President Barack Obama signs the $787-billion economic stimulus bill into law on Feb. 17, 2009, joined by Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – Three years after the enactment of the $787-billion economic stimulus spending program, critics are still pointing out some of the stranger and apparently most wasteful programs funded by the program, which was intended to create millions of jobs and keep unemployment below 8 percent.
Some of those programs include $210,000 to study the learning patterns of honeybees; $898,138 to study clouds over Greenland; and $50,000 for a Chicago, Illinois theater that put on a play showcasing former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D).
That theater, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, put on a play in 2009 called Rod Blagojevich Superstar at which the impeached former governor – now serving a 14-year prison sentence – made an appearance to introduce the show that mocked his political and legal troubles.

The hit parade of stimulus projects are the focus of a report from the Republican National Committee called ‘Where did all the Money Go?’ which gives a state-by state breakdown of questionable stimulus projects and failed government investments.

Among the projects highlighted in the report are: