Saturday, March 13, 2010
"Stimulus money" fat with waist
$16M in federal grant money has just been given to Pima County (Tucson, AZ) to battle obesity, according to a Arizona Daily Star article.
When is someone going to stop this insanity!
Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz, a man who was once on the Pima County Board of Supervisors and voted to waste taxpayer money on a so-called gun 'buy-back'says the grant is 'expected' (the key code word is, expected) to create 155 jobs over the next two years; at least that's what he's claiming.
Pleeeeeeeeeease! I could spread this bravo sierra on my yard and have the greenest lawn in town.
If the Republicans tried this crap (pardon the pun), they would be crucified by the Dems and the media. You can watch these people in interviews and they will look right at the camera and spray (to use the term of the media when referring to semi-auto firearms) the most absurd nonsense one could ever imagine. There is no way that anyone with an IQ in at least the double digits can even pretend to take their claims seriously.
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Peter Caroline of Tucson, AZ said he was having problems logging on but emailed this comment to me on my private email:
Bernie,
"... here’s my take on the stimulus money to prevent/cure obesity. Perhaps the most practical solution is to use some of the money to put up huge billboards all around Tucson. These billboards would have full-length (and width) depictions of Raul Grijalva and Steve Leal, and say, “If you don’t want to end up looking like this, stop eating like a freakin’ pig!”
I remember, some time ago, I was at Sushi Garden for lunch, and there was Steve Leal, literally bellied up to the table for the all-you-can-eat luncheon buffet. If that sumbitch were any fatter, his hands wouldn’t have reached the plate. Reminded me of the famous Monty Python “Mr. Creosote” sketch, where the gigantically obese diner finishes his huge meal with “just one little low-calorie thin mint,” and then explodes, with blood, viscera, stomach contents, etc., spraying all over the restaurant. On the other hand, publicly posting a depiction of Grijalva and Leal might result in an epidemic of anorexia in Tucson. Never mind."
Peter
This just in.
Headline: Best $15 million investment by the Fed
Subheadline: Grijalva and Leal get belly busters for their office, lifetime hotcakes, cupcakes and lard delivered for breakfast, lunch and dinner, respectively, for the duration of their term.
First graph: One hundred and fifty five unemployed will be back at work, thanks to a federal grant issued to Pima County designed to address the health hazards of obesity. Two of the temporary employees will bring belly busters into noted policians' offices, the remaining 153 permanent personnnel will be delivering food at least until the next election.
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