free checkups. lower prescription costs and better ways to protect us and medicare from fraud. see what else is new. i think you re going to like it. martha: well if andy griffith tells you will like it and everything is going to be free, what is not to like? eric bolling co-host of the the five on the fox and from fox business network. i remember thinking at the time when i saw that, you know, it sounds like a form of propaganda. oversight committee actually brought them up seven times during the health care reform on issues of propaganda. that happens to be the unique, maybe the outlyer. a lot of people were outraged by that because that was partisan. it was, in the times when president obama wanted to pass health care just after he passed it, it was kind of a victory lap. people said hey, stop rubbing in faces of people who are against obamacare. that was a little bit of an outlyer. the $945 million you put up there really encompasses all the federal agencies.
on. bill: that is going to leave a mark, right? the s.w.a.t. team tranquilized the gorilla. the zookeeper s injuries not considered life-threatening. she has been caring for koga. since 2007. martha: what a hobson s choice when you have to lock yourself in a cage with another gorilla. you can t be shocked but how many money the government blows you see this. a congressional report shows that the government spent $945 million, almost a billion dollars, on commercials in just one year alone. that price tag we re told, it actually may be a lot higher than that. money paying for medicare spots like this. you remember this one? not so old but goodie. andy griffith putting in a plug for the president s new health care law. this year like always we ll have our guaranteed benefits. and with the new health care law, more good things are coming.
the department of homeland security. department of defense, they all are advertising. i m looking at this thing, doesn t look like a bad thing. sounds like a lot of money. look about things they advertise, see something, say something, buckle up, don t drink and drive. a lot of public announcements are good. martha: they serve the public. we should be paying forist and probably could do a little bit more of them if they want to. but when they venture into partisan politics like the ad you just showed, i think they can eliminate those. i think they did. there was such an outrain, such an outcry to not do those types of things we haven t seen that ad since, probably over a year now. martha: since we were back in mayberry. the concerning part of the study, martha, is $945 million is what they can calculate. there a whole lot more they can t even calculate. we don t know the true numbers. martha: a lot is done through social media. as you report out, $545
new jersey came out best with a b plus. there was one b. three b minuses. 19 c s. 18 d s. and 8 f s. a congressional report says federal agencies spent at least $945 million on advertising in the 2010 fiscal year. the survey does not include all public communication expen did expenditures or even those by the executive branch. authorities in new york are investigating a tweet by an occupy wall street protester about killing police. the tweet read we won t make a difference if we don t kill a cop or two. the man who says he wrote it told the new york daily news that no one should take him seriously. police clashed with protesters over the weekend on the six month anniversary the occupy wall street movement. a police state, martial law, dictatorship. these are all the kind of or wellian visions discussed by some on twitter or elsewhere. since president obama did
to do this. americans are demanding some action, any action on jobs. but the speaker of the house went on far right wing radio and implied the president may be violating the law by trying to help american businesses. this idea that you re just going to go around to the congress is just, it s almost laughable. and so we re keeping a very close eye on the administration to make sure that they are following the law and following the constitution. speaker boehner, instead of keeping on eye on the president, how about keeping an eye on the millions of people out of work in this country? why don t you go to newton, iowa, and ask them what the hell s going on? they need help and your party is standing in the way at every turn. if the president does something to help the country, it s bad for republicans. here s what their obstruction leads to. the state of michigan is facing thousands of layoffs in public school system. under president obama s plan michigan would have received $945 millio