REXTAL CRANIAL MOMENT OF THE DAY

As the majority leader in the Senate, who is Harry Reid concerned about? Is he worried about the children of his constituents, who will owe tens of thousands of dollars to pay for our great experiment in big government? Is he concerned about facilitating a friendly business environment in Nevada that will help to create jobs, which has a staggering unemployment rate of 14.7%? The answers to these questions is "no." Harry Reid is not concerned about any of these things. So back to my original question, "who is Harry Reid concerned about?"
Cowboy poets. Yup, podner ... cowboy poets. Yippie ki yo ki freakin' yay!
No folks, you can't make this stuff up. In a debate over Republican budget cuts, Harry Reid points out that the "mean-spirited bill" will eliminate the National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities. The horror! Can you imagine what would happen to all of the starving artists if they didn't have the government to subsidize their inability to sell their art in the private marketplace? So here's what Harry Reid had to say on the floor of the Senate:

"The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1 ... eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts. These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a cowboy poetry festival. Had that program not been around, the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist."

How out of synch is this man with the American public? Our nation hosts a staggering $14 trillion in debt and our leaders in Washington won't do a damned thing to make sure that number doesn't decline. Why? Because they have zero incentive to do so. Making tough cuts will only hurt their political chances of being re-elected to their position of power and prestige. This is because the looters and the moochers are holding them hostage. 

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