It's Everybody's Money Fair and Square!

Looks like Missouri will have to moonwalk away from its cry of "King of the Mountain!" about the stimulus after today, since Maryland has in fact kicked off the new Obama era of government spending.

Political junkies will note that Montgomery County, the site of that first stimulus-funded asphalt-whacker, is one of the most liberal counties in the United States. I used to live in one of the most conservative counties in the United States, in Mississippi. Not long after I left that county in the Magnolia State, they closed a Starbucks in a town where I had worked. Imagine if they closed the Starbucks franchises in Bethesda, Rockville and Silver Spring! Even with that new construction project on New Hampshire Avenue, there would be a huge stimulus deficit in Montgomery County, probably resulting in mild protests where everyone would fall asleep quickly because of the lack of espresso. So goes the cycle of politics.