the White House put out a Recovery and Reinvestment Act update claiming that between 2.2 million and 2.8 million jobs were either saved or created because of the stimulus as of March 2010. In signing the Recovery Act into law on Feb 17, 2009, Mr. Obama said the measure “will create or save 3-and-a-half million jobs over the next two years.”

Comment by American Grand Jury:

The “Godawful mess” that ‘Bite Me’ is talking about is the result of Obama being elected. The time has past where this fascist administration can blame Bush for the economy.

If anyone can prove that the DemoCRAPS/Obama Stimulus spending bill created or saved between 2.2 and 2.8 million jobs I will eat my hat. The real question is HOW MANY jobs have we lost?

Article Rating: D- for truth. B+ for propaganda.