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Absurdity . . . Bordering on Insanity

Sometimes as I write these pieces, I make an attempt to be a bit humorous. Most of the time I am afraid that these attempts fall flat, but thank the Lord for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), who may have missed her true calling as a comedy writer. Her most recent New Green Deal is hilarious! Initially I was going to try to avoid AOC, but after actually reading the points of her New Green Deal (NGD), I am no longer able to restrain myself as it is absurd on so many different levels. (Amazingly Senator Ed Markey (D, Mass), who was her cosponsor on the NGD, is now bellyaching because this monstrosity may actually be brought up for a vote in the Senate. At this point one must ask if there is something in the water in the greater Boston area, as AOC went to college in Boston.)  However, I asked myself is there a point at which some of these absurd points in the NGD indeed cross over to insanity? I count 14 different points in this non-binding drivel, and it is difficult to figure out which of these is the most ridiculous. For the sake of brevity I am going to try to group most of the absurdities of the GND into some general categories that each exemplify “absurdity . . . bordering on insanity.”

1. Retrofit all buildings with “green” technology. Focus on the word, “all.” Note that she is not just talking about government buildings, but all buildings. Think about the enormity of doing that in just Boston alone, or in just one state, never mind throughout the country!  Absurdity . . . bordering on insanity! Link that to the goal of 100% of the power demand in the U.S. coming from “clean, renewable, and zero emission” energy sources. AOC: you might want to rethink how you are going sell that to the people in the Midwest who have just experienced temperatures of 25 below zero. I am quite sure that there could never be enough windmills to heat the homes in Peoria, much less in Chicago where during the winter the solar panels would be dormant as the sun may not be seen there for months. Absurdity . . . bordering on insanity!

2. Ban the combustion engine, thus making all autos electric with, get this, charging stations “everywhere!” Focus on the word, “everywhere.” Think about the enormity of doing this in Los Angeles, a city that totally depends on cars. Where exactly on the 405 or the 5 freeway are these charging stations going to be located? Absurdity . . . bordering on insanity! Combine this with a severe restriction on air unnecessary travel. (Would this include the millions of miles flown by Nancy Pelosi?) I presume that AOC means air travel by airplanes, and that air travel by balloons or blimps will still be acceptable ( there is a lot of hot air already in the NGD.). I believe that high-speed rail is supposed to be the panacea here. AOC: perhaps you should get reacquainted with reality, as our governor just scrapped the high-speed rail boondoggle in California. Absurdity . . . bordering on insanity!

3. The giveaways that promise everything with no conception of who or how this is going to be paid for. Free college, free universal health care, and the pseudo-European  guaranteed medical and family leave to go along with government provided vacations. What would this actually mean to the economy? (The GNP would begin to resemble the slope of a downhill slalom course.) Absurdity . . . bordering on insanity! In addition to providing government retirement security, the government will also provide jobs for those who wish to work, and money for those who do not wish to work. Yes!! If one does not wish to work, so-be-it, he/she will get paid anyway! This is not absurdity. . . bordering on insanity, but absolute insanity! I think by now that everyone is getting the general idea . . . and I haven’t even mentioned the vague, not yet specified, plan of what to do about the farting cows! .This is absurdity . . . err, absurdity to the nth degree!!

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