Second Guessing the Government After Irene & My Son’s ‘Bestest Day Ever!’
By: I.M. Windee
We survived Hurricane Irene and, naturally, the Monday Morning Quarterbacks are out in full force blaming government (specifically: Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Christie) for not having the prescience of Johnny Carson’s “Carnac” regarding Hurricane Irene as the hurricane was less forceful than predicted.
Please.
Part of the problem is, ironically, caused by those politicians who claim that government can solve all problems that the citizenry faces. So perhaps there is rough justice for liberal proponents when it misfires with a solution, as government often does.
But for my clearheaded conservative colleagues to get heartburn over the fact that government erred on the side of caution is a bit overwrought. After all, our breed is desperately in search of something that government doesn’t do wrong (or at least does slightly right). This could be as close we will ever get.
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As I was dragging up my x-teenth bucket of water from the flooded basement, my 6 year-old son declared “Daddy, this is the bestest day ever!” Out of the mouths of babes….
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