Stimulus Watch

Altough Obama's Recovery.gov website isn't up yet, an independent team of concerned citizens has put together this site tracking each individual stimulus project listed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and allowing people to vote and comment on the suitability of the projects. It seems to have become a magnet for knee-jerk reactionaries and anyone who hates Keynesian economics; there's much unintentional hilarity in statements like "Let them do foot patrol or ride bycles [sic]" in response to a project to purchase new police cruisers. Nonetheless, the goal of transparency is right; we just need more thoughtful people to participate in voting and commenting.