The lunatics in charge

Very briefly....

The US EPA has issued (even more) new rules to cripple the economy. These about smog -- only a problem in certain geographic areas, but the rules will cost something like $80 BILLION to private industry. They will no doubt force the closing or expensive retooling of much industrial capacity and probably will slow down the economy even more.

Speaker of the House John Boehner wrote the Comrade, informing his Hindness of these likely results. The Comrade says he will suspend the new rules, because, as a White House statement claims, the president has always tried to reduce regulations.

Laughed so hard my sides ache. Where have these White House people been for the last couple years? Venezuela on a federal grant-to-education? Soaking up the wit and wisdom of monkey-face Hugo Chavez? The Comrade has never met a debilitating regulation he doesn't like, especially if it's pointed at destroying the USA's energy industry. He promised during his campaign that he would destroy the energy industry and that seems to be one thing he's actually delivering.

Another news flash... apparently the US government is suing a bunch of banks for approving crappy mortgages. Funny.... 10 years ago, the US government was threatening to cut the banks out of the Fed if they DIDN'T approve crappy mortgages. I mean, 10 years ago, the US government was so damn sure it knew so much more about how to run a bank than bankers do. That assumption has proved to be entirely false, but it sure doesn't stop the US government from continuing to labor under its delusions of financial competence. Jeez, is Barney Fudd still in charge? Say it ain't so.

And we can always look to California for a good laugh. California is shutting down 70 state parks to save $22 million dollars. It's also just passed its own version of the Dream Act, agreeing to give the kids of illegal aliens free college educations, at an estimated cost of $80 BILLION.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Save the Republic.