They're Still at It

I heard this on the radio and, if I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I certainly would not have believed it.

Congressman John Dingell was "dispelling" all of the "rumors" about the health care bill he "authored." "Oh," he insisted, this "wasn't going to happen," that's "not in there," etc. Then, the radio host asked Dingell if he himself had read the bill. "Well, no, not all of it." Huh....

Now, there are three things that are very, very disturbing. One, if Dingell is the "author," as he claimed, how can it be he hasn't read the bill? Two, if Dingell hasn't read the bill, how in the world can he vote for/support it? Three, Dingell didn't sound the least bit embarrassed or shamed when he admitted not reading the bill, yet (see "One" and "Two").

I listen to the radio show talking heads more for entertainment than anything else. (I don't like the music played on most stations most of the time.) OK, I listen to the conservative ones, mostly because the liberal ones are absolutely nuts (and hypocritical--while they decry our system of, say, capitalism, they certainly aren't loathe to partake of the creature comforts it provides!) instead of just a little wacky. But, more and more, their name-calling of our elected officials, "fools," "idiots," "bozos," "clowns," etc. seem like pretty accurate labels.

And what is most frightening is that these elected officials think they are smarter than we are, that they are saving us from ourselves or the system or whatever. Boy, Thomas Sowell was just brilliant in identifying these guys as "the anointed."

BTW, I sent two letters to The Oakland Press, both taking to task its columnists/editors for a lack of knowledge of history. I see neither one has been posted/printed. OK, one, at least, was pretty harsh. I guess it's one thing to be ignorant, but quite another to be ignorant yet still be brash enough to preach to others. Very insufferable....