Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is, The Utah Legislature

Hypocrisy: The feigning of beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess. From the Greek, hupokrisis; to play a part on stage. This from, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, copy write 1970.

Well, in this case, the stage is the Tea Party Stage that the Utah Legislature is being made to do their sick, perverted, "Eros" charged dance of guns and bullets, and secret emails and railing against Federal intervention in States Rights, to the point that they wanted, last fall, to refuse Federal Stimulus money to help schools! THE lowest funded schools in the whole country!

Oh, you do know that when, Tea Baggers talk about, "State's Rights" they are referring to the Civil War, don't you? And that means the States RIGHT to have slavery even when the Federal Government wanted to outlaw it? It's not about, "Interstate commerce" or abortion law, or gun laws or "Obama Care" and some imaginary Federal take over of the health care industry, any of that stuff. It's about Slavery. Because they still want Federal money for highways, and education, and medical care, and Federal flood insurance, and completion of water projects, and stuff like that. You do know that, right?

Well, if you don't, pay attention.

Last fall, Governor For Life, and BYU drop out, Gary Herbert was on the hot seat for wanting to take the Federal stimulus money for education. The Tea Baggers wanted him to reject it. Too much Federal influence in States Rights! We don't want no stinkin Federal Money in OUR State.

Unless we do. While Orrin (Senator For Life) Hatch, R. Pittsburgh, was telling the Governor not to take the money anytime there was a TV camera anywhere near him, he was also lobbying the White House to keep the funding for, The Central Utah Water Project in the budget!

Educating kids is a Communist Plot when the Feds are involved. But if the money goes to help his rich friends develop the Wasatch Front? Well, what's wrong with that?

I just saw where Washington County was thrilled to accept all that Federal Disaster Relief Money for the flood damage last year. Why would you do that?

I mean, you folks down there all vote for Republicans, you LOVE the Tea Baggers, you hate Federal intervention, but you want their money?

I say, BULLSHIT! You need to take a stand! All you right wing, God fearing Americans who HATE Federal intervention of any kind, need to renounce your Federal Flood Insurance (which only exists because the, "invisible hand of the market place" gave you the finger when you wanted to build your dream home in a flood plain) and GIVE that money back! It's just WRONG for you to take that money from the Socialist Program that IS Federal Flood Insurance! You need to suck it up, pull yourself up by your Tony Lama boot straps and rebuild your retirement, "McMansion" too close to the Santa Clara River all, on, your, own! And if you don't? You're a SOCIALIST!

You hate Federal intervention in local affairs. But STATE intervention in even MORE local affairs, like what cities and county's can do? Oh, you have NO problem with that.

Some CITY wants to prohibit discrimination against Gay people? You're not so sure that should happen. The University of Utah wants you cover your gun on campus? Not going to happen. Salt Lake County decides the best way to provide law enforcement protection is to bill for it based on who uses it most? That's not right!

So, your little group of nut balls, duly elected by the people of Utah, who don't read anything they don't buy at Costco (or Deseret Book), now want to control not only what happens in the State of Utah, but in the Federal Government and every local county, and city government with your own narrow standard of what is right and wrong.

Not only are you Hypocrite's of the highest order, you are suffering from delusions of grandeur that can only be compared to BYU thinking they are as important on the national college sports scene as Notre Dame! And that they can make it as an independent! TOTALLY crazy!

Now, repeal the secrecy bill, quit trying to out, "Tea Bag" each other, realize that you can't exist as a state, without Federal money, whether you think the President is a Muslim or not (for the record, he's a Methodist. Don't you remember vilifying his Pastor when he was running? Short memory on you, "R's") and get on with running the state.

You have proven you CAN do good things. Like balance the budget. But you still try to out, "Mormon" each other by closing liquor stores that are MAKING MONEY, just show you're hard on liquor. Don't close the one in Layton closest to the former Majority Leader in the Senate, OK? He was a good Mormon, Republican. And a hypocrite.

Do what's right for the people of the state. ALL the people, not just the ones who would vote for you.

Living here as long as I have, I'll file this under, "Falling On Deaf Ears" but at least I took my shot.