$ 11 MILLION DOLLARS IN STIMULUS MONEY TO REMODEL TEXAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION

The Texas budget legislators have set aside the monies for the remodel, even though they have fought against extending unemployment benefits. Governor Rick Perry doesn't want the Federal Government to attach strings to the $555 million in stimulus dollars for unemployment insurance. He said "He didn't want the government to tell the people in Texas how to run their business".

Other projects favored by Perry, $40 million to help film projects, 20 million for the Enterprise Fund meant to spur economic development and $24 million for the Emerging Technology Fund. The Governor hasn't blocked the bulk of the stimulus dollars from coming to Texas, but does not want the unemployment part.

He wants to use $11 billion for pet projects and to balance the proposed two-year budget.

CHINA IS WORRIED ABOUT IT'S ASSETS

China is concerned about it's assets. $2 trillion worth of foreign reserves in U S dollars. They want the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to monitor the U S just as closely as it has overseen struggling Third world Countries.

Many nations feel that the U S is no longer a major player in the worlds economy and want to replace the dollar with an alternative.

THE OLD JOHN McCAIN IS BACK

If John Mc Cain had kept to his gut feeling, who knows what the outcome would have been in the 2008 elections. It seems like he is back in form. But it is too late now. He should have taken action and named Minn. Governor Tim Pawlenty as his running mate as he wanted and rejected Sara Palin and Joe The Plumber.

It seems so sad to see him to argue his case against the stimulus package and the pork in it. He didn't have this fire in his belly on his campaign stops.