Energy stimulus program plagued by problems

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

The Department of Energy's inspector general said Wednesday that the 2009 stimulus program for green energy was so at odds with the realities on the ground that it was akin to "attaching a lawn mower to a fire hydrant."

Inspector General Gregory Friedman, testifying to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's panel on stimulus oversight, outlined a range of problems, from a flood of $35 billion in stimulus money that overwhelmed the department's $27 billion annual budget to weatherization programs of such shoddy quality that more than half of those audited failed inspection because of substandard workmanship.

When you hear "green projects" , some campaign contributor is getting a payback for a political donation.