This Week's Ideas From The Alternative Universe

**Well, it's a good thing that President Obama and the FEMA team got A's from the governors affected by Hurricane Irene or else Ron Paul's idea of doing away with FEMA and its "bailouts" would be gaining speed. The Glaveston Hurricane Paul had referred to in the good, old days before FEMA killed over 6,000 in a few hours. So much for local communities recovering rapidly.

**There is a limit to how much insanity I can absorb on a daily basis. So, I think I will limit lunacy to one post a week for the fun of it.

**Joining Ron Paul, Fox News called for the elimination of NOAA, the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center because the private sector could do it better. I'm sure they would do this free of charge.

**Michelle Bachmann this week said she would consider lowering the minimum wage so that we can be competitive with foreign countries. She would do this to help businesses bring back jobs to the United States and to lower their costs.

**The Westboro Baptist Church advocates developing the Christian National Registry of Atheists.

**Chuck Norris wants to enlist you in the fight to defeat the United Nations Small Arms Treaty, which is part of Obama's plot to take away your guns. Dimbulb doesn't understand that Hillary Clinton actually inserted the clause that each nation would manage its own gun laws.

**Rick Perry continues to go for the fences. He says he has not backed away from what he "wrote" in FED UP. He still believes Social Security is unconstitutional and a "Ponzi-scheme". He also believes Medicare is inconstitutional.

**Rick Perry has signed the NOW petition agreeing that as President he would oppose same-sex marriage everywhere. Presumably this includes Uganda.

**Rick Perry again dismissed evolution as just another theory.

**The Right this week stepped up its accusations that the Obama Administration was "infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood." This time they've moved beyond saying former NSC head General Jim Jones was Brotherhood to accusing one of Obama's speechwriters as coming from a Muslim Brotherhood background--whatever that is.

**Pat Robertson says that the crack in the Washington Monument caused by the earthquake is a "sign of God".

**The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) said that the Washington Earthquake was because DC allows gay marriage.

**Cindy Jacobs, a New Reformation Apostle and prophetess, said that all the bluebirds died in Arkansas because DADT was repealed. That's actually a month old but appropriate.

**Glenn Beck said that Hurricane Irene was a sign from God that things are beyond our control.

**Willard "Mitt" Romney has had second second thoughts about climate change. Now he's not sure that humans have anything to do with it.

**Willard also said that rich people are doing nicely--thank you.

**Former Vice President Dick Cheney thinks the next President should bring back torture because it was an effective tool in fighting terror.

**Willard said that the Lockerbie bomber should be brought to the United States for trial. Not only was that his only statement on the revolution in Libya but neglects the fact that he already was convicted in a jury trial in the U.K.

I neglected to mention any statements by our congresscritters because that would be sensory overload. You'll be glad to know that the House met today for four minutes so that President Obama could not make any recess appointments. I am sure I will neglect some of the greatest hits in the weeks ahead but consider how many of the above insanities come from people thought to be serious candidates for President.

As President Obama said today, the coordination of the FEMA team with the local and state governments is what government can do. How pathetic is it that our Prfesident has to defend emergency assistance for a natural calamity?