Stimulus or Pork? Promises Broken

Today is Friday the 13th. It may turn out to be a sad and unlucky day for the country. More and more I find myself at odds with what is happening in America. Whether it is Branjelina, OctoMom, or Obamamania, I honestly do not understand why the majority of my fellow citizens cannot see truth through the media's love affair with celebrity. Celebrity should not dictate the future of this country. Today, the Senate, passed a so-called stimulus bill, a 1000+ page document that supposedly spends almost 800 million dollars(or more) of our tax money in an effort to stimulate the economy, create jobs, and help state budgets. Obama is to sign it on Monday. The problem is, that by most accounts, it will do none of what it was designed to do. It is pork, plain and simple. Worse, the senators that passed the bill never even read it. There was less than 10 hours between the time the bill was made public and the time the bill was passed(11pm on 2/12 to 9am on 2/13). It is physically impossible to read the largest spending bill in US history in that amount of time. I believe that what is happening to politics in this country borders on criminality. There is no honesty or accountability, words and promises mean nothing. Transparency? The administration is not 3 weeks old and has broken many promises already, the latest being that they would publish bills 48 hours before a vote so that all of America could read and then weigh in with their Reps and Senators-that even though they would have a majority, that all would be fair, just, and above board. HA! Meanwhile, Obama smoothtalks America as if he is still campaigning. I really hoped to be proven wrong regarding my judgment of our President, but so far, he is not impressing me.