Miss Lucy is ready for her close-up.

First off, I have a post up on Buddhist economics at the other site.

Second, see Ali Frick, “As Economy Sheds 600,000 Jobs In One Month, Senate Conservatives Ask: What’s The Rush?”

I would like to explain to Congress that people are getting genuinely panicky out here. Panicky as in the last lifeboat is gone and we’re still on the deck of the Titanic. See also Paul Krugman.

And as the boat begins to break apart, what are the Republicans doing? Playing games. As Steve Benen says, “The opposition party, when it’s not blatantly lying about the recovery plan, is offering ideas that are a) nonsensical; b) dangerous; or c) nonsensical and dangerous.”

In right-wing rhetoric, all public spending is pork. Here’s a list of the “pork” about to be cut from the stimulus bill.

Head Start, Education for the Disadvantaged, School improvement, Child Nutrition, Firefighters, Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard, Prisons, COPS Hiring, Violence Against Women, NASA, NSF, Western Area Power Administration, CDC, Food Stamps

It really is time for torches and pitchforks, people.