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May 04, 2006

"Easier to just shoot 'em, like a horse"

That was about four years ago. I had pretty much put it behind me (much like the lady in question), but then I read this story in the Boston Herald. A 78-year-old man with crippling foot problems wants to visit his severely-injured wife in the hospital, but the state says he should have expected his feet to develop this problem 12 weeks in advance -- because that's how long it can take to get a temporary handicapped parking permit. Even after the newspaper got in touch with the RMV's official spokesperson, Mr. Driscoll still might have to wait 30 days.

And now Massachusetts wants to put the same kind of bureaucracy in charge of making sure everyone has health insurance.

It's no frigging wonder this state keeps re-electing Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. That it keeps both houses of its Legislature overwhelmingly Democratic. (138-22 House, 33-7 Senate.) It's nothing short of a miracle that they keep re-electing Republicans as governors, providing the slimmest margin of safety from complete and utter collapse.

(Note: this is partly a slam against Democrats, but more against giving too much power to one party. In New Hampshire, we've occasionally been utterly dominated by Republicans, but 1) not since the 70's or so; B) never to anywhere near that extreme; and III) even at their worst, the NH GOP was nowhere dangerous as the Bay State Democrats. Except, perhaps, when the Governor of NH wanted the National Guard equipped with tactical nuclear weapons.)

"Easier to just shoot 'em, like a horse," wizbang, May 4, 2006 (emphasis added)

Posted at May 4, 2006 06:07 AM | Categories: Ay Caramba!

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