President Puts Mayors "On Notice" for Wasteful Spending

As a successful Mortage and Realestate Broker, I see that President OBAMA has taken tye most sweeping decisions in our generation to turnaound our economy.

How refreshing to see President OBAMA investing ($797 + $75) billions in the American people instead of wasting 1$ trillion in Iraq as the previous administration did.

Thank you President OBAMA

In only a month Pres. Obama has done more than the president over the last eight years. Unfortunately the party that lost still can't believe it and wants him to fail. This will not happen. Maybe everything he does will not be perfect but he is a president who is not afraid to tak action and has and will take ownership of his deeds. that is more than the other party has done, yet.

This is how a president must approach the responsibility that the people have granted to him. Excellent speech and I do hope he will stick to his guns with this stance. No doubt mistakes will be made but I'm condident President Obama will rise from the ashes like the phoenix in these situations. A new and vibrant USA is in the making.

Obama lost his credibility on wasteful spending the day he signed that horrendous "stimilus" package, so it's a little hypocritical for him to be preaching to mayors about them spending unwisely, don't you think? Sort of reminds me of his famous speech on race during the campaign. He sat in TUCC for 20 years, listening to that horrible, racist, divisive babble from Reverend Wright, but he's going to give the nation a lecture on race relations? Sheer lunacy that people don't see the grand hypocrisy in everything that comes out of his mouth. Wake up.

So, they had a big shindig and all but why is Pres. Obama continuing to diss Mayor Sheila Dixon of Baltimore? I understand she's under indictment but damn, seems as if the White House has already decided that she's guilty. Is this the "new" American Way?

P.S.
I am believe in the constitution and feel that if we can give terrorists their day in court before pronouncing them guilty, we should do the same for an active mayor who was one of your strongest supporters just 8 days before that historic train visit.

Thank you, Tim, for your ship of fools allegory, which could easily be applied to a pack of dogs. Or the present cat-astrophic state of the GOP. Their sphere of influence is getting as contracted as a mousehole these days. But being oblivious to their own diminished capacity, they bark and bellow like stupid dogs running aimlessly in circles, rather than coming to their pack senses and working towards the good of the country. Excuse my partisan hair raising and hissing, but I proudly hold my tail high as a Democat.

Are you forgetting that Mr. Obama was elected by a wide margin? That the people wanted a change from what was not working. Oh...he did't personally ask you what you wanted? You would have kept Herbert Hoover in office. It frightens me that you don't want this administration to succeed. Also

Come on mate, join us here on this ship of fools.

"The ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. The allegory depicts a vessel populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, passengers aboard a ship without a pilot, and seemingly ignorant of their own direction."

It's so funny how people don't care if the country gets worse. All the care about is complaining about a president trying his best to fix this mess... Wake up people!!!

Right on schedule, Barry.

What a clueless bunch of idiots liberals are. Being duped by a snake oil salesman...

GO OBAMA 2012!

The mayors should be put on notice. This is how the banks should have been handled when these were given the billions. As for Louisiana and S. Carolina, these governors are playing a political game at the expense of its citizen. Of course, the largest city in Louisiana is New Orleans -- and we know how Republicans feel about N.O. As for S. Carolina it has its own horrible history. Both these states could use all the money allocated to them and more. Why make the citizens suffer for politican statements/gain. Isn't this how the country got into this mess? The citizens should speak out, and if the governors won't accept the money, is there anything to keep the mayors of N. O. and other cities within Louisiana, and the cities of S. C. from accepting the funds?

Money is fungible and once it is given to mayors without strings (which is what this is), there can be no accountability by Obama or anyone else. At least with earmarks, you knew what the money would be used for. This way, it is a giant slush fund, no matter what Obama has you believing.

Was it not obama who said the public would have 5 days to go on the internet to view any bill before he signed it into law?Obama wants everyone to be open and up front with the american people.Good then when can we the people expect to see your original birth certificate?All your school records?All your medical records?Your passport you used in 1981 to travel overseas?The document that shows you legally changed your name from barry soetero back to barack obama?That's not asking for too much is it?

Thank you Mr. President!!!

Accountability is really what is needed, especially after the past 8 years, where $1 trillion was wasted in Iraq without accountability.

Very refreshing for a business owner like me.

Thank you Mr. President!

lol what ever happened to it dont matter what you spend the money on just spend this guy needs a round room

Agreed, Peach. "Chide and posture, scold and pose/But we all know the way this goes./Bid the servants mind their cents/And claim your dollars lost make sense."

If he means what he says why did he effectively tie the hands of whistle blowers in this stimulus package so that they can't report any waste or wrongdoing without congress giving them approval first.
Who is he trying to convince, us or himself?

"I think Barack should turn over all his campaign money from all those little donors (har-har)" ... Well, gee, John McCain had quite a war chest, too. Maybe HE should give all that money away "for the good of the nation".

And Giuliani, Brownback, Gilmore, Hunter, Huckabee, Paul, Romney, Tancredo, Thompson (F) and Thompson (T) as well.

Better yet, let's just sell off Sarah Palin's wardrobe!

What a crock. Obama tells the Governors they better spend the money responsibly? Any thing they spend, will only be spent...it won't help the real problem. He's only making loud noise for the uninformed public to remember, so that when the destimulus doesn't work, he can blame it on the States. Why doesn't he call out Frank, Pelosi and Reed, and shout just as loud, that their Housing and Finance Committee programs ignored warnings years ago. Because he doesn't have a clue that socialist programs don't work!

I think Barack should turn over all his campaign money from all those little donors (har-har). That money back in their pockets would be a nice stimulus. Oh, wait, too many of them have made-up names and are foreign nationals.