More the eternal pragmatist. You can laugh all you want, all the way to the poorhouse, in dreaming that Mr. Obama is the national savior and that hiding ACORN funding and a slew of other things into a bill advertised as saving desperate people from desperate situations as "change we can believe in."

Snowjobs are snowjobs, no matter which party or candidate or incumbent spreads the snow.

The eternal optimists are those who believe against the obvious that a media-endorsed version of Professor Harold Hill can "save us all." The only person who can make your life better is you yourself - not some politician skilled in public salesmanship.

So far, the only thing I see coming out of this stimulus bill is more money out of my pocket to fund special interests which are owed political payback by the Democratic Party and the President.

Please explain in a rational basis where I'm wrong. I actually hope that I am, but facts - rather than rose-colored glasses optimism - is what's needed.