‘Where is my stimulus check?’ has become one of the hottest trends on the Google internet search engine, indicating that many Americans have not yet received their tax rebate check, a major part of the Bush administration’s economic ’stimulus’ package.

As thousands of Americans turn to the internet to find out where their stimulus check has got to, the mainstream press has started to crank out hundreds of “How to spend your stimulus check” filler articles. Like this piece form The Washington Post urging hard-pressed Americans to donate their rebate checks to charitable organizations supporting “our troops and their families.”