Category Archives: Government

Stuff you may or may not know about your local, state, and federal government

A Stupid Question

Everyone here in the United States knows there is a continuing debate on admitting refugees into the country. One of President Trump’s campaign promises was to perform “extreme vetting” before allowing entry into our country. As expected, the liberal “rule from the bench” courts struck down his first attempts to determine just who is coming into this country.

The communist/socialists of the Feel-The Bern movement believe that we should take in any and all immigrants. The United Nations is critical of the United States and the United Kingdom for not taking in more refugees.  Hillybob campaigned on bringing in more refugees.

All right, here’s my stupid question. Why is it that the US and the UK are expected to “do their part” in handling a refugee crisis?

As of 2016 there are 13,210 Syrian refugees in the US.  The UK at the end of 2016 had let in  4,414 refugees.

By the size of their economies, China and Japan, both members of the United Nations, are right behind the US.  Why doesn’t the UN demand that China and Japan take in refugees?  Don’t forget China is one of the five PERMANENT members of the UN.

At the end of 2015 there was a TOTAL of NINE refugees from Syria living in China. That was a HUGE rise from the ONE refugee in 2014. Good job China!

Japan as of 2015 let in SIX Syrian refugees.  Yet another great job!  Why so few refugees in Japan?  Prime Minister Abe explained that “Japan needs to look after its own”.

The PRK Wants To Become Numero Uno

The People’s Republik of Kalifornia leader, Senate President Pro-Tem Kevin de Leon, introduced legislation, SB-100, that would phase out fossil fuel generation of electricity in the state.  Almost half of all electricity in the state  is generated using natural gas.

Kev, buddy, the PRK has the sixth highest electricity rates in the nation. I see you want us to be number one! Let me translate in the Lingua Franca of the PRK since you have bragged that relatives of yours are illegal immigrants. Somos los NUMERO UNO!

The state would need to generate power with new solar and wind systems.  Um, maybe i’m a bit of a dunce, but the wind doesn’t always blow and there is this pesky event called night where solar doesn’t work all that well.  Kev says that we can use hydroelectric power to make up the gaps.  Well according to the Kalifornia Energy Commission website, hydro power only accounts for 6 percent of energy generation in the state.  SIX is a not equal to ONE HUNDRED last time I took math.  Hmmm, maybe we need to create more of those environmentally friendly dams.  Oh wait, we have droughts in the state and the tree huggers want to get rid of the existing dams.

Wind power, there’s a great idea.  Let’s see wind power kills untold thousands of birds every year.  President Obama gave wind producers a 30 year exemption to kill 4200 of our endangered national bird, the Bald Eagle EACH YEAR, as well as other protected and endangered species because there is no way to prevent bird strike kills by windmills.  Hey, Progre-sissies, a show of hands, how many of you know of this exemption?  It’s a felony to kill bald eagles and it has been since 1940.  The exemption was part of Prez O’s great green energy initiative.  Anyone want to guess what the progre-sissy reaction would be if President Trump suggested killing an endangered species to create green energy to “make America great again”?

What will ultimately happen is that the PRK will end up with the highest electricity rates in the nation as our buddy Kev wants  and we will buy electricity from other states connected to the grid to fill in the gaps.  If the bill becomes law, The PRK won’t be burning fossil fuels within the state borders, but we’ll end up buying electricity generated by fossil fuels from other states.  The out of state burning will include natural gas as well as coal.

Even though Kev’s plan accomplished near zero, we can feel green and righteous while paying higher electricity bills.

Oh and as a reminder to our most intellectual and oh so caring politicians, electricity is REQUIRED by both rich and poor, therefore this proposed policy is REGRESSIVE as higher electrical rates will punish the lower income earners the MOST.

I’d Have Gone For The Throat

I was watching a video of FAILED presidential candidate, Senator Warren, questioning Betsy DeVos during DeVos’s confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education. The junior senator kept hounding Ms. DeVos on what assurance does the “public” have that money allocated to the department of education would not be wasted.

If I was in Betsy DeVos’s shoes I would have answered that question with the following:

I will guarantee that myself and my staff will follow all established guidelines and principles of the Department of Education regarding waste, fraud, and abuse. And along those lines I would punish anyone who falsely claims minority status, especially those pretending to be Native American, who attempt to defraud the American Taxpayer and those minorities that rightly deserve access to those funds.

Thank you for the question Senator Pocohon…, ahem Warren.