Government Mentality

Here is a prime example of the Workings of Government, Science, and bureaucracy. Even if they can finally establish that there is a Danger, any Solution can be blocked by any segment by multiple counter-Proposals. I will tell Kids right now, that if We are actually dependent upon reaching some critical goals within a specified Period–We are doomed! I am reminded of the old Racist statement that if you put Two Jews in a room, you would come up with five Opinions; I have always contended it cannot just be restricted to Jews. Before I scare these same Kids about the Danger of Global Warming, I will say that if Greenhouse Gases continue to be released by humanity at current expanding rates, We should equal five active Volcanos somewhere in the next thirty years. We might fry in Our own homes, so be it; I think We should talk about scraping the Greenhouse Gases out of the atmosphere, a sensible Plan which could also counteract those Volcanos.

Here is another instance of the intricate workings of bureaucracy. The Federal Government wants to put a driver away for life, because he drove bin Laden around. They claim this individual knew of the Sept. 11 attacks prior to that date. So what? What were the Options of the individual involved? He might have made a Collect Call to the White House. He might have told bin Laden to hell with his $400 a month Job, which would not have stopped the Attack or saved anyone, but would have showed he was not a Terrorist. He might have refused to carry Weapons in his car, though he had a legal Permit to carry firearms, and there has never been any Injunction seriously enforced to carrying Arms in Afghanistan–ask any Taliban member or American soldier. It is another instance of burning the Small Fry, while leaving the real issues unresolved.

We now turn to the subprime Mortgage bailout announced by Bush, but devised by the industry itself. The industry only wants to save those Mortgage holders who cannot possible renegotiate new Mortgages, with all the charges of refinance. They lock in those losers into paying what they originally agreed, and forcing all Others to refinance with all the expenses involved. A real humanitarian effort exhibited by the big money Lenders; who can claim righteously that they have been injured horribly, and insist on even more years of indebtedness for the Mortgage debtors–at higher Interest rates. I love America, if you can stay above the flow at floor level. lgl