Items That Almost Made the Stimulus Bill

District/ State

Project

Cost

Juneau, Alaska

Territory-at-Large

The Sarah Palin Russia Observatory

$26 million and 5 Dozen Walrus Hides

Cooperstown, New York

24^th Congressional District

Baseball Hall of Fame Annex – “A History of Hypodermics” exhibit

$12 million, half contributed by levied fines against the Player’s Union

Chicago, Illinois

5^th Congressional District

The Museum of Chicago Machine Politics and Corruption

Initial cost projected at $78 million, with provisions for “completion extortion”

Cleveland, Ohio

11^th Congressional District

The Wintry Mix Science Center for the Study of Brown Snow and Rusted Infrastructure

“What do you have on you, bro?  We’ll take it.”

Palm Beach, Florida

19^th Congressional District

PonziLand – an Amusement Park for Kids Ages 8 to 80!

$50 billion, maybe….still waiting for a 3^rd party audit

Orange Cnty, California

48^th Congressional District

Tomb of the Unknown Mortgage Broker Memorial

$45 million…10% due now, the rest spread out over 50 or 60 years

Inglewood, California

35^th Congressional District

Maxine Waters Indignation and Ignorance Institute

$21 million, underwriting by Vikram Pandit and Ken Lewis