Government pork, that is, and slowly: former Senator for Alaska Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, AK. I would not wish an early death, much less such a terrible one, on a man for feeding his state so well from the public trough but I must admit, if ever there was an apt illustration of President Ronald Reagan's comment "...government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem...," Ted Stevens was it. He was, alas, a bridge to nowhere in the series of tubes.
He's earmarking in another assembly, now. Stock up on mother-of-pearl and sulfur, demand's goin' to go up, up, up on either or both.
Update
3 days ago
3 comments:
RIP Mr Stevens,
He flew the hump (China, Burma, India theater) running supplies through mountains that were taller than the service ceilings of the aircraft involved. Those supplies kept a lot of pressure on Imperial Japan when the Jarheads went into the Solomons. He was awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross).
Passes away in due to a plane finding a mountain in a cloud bank.
Who would have thought, as many mountain filled clouds as he must have missed.
Prayers for his family, condolences to the whole state of Alaska, they lost a public servant.
A salute a pilot and a toast to a member of the Greatest Generation, now passing into the memory hole.
woerm/thr
I'll give him that. He was still a parasite in Congress.
Reminds me a bit of George McGovern: distinguished military career, screwed-up politician.
If pork kills then all we need for a successful revolution is BACON!
mmm bacon.
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