WASHINGTON – At least Route 31 is a road to somewhere. President Barack Obama had it both ways when he promoted his stimulus plan in Indiana and later at a prime-time news conference. He bragged in Indiana about getting Congress to produce a package with no pork, yet boasted it will do good things for a Hoosier highway and a downtown overpass, just the kind of local projects lawmakers lard into big spending bills.

A look at some of Obama's claims in Elkhart, Ind., and the news conference called to make his case to the largest possible audience:

OBAMA: "Not a single pet project," he told the news conference. "Not a single earmark."

THE FACTS: There are no "earmarks," as they are usually defined, inserted by lawmakers in the bill. Still, some of the projects bear the prime characteristics of pork — tailored to benefit specific interests or to have thinly disguised links to local projects.

For example, the latest version contains $2 billion for a clean-coal power plant with specifications matching one in Mattoon, Ill., $10 million for urban canals, $2 billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid cars, and $255 million for a polar icebreaker and other "priority procurements" by the Coast Guard.

OBAMA: "I've appointed hundreds of people, all of whom are outstanding Americans who are doing a great job. There are a couple who had problems before they came into my administration, in terms of their taxes. ... I made a mistake. ... I don't want to send the signal that there are two sets of rules."

THE FACTS: Two of his appointees, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle for health and human services secretary and Nancy Killefer as Obama's chief compliance officer, dropped out after reports they had not paid a portion of their taxes.

Obama previously acknowledged he "screwed up" in making it seem to Americans that there is one set of tax compliance rules for VIPs and another set for everyone else. Yet his choice for treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, achieved the post despite having belatedly paid $34,000 to the IRS, an agency Geithner now oversees.

That could leave the perception that there is one set of rules for Geithner and another set for everyone else.

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like Obama has done since beginning his campaign.

where the martians are carring loudspeakers which declare "we come in peace, we are your friends" as the martians disintegrate everyone in sight with their ray guns?

Obama declares "he is a fierce advocate of gay rights" yet he fights against the right of gays to marry and gives more money to organized religion via "faith based initive" to spread their discrimination.

Obama declares he will clean up wall street yet his salary cap does not apply to brokers and traders.

Obama declares he will end Bush's war yet he increases the military budget by $40 billion.

In 1139 the pope banned the use of crossbows against christians because the new weapon was so effective, however it was just fine to continue using it against non christians.

Not much has changed in nearly 900 years. Churches still believe in one set of laws for them and differant rights for everyone else.

No wonder Obama gets along so well with these superstitious fanatics....

Obama labor department nominee Hilda Solis owed $6400.

Obama performance czar nominee Nancy Killefer owed $34,000.

Obama HHS nominess Tom Daschle owed $128,000.

Obama's Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner owed $26,000.

1. The state government, federal government, and wall street are incompetent and incapable of operating in a fair, just, and equitable manner.

2. The state government should have to pay interest on the money it owes me. After all the government charges it's citizens interest when they cannot pay on time.

3. Churches should be taxed on the profits they make from books, tshirts, dvds, etc. If we stopped giving churches are tax revenue it would go a long way toward lifting our economy out of debt.

4. It is clear that the state government, federal government, and wall street are corrupt and broken beyond repair.

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them. - George Bernard Shaw

and that didn't help.

meanwhile I get an IOU from the state of California for my tax refund

lowest common denominator.

so we don't have to deal with anymore so called bipartisanship.

the republicans have no need to grieve except to continue the charade that there is a differance between them and the democrats.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite President Obama's vow to open government more than ever, the Justice Department is defending Bush administration decisions to keep secret many documents about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists.

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and a dollar short.

I think they should have to pay us interest, after all we have to pay the government interest if we are late on our taxes.

I say good riddance to the so called "news".

she chose a political response over justice.

the rights of gays and lesbians.....some serious problems here.

He is not the answer to wall street's corruption, he is the problem.

He increased military funding by $40 billion.

He increased corporate welfare.

He increased the amount of our tax revenue that churches receive.

It's not too early Charlie, it's too late.

more oil for the republicans who own the oil companies?

I have the answer to it's problems.....euthanasia.

ahead of his own legacy or ahead of the next "election"?

Amazing how one little country could take down the USSR and the US (just wait).

new HD tv sitting in their living rooms?

Bill Clinton didn't give our government tax revenue to churches like Obama not only supports but increased.

Bill Clinton also doesn't support taking away equal rights for gays/lesbians.

Thats an F for professor Obama on civil rights.

whatever you do, don't show them the secret handshake