Hope and Change-Obama Style

So, the Republicans in the House finally found their spine. Not one voted for Obama's "Enslave our Children Stimulus Package". Finally!

I'm worried though. It seems that Obama lost his mind a little when he found that it wasn't a unanimous vote in favor of the package. Instead of being worried that he couldn't create a "bipartisan" consensus (and also lost 10 Democrat votes), he decided to throw a party.

According to ABC's Jake Tapper, Obama is throwing one heck of shindig to celebrate the passage of his first major bill through the house. Let's do some quick math.

24 senators and congressmen and their spouses=48
"Several" senior staffers and their spouses (let's guesstimate the number at 20)
Barack and Michelle=2
Total guesstimated guests=60

Let's assume they're only being served 8oz cuts of the waygu steak that's being served (at $100/lb), after all, we don't want to suggest that our politicians could be gluttonous.
8oz x 60=480oz
480/16oz=30 lbs = $3000 just for the beef on the menu.

If you throw in the chicken curry and other foodstuffs, drinks (top shelf vodka has been suggested), staffing (waitstaff, bussing staff, chefs), transportation (it's doubtful all those people carpooled), and accouterments, I would think that you could reasonably expect a party like that to cost no less than $20,000. In the "worst economy in decades" Obama and his insiders think the best way to spend our tax dollars is on a party that we weren't even invited to.

Here's a thought...this is just what they did when it passed through the house. It's not even really law yet. Imagine the party after it gets to Obama's desk and he gets to sign it...