When the trillion dollar pork-a-pa-looza masquerading as the "National Recovery and Reinvestment Act"first came to light and I actually began READING the bill, I was outraged at the Democrats exploitation of the fear, pain, and suffering of the American people as a justification for the implementation of every knee-jerk liberal social engineering and wealth confiscation idea that had been gathering dust on their desks for as long as some of them have been in office, and others of them have been alive. I'm astounded at all the fear mongering and sense of urgency ginned up by the Democrats in order to sell us on this package of pork. I believe the terms used were "catastrophic," "depression," etc. I also believe the justification for the bill was that it had to be "timely," "targeted," and "temporary.
In reading the 500 or so pages that I've actually been able to digest, I can't find anything that meets the 3-T challenge. What I've found instead is a mass of programs that have basically doubled the amount of future discretionary spending that will be a part of the Federal budget for years to come. The Democrats have had their absolute power for only two months now, and in that time they have managed to spend over a TRILLION of our tax dollars and double the discretionary budget . I shudder to think what the next 22 months have in store, because it will be at least that long before we the people can do anything to change the path to political socialism and runaway inflation that we seem to on.
No one has taken more fire from us than Madame Speaker, Nancy Pelosi herself. For the way she shut out the Repulican members of the house from the legislative process, she deserves the heat. She and her liberal Democratic ilk now own this bill lock, stock, and two smoking barrels. The congressional Republicans were well advised to steer clear of it, and those RINO (Republican in Name Only) senators that facilitated its' passage will likely pay a political price in the future.
Notwithstanding this, Madame Speaker Pelosi has also been harshly criticized for her own slice of pork, the tens of millions of dollars she wants to protect the marshes that are home to a cute little mouse. She has been called many names, including but not limited to, "Minnie Mouse," Mighty Mouse," and "the Mouse that Roared" to name a few. The problem is that in her own roundabout way, Nancy Pelosi's pet project may just be the best thing about this pork-laden boondogle. It may be the only project I've found that will actually accomplish the stated goal of creating a real job.
Now I can hear the jaws dropping out there and I can only imagine that you all might be thinking I've traded in my trademark Java for some liberal kool-aid, but you would be wrong and I encourage you to read on and hear me out. What happens when you artificially protect the natural habitat of an animal? Simply speaking, you enable that animal to survive and thrive. What happens when rhodents thrive? They BREED at the speed of light. So, when the marshes are filled with millions of new mice then those mice are going to feel cramped and they're going to fan out all over San Francisco and the surrounding area.
Picture what is going to happen some fine morning when Nancy Pelosi or one of her liberal gal pals on Nob Hill reaches into the china cabinet to get a bone china bowl for her morning cereal and finds mouse turds in it. She might first drop the bowl, shattering it into bits. Then, aggrieved by the tragic loss of a piece of her favorite china, the grief will turn to rage and she'll either pick up the phone herself or direct her maid to do it for her, and call the exterminator. This scene will be played out in houses and apartments all over the city because people universally react this way to vermin.
One of my favorite actors of all time, James Woods, in his portraryal of powerhouse attorney Sebastian Stark uttered a line that is a pithy as it is brilliant. He was investigating a homicide in Malibu and a lifeguard informed him that the tenant of a pricey beach house had asked him to run people off of his "private" beach. As he heard this, Sebastian Stark said, "They're all liberals until someone blocks their ocean view." Simply put, liberals will champion causes like the marsh mouse, until that mouse has the audacity to invade their homes. Then, the mouse be damned, it's time to call the exterminator.
This brings me to my point that Nancy Pelosi my be the only legislator whose pork project will actually accomplish the goal of creating new jobs, or saving old ones, in the foreseeable future because if San Francisco gets overrun with mice, the exterminators will either hire new workers or refrain from laying off any of their current ones. This can occur within the next two years because of both the limited life span of mice, and the alarmingly rapid rate at which they reproduce, especially when their habitat is artificially protected.
Therefore, in her own way, the Speaker is actually going to use her tens of millions (chump change compared to some of the other projects in the bill) to create new jobs. Granted, it's an unintended consequence of the government's typical approach to problem solving, i.e. trying to lower the river instead of raising the bridge. Still, the new hires at the exterminating companies can thank Speaker Pelosi for the good fortune. So God Bless you, Nancy Pelosi and later we can take a moment of silence for the rhodent holocaust that will surely follow.
So, there it is. Nancy Pelosi may be the only legislator whose fingerprints on this bureacratic nightmare can actually be linked to a new job created in the next year or two. And if you disagree with me, then you sir, madame, or (since we ARE talking about San Francisco here), anyone inbetween, are worse than Greg Gutfeld.
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