Photos: You see Mr. Boehner, you're missing the point....

Clio the Leo

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Wed Feb-17-10 10:49 PM
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Photos: You see Mr. Boehner, you're missing the point....

Edited on Wed Feb-17-10 11:00 PM by Clio the Leo

.... The Recovery Act is not about the President. Never has been.....

Vice President Joe Biden stands with President Barack Obama as he signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado, on February 17, 2009. Obama signed into law his $787 billion stimulus bill, designed to create or save 3.5 million jobs and end the worst U.S. economic crisis since the 1930s.

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden attends event announcing funding for Amtrak as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at Washington's Union Station, March 13, 2009.

In this March 18, 2009, file photo Isa de Quesada, a teacher at McFaden Intermediate School in Santa Ana, Calif. , reacts to President Barack Obama's answer to her question about stimulus dollars for education, "How are we going to make sure that money comes to our districts?", during a town hall meeting in Costa Mesa, Calif. De Quesada said she was about to be laid off, and Obama answered, "Almost all the money that's going to states under the Recovery Act for education is designed to retain teachers."

An aerial view of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California April 15, 2009. Following an aerial tour of the Delta, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary Ken Salazar announced $260 million in economic stimulus projects from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help California address its long-term water supply challenges and drought conditions.

POMPANO BEACH, FL - APRIL 20: Emlyn Louis, MD speaks with Amber Jewel as he examines her at the Broward Community & Family Health Center on April 20, 2009 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mr. Louis's job was saved when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided funds for community health centers. The Broward Community & Family Health Centers received nearly $1.5 million in Recovery Act funds, allowing them to halt layoffs and instead hire 13 additional employees. In total, the funds will provide services for an additional 6,600 underserved South Floridians while saving or creating 15 local jobs.

LANDOVER, MD - APRIL 22: Metro worker Kamau Byron (C) listens to Vice President Joseph Biden speak at the Metro Bus complex on April 22, 2009 in Landover, Maryland. Biden announced 300 million in funding from the American Recovery and reinvestment Act for state and local governments and transit authorities to expand the nations fleet of green vehicles and the necessary infrastructure to support them.

Vice President Joe Biden lifts up resident Tyler Galindo, 8, after touring the Esperanza Community Center housing to highlight the progress of the Recovery Act in South Central Los Angeles on Friday, May 15, 2009. Others from left: residents Romey Velazquez and Sergio Alvarado, 13.

LITTLETON, CO - MAY 21: Violet Brown, a traffic control supervisor, collects cones at the end of the day on a federal stimulus funded road project on May 21, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado. The $1.2 million road resurfacing project, which began this week, is Colorado's first transportation work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designed to stimulate the economy.

LAS VEGAS - MAY 27: U.S. President Barack Obama appears in front of a bank of solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base as he speaks about using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to invest in solar energy May 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nellis has North America's largest solar photovoltaic power plant.

AN FRANCISCO - JUNE 11: Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano (R) greets San Francisco fire chief Joanne Hayes-White (L) and San Francisco police chief Heather Fong (C) before speaking to reporters during a visit to San Francisco International Airport June 11, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Secretary Napolitano announced that the San Francisco International Airport has signed an agreement with to receive over $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to build a new inline baggage handling system at the airport which will expedite baggage handling and increase security.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama hugs medical patient Christian Gonzales-Santos on his 15th birthday during her visit to Unity Health Care's Upper Cardozo Center in Washington June 29, 2009. At the facility Michelle Obama announced the U.S. Government's support for the renovation and modernization of the health center, funded through the American Recovery and Re-investment Act.

NEW YORK - JUNE 29: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) chats with Kenneth Davis (C) and Todd Jackson (L) on the roof of The Point community development center June 29, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Geithner visited the center to announce $90 million in financial assistance awards for 59 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) across the country in vulnerable communities as part of the Recovery Act.

Children from the disadvantaged areas of South Central Los Angeles, wait at the Challengers Boys and Girls Club for the arrival of Attorney General Eric Holder on July 15, 2009. The Attorney General is on a two day visit to the city to discuss the use of Recovery Act funds to support the fight against violence towards women, tour community projects and talk with leaders involved in anti-gang programs in the cities poorer areas.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 23: Recruiter George Ryan (L) of Green Home Controls and a job seeker are reflected in a solar electric panel at his exhibit at the Green Jobs in Energy Efficiency job fair and conference on July 23, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Some $40 billion in federal stimulus funds are to go to energy efficiency, weatherization and renewable energy programs through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to promote green collar industries.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 23: Marie Murray of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) talks to a job seeker at the Green Jobs in Energy Efficiency job fair and conference on July 23, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Some $40 billion in federal stimulus funds are to go to energy efficiency, weatherization and renewable energy programs through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to promote green collar industries.

First lady Michelle Obama cuts the ribbon to open the Caroline Family Practice in Bowling Green, Va. , Monday, July 27, 2009. The new community health center was made possible through a $1.3 million award of Recovery Act funds.

PHILADELPHIA - JULY 28: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) is greeted by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey after the announcement of the National Recovery Act funding for police July 28, 2009 at City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Recovery Act will allow police accoss the nation to hire additional police or maintain current staff levels.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: A student applauds as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rev. Jesse Jackson attend an assembly of students at Dorsey High School on September 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The governor encouraged the students to take a more active role in the future of California. Schwarzenegger announced he is calling on the legislature to enact statutory changes to qualify the state to compete for the $4.35 billion federal competitive grant program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, called Race to the Top, for education reform and improvement.

A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. economic stimulus plan in the Denver area September 10, 2009. The White House Council of Economic Advisers said that the $787 billion stimulus package enacted earlier this year had created as many as 1.1 million jobs by the third quarter.

BETHESDA, MD - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Barack Obama looks at brain cells in a microscope during a tour of a laboratory with Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (not seen) at the National Institutes of Health September 30, 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland. After the visit, Obama announced five billion USD in grant awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund cutting-edge medical research in every state across America.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA - OCTOBER 14: A worker watches as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act after a tour of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project October 14, 2009 in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Fairfax County Parkway Extension project is the largest Recovery Act project in Virginia.

DETROIT - OCTOBER 29: White House Council on Auto Communities and Workers Executive Director Ed Montgomery meets with workers at Detroit Edison October 29, 2009 in Detroit, MIchigan. Montgomery was at the facility to highlight the White House's announcement Tuesday of an $83 million award to Detroit Edison's smart energy grid program. Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 13: US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) meet job seeker Floxy Gold during a tour of the South Los Angeles WorkSource Center where Locke announced a $7.5 million Recovery Act grant that will upgrade and expand 188 computer centers to provide the public with free broadband access to the Internet on January 13, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The first grants and loans funded by the Recovery Act to expand access to and adoption of broadband service in America, announced in December, offer an initial investment of $183 million in 18 high-speed Internet projects in 17 states. The newly announced grant for Los Angeles today is part of the same Recovery Act effort and will eventually invest a total of $7.2 billion.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JANUARY 29: Workers repair the sidewalk in front of Carney's restaurent on Sunset Boulevard where work has began on the $7 million facelift after more than 75 years of use on January 29, 2010 in West Hollywood, California. The City of West Hollywood received one million dollars in federal funds from the Federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for the Sunset Strip Beautification Project.

NEW YORK - MAY 18: A National Park Service guide speaks to a tour group set on Liberty Island in the New York Harbor on May 18, 2009 in New York City. Enhanced security around the statue and improvements at nearby Ellis Island are being funded by a $25 million grant provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The National Park Service has received huge grants of stimulus funds for improvements and repairs to parks across the nation.

(can't resist....)

....the Recovery Act was about helping America and the beautiful mosaic that are her people. While you and your party stood by and did nothing, the rest of us have carried on with the task at hand.

Happy Birthday Little Recovery Act