Can I have a Marsh Mouse in MY back yard?

My husband and I were thinking about establishing a Marsh Mouse Habitat in our back yard. Maybe we, too, will then qualify to receive some "stimulus" money.

As you've no doubt read, some $16.1 million from the stimulus program is going to save the San Francisco Bay area habitat of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.

Now, habitat preservation is a noble cause, generally, but how is this stimulating the economy? What proportion of the billions of dollars so far appropriated for "stimulus" is going to small businesses, the jobs ENGINE of the USA? None! The vast majority of the money has been used by governments at the state, county and local level to SAVE GOVERNMENT jobs, instead of tightening their belts.

What happened to President Obama's solemn assertion that the "stimulus" would be spent “without waste, without inefficiency, without fraud”? In fact, what happened to his promises for transparency and for bills posted on the Internet for citizens to read? He has brought change to Washington, all right -- change for the worse! More waste, more secrecy, more payoffs to groups (can you spell A-C-O-R-N?) that helped sweep him into office.

Maybe we each need a "salt marsh harvest mouse" habitat in our backyards. That may be the only way we'll be able to support our families in this era of "hope and change."

The outrage continues. At every level of government.