Watching your dollars

Did anyone catch the President Obama speech last night?

I caught most of it, but I started to get a bit sea sick as I watched Nancy Palosi and Joe Biden do their imitation of 'the wave' behind President Obama. I wished Palosi would just sit down and let the man speak.

I checked CNN.com this morning for a little news and wasn't surprised to see more stories about how the public gets wind and reacts to spending habits.

The leading stories were (in my words):
-Bank that received loan money spends too much for PGA party.
-Bank CEO gives $60 million in personal bonus money back to company
-Palin called on the carpet for using state money for personal travel. But she swears she'll pay it back.

Bravo for the news for trying to keep people honest . . .but does it make you a little nervous about how you spend your own money and who might be watching?

I'm almost afraid that the local news will post a story about me.

"Local woman who lives two blocks from work wastes precious gas by driving to work everyday."

or

"Local preggers spends almost $3 a day to get daily ration of McDonald's biscuits and coffee. Learn to cook lady!"

True I have to drive Alaina to daycare in the mornings which is about 3/4 of a mile on the other side of the office. But if I were a govt employee or a celebrity, would they care to post that?

I'm glad for the honesty that Obama is promising by saying he will disclose all of the spending from the stimulus package and try to do the same for the budget. (At least that's what I heard when he spoke.) Because frankly, the press would love to be able use it for headlines and tear him apart for it.

Meanwhile, I'm going to try to resist having my personal plane take me to Fiji to soak up the sun for the weekend. ha ha