With the U.S. facing unprecedented trillion-dollar deficits, President-elect Barack Obama is hurrying to shore up support for his $775 billion recovery plan.

He's also made it clear that there will be dire consequences for any member of Congress who tries to fatten the plan with pork…

"We are going to stop talking about government reform and we're actually going to start executing," Mr. Obama said, speaking to reporters briefly after meeting with his top economic advisers. "We are ready for the challenge."

Yeah, I bet the biggest challenge will be figuring out how to execute them.

I've heard you can try flushing them, but they just don't drown.