The Fierce Urgency Of Pork

by Charles Krauthammer - February 6th, 2009 - Washington Post

"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe." -- President Obama, Feb. 4.

Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared "we have chosen hope over fear." Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill.

Here is another article that will crack you up. Crack you up unless you are one of the naive Magic Marxist Messiah enthusiasts that thought this duplicitous buffoon meant what he said.

There must have been a general Reagan spirit in the air on his birthday as all my favorite writers seem to be channeling Ronald Reagan in their articles.

My favorite paragraph? "It's not just pages and pages of special-interest tax breaks, giveaways and protections, one of which would set off a ruinous Smoot-Hawley trade war. It's not just the waste, such as the $88.6 million for new construction for Milwaukee Public Schools, which, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, have shrinking enrollment, 15 vacant schools and, quite logically, no plans for new construction."

Is there any better parody of socialist stupidity than that one section in the bill? 15 vacant schools and the Democrats want to build another school anyway! Way to go Obama!