YOUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
I know this may look like I'm piling on. Making fun of FEMA is so easy that . . .. . . oh hell, I am piling on, and that's because FEMA's so easy to bust on. Check this out:
According to AP, FEMA needs to replace as many as 118,000 locks on trailers issued in Louisiana and Mississippi for victims of Katrina.Why, you may ask? Because -- and nothing better than a quotation from the article here -- "the same key could open multiple mobile homes."
Yes, that's right! FEMA purchased 13 different types of trailer, all of which contain locks bought from only three different lock makers.
And FEMA, unless I'm mistaken, is under the auspices of the same federal agency (the DHS) that's keeping us safe from terror attack. Feeling safe yet?
posted by Mike at 5:59 PM
2 Comments:
FEMA will probably buy another $billion worth of new trailers, take the new locks off, and throw away the rest. Bwahaha!
Environment; make all pollution practices or threats of ecological stability illegal. Cars that pollute at all, illegal. Boats that pollute at all, illegal, Deforestation illegal, any pollution at all illegal including nuclear.
Wow, that's naive. And such laws, if passed, could quite possibly be unconstitutional. Do you have any clue as to what you're saying here? If you want to change people's behavior, you have to provide them with viable alternatives, not force laws upon them. You're not going to create magical solutions to problems with the environment just by enacting a law.
Case in point: Hybrid automobiles. Honda and Toyota saw a need (both companies are based in a country which has to import ALL of its oil), and made a product to fill a niche. As that niche grew in size, they expanded their product lines accordingly and other auto makers jumped on the bandwagon. Business goes where the money is.
Go ahead and encourage communities to switch over to more eco-friendly products and technologies. That's a good thing. But if said products and technologies cost too much to implement, don't expect people (and taxpayers) to jump on board too soon.
Instead of lobbying for idealistic, unenforceable laws, try investing in companies that are working on eco-friendly products and promote them into the nation's consciousness. Or lobby Congress for tax credits for eco-friendly companies, technologies, and the communities that want to implement them.
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