Mar

18

How Appropriate: Train Station Renamed for Joe Biden is Millions Over Budget

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On Thursday it was announced that a school named after Barack Obama was being shuttered due to fiscal mismanagement and under-achievement, and the fitting Team Obama irony clickity-clacks along:

As a thank-you to its most famous customer, Amtrak is renaming the train station in Wilmington, Del. after stimulus “sheriff” Vice President Joseph R. Biden — after the project received $20 million in stimulus money, and came in $5.7 million over the initial announced budget.

Obama called him “Sheriff Joe” because he was charged with ensuring that every dollar of stimulus money was spent wisely and that projects came in on time and on budget. So naturally when that went south almost immediately, the only other option was to start doing Joe the honor of naming some of his failures after him.

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10 Responses to “How Appropriate: Train Station Renamed for Joe Biden is Millions Over Budget”

  1. OK_Loyalist on March 18th, 2011 1:00 am

    You couldn't make this stuff up …

    Cue the trolls for the defense.

  2. MrOblique on March 18th, 2011 2:51 am

    Come ride a little train as it's rollin' down the tracks to the Junction– Biden Junction"

  3. OK_Loyalist on March 18th, 2011 2:55 am

    Welcome,

    Like minds :)
    http://michellemalkin.com/2011/03/15/bidens-train…

    I love it… let's it keep going

    Wait until M_W pipes in LOL

  4. swede on March 18th, 2011 4:46 am

    "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I th…"

    Hey Joe. SHAAADUP already! We got homeless folks tryin to sleep in yer stinkin station. Give it a rest.

  5. sizemorew on March 18th, 2011 2:08 pm

    Ah, I love the smell of irony in the afternoon. Like rain on your wedding day or a free ride when you've already paid.

  6. Joe Redfield on March 18th, 2011 3:06 pm

    Stop #1 on the high speed gravy train project connecting the Treasury to Joe's wallet.

  7. OK_Loyalist on March 19th, 2011 2:59 am

    Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
    (Petticoat Junction)
    Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
    (Petticoat Junction)

    Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
    To the junction, Petticoat Junction.

    There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction.
    (Petticoat Junction)
    It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
    (Petticaor Junction)
    And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction,
    Petticoat Junction.

  8. Amtrak CEO Takes Car To Ribbon Cutting; His Train Broke Down | insignificant thoughts on March 20th, 2011 12:57 pm

    [...] every stimulus project comes in on time and on budget. Naturally this particular station came in $5.3 million over budget. That, however, was a small price to pay to add another piece to the puzzle of cost-effective [...]

  9. RealTimeCajun ! | Blog | Amtrak CEO Forced to Take Car to Biden Station Ribbon Cutting Because His Train Broke Down on March 20th, 2011 3:02 pm

    [...] every stimulus project comes in on time and on budget. Naturally this particular station came in $5.3 million over budget. That, however, was a small price to pay to add another piece to the puzzle of cost-effective [...]

  10. Michelle Malkin » Amtrak CEO Forced to Take Car to Biden Station Ribbon Cutting Because His Train Broke Down on March 21st, 2011 11:35 am

    [...] every stimulus project comes in on time and on budget. Naturally this particular station came in $5.3 million over budget. That, however, was a small price to pay to add another piece to the puzzle of cost-effective [...]

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