But of course. The deceased are one of the most reliable constituencies for Democrats. And we’re not talking about one or two mistakes in check dispatching.

Millions of Americans on Social Security are receiving $250 checks as part of the president’s stimulus plan — including an Anne Arundel woman who died more than 40 years ago.

The woman’s son, 83-year-old James Hagner, said he got the surprise when he checked his mailbox late last week.

“It shocked me and I laughed all at the same time,” Hagner said. “I don’t even expect to get one for myself, and I get one for my mother from 43 years ago?”

His mother, Rose, died on Memorial Day in 1967.

Social Security representatives said there is a good explanation. Of the about 52 million checks that have been mailed out, about 10,000 of those have been sent to people who are deceased.

Ten thousand dead people are getting payments from Social Security. And this is the same federal government that wants to run our health-care, banking system, and auto companies? The government can’t even figure out how to stop paying people living expenses after they’re six feet under.

And that isn’t the only unwise practice as a result of porkulus. You know how this stimulus is supposed to help those suffering the most? Yeah, er, no.

The billions in transportation stimulus dollars that President Barack Obama promoted as a way to create jobs shortchange counties that need the work the most, an Associated Press analysis has found.

The AP’s review of more than 5,500 planned transportation projects nationwide is the most complete picture available of where states plan to spend the first wave of highway money. It reveals that states are planning to spend 50 percent more per person in areas with the lowest unemployment than in communities with the highest. The Transportation Department said it will attempt to replicate the AP’s analysis as it continues pressing states to dole out money fairly.

One result among many: Elk County, Pa., isn’t receiving any road money despite its 13.8 percent unemployment rate. Yet the military and college community of Riley County, Kan., with 3.4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse.

And all around the same time we learn that we’re borrowing fifty cents for every dollar we spend; there will be no new job creation this year; and the deficit is about 50% higher than earlier predicted. But have no fear, the NRSC is here to endorse porkulus-supporting governors for U.S. Senate seats.

Everyone together now: “We’re so screwed”.