Here is a great list of some of the items in new $825 billion stimulus spending package proposed by Congressional Democrats. Among the items:

-- $650 million to help Americans upgrade to digital cable after the official transition to digital television on Feb. 17, 2009.

-- $44 million to repair and improve the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

-- $276 million to upgrade and modernize information technology at the State Department.

-- $3.1 billion to fund “infrastructure projects” on federal land, including $1.8 billion for the National Park Service, $650 million for the U.S. Forest Service, and $300 million for the National Fish Hatcheries.

-- $600 million for NASA, including $400 million for projects such as “satellite sensors that measure solar radiation critical to understanding climate change.”

-- $1.9 billion for the Department of Energy for “basic research into the physical sciences,” including nuclear physics and fusion energy.

-- $209 million for maintenance work at the federal Agricultural Research Service’s research facilities across the country.

About the only item I like there is the Dept. of Energy spending. And maybe the spending for the Parks and Forest Services. It just sounds like someone's wish list of government spending. Wonder how much lobbyists have spent to secure some of this funding. Why throwing all this stuff on the national credit card is a good idea, no one has explained.