Apparently satisfied with the rapid progress of their woman-hating agenda in congress, next on the list for the 21st Century American version of Luddites, also known as the 'republican party', is their attack on the environment. Now remember, this is the party that thinks that Global Warming is a myth. All of that melting ice isn't really melting, the salinity of the oceans isn't being affected one iota and the glaciers really aren't retreating like the French on steroids. Nope, according to the brain-trust on the Teabag side of the aisle all of this is being perpetrated by the 'liberal media' (I wish there was one, I really, really do) in an insidious plot to stop American companies from pumping out whatever toxic shit they please, into the air/groundwater/oceans. So in order to stop Americans from further educating themselves about the topic with you know, facts and stuff, the Neanderthals in the House passed a bill that would slash the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by almost a third. Twenty-nine percent to be precise. But as with everything coming forth from the Luddite Party you have to do the math yourself. A savings of one third sounds great right? But how much will this actually take off the bottom line of the deficit? Less then one tenth of one percent, about $3 billion. But it's the thought that counts, right?
But what of the consequences of muzzling the one agency tasked specifically to keep us safe from toxic industrial waste getting into our bottled water and to prevent our lungs from sounding like we have a two-pack-a-day-ciggy habit?
On planet Teabag apparently there are two different atmospheres, two different water tables, and two different planetary eco-systems. One that affects people that think like they do, you know, morons, and one that affects everyone else. They'd have to think that way in order for them not to realize, even if it took them a good while longer than regular human beings, that by making it easier to put arsenic in the drinking water, and toxins in the atmosphere we ALL suffer the consequences. I know that republicans by their very nature are mean, greedy, selfish people, but this Bill, if allowed to stand as written, would be the height of short-sighted selfishness, even for a group of people that have not, as of yet, demonstrated an ounce of compassion or humanity to their fellow citizens.
A couple of things strike me about this latest attack on sanity by the flying-monkeys on the right, one is that there has yet to be a 'Jobs Bill' presented, even though we were told that this was their number one priority during the recent election campaign, and two, if they really wanted to impress us, how about they cut the Pentagon's budget by the same percentage (that would amount to a savings of roughly $205 Billion, you know, real money) then we'd really know if they're serious...Methinks I'll grow another head before we see that idea come to fruition, but hey, what the hell...I just wanted to see what that looked like written out.
No comments:
Post a Comment