SHOVEL READY IN SAN FRANCISCO

CNS News reported yesterday that the federal government spent $205,075 in 2010 to relocate a single bush in San Francisco. Seems the bush in question stood in the way of a billion dollar highway renovation project that was funded by Obama’s economic stimulus plan which he signed in 2009.

A government botanist, a government ecologist and a government biologist all declared that the plant known as the Franciscan Manzanita was rare and needed to be saved from the ravages of steel and cement. Good Grief, the Government has too many “ists” working for it.

But back to the story. The original cost to move the plant was not the only cost incurred by American taxpayers. Uncle Sam issued a contract for $7,025 to a company to test the bush’s chromosomes. Uncle Sam issued a contract to fund the input, guidance and advice of a qualified Manzanita expert. Uncle Sam provided $5,000 to each of 3 botanical gardens to “nurture” the root of the plant. Uncle Sam provided $1,500 for long-term seed storage of seeds collected from the plant. The plant is now protected by a fence, which Uncle Sam also paid for, and its location is kept secret so the plant does not “get trampled to death.” Nice to have a Rich Uncle, don't you think?

All this for a plant that is not on the endangered species list, is considered a wild plant, and can be bought at any nursery for $15.98 to $18.00 per bush.

More information that'll turn you red? Prior to the discovery of this lone, single Franciscan Manzanita plant the U. S. Interior Department had considered the plant to be extinct – except, of course, in people’s yards and gardens, where they are found in abundance.

This is just another amazingly stupid expenditure from the Obama stimulus bill. It’s your economic stimulus dollars at work. Obama should be proud. His name is on the side of the
highway that just spent $205,000 to move one plant that you can buy anywhere for about 20 bucks.

Remember this when you have to pay your taxes on April 15. Remember this the next time Obama shows up on TV yowling about the Buffett Rule and the rich aren’t paying their fair share, and the government has to close the budget gap by stealing more tax dollars from us.

Well, how about this, Mr. O.? I think I’m going to buy a couple hundred "rare" Manzanita bushes at my local nursery, and I'm going to plant them in the medians of America’s highways. Then I’m going to “discover” this very rare plant, report the discovery to you big spenders in Washington, and the government can hire me as an expert plant mover. At $205,000 a bush, it won’t be long and I’ll be a millionaire, thanks to my rich and stupid Uncle in Washington.

MAIL ORDER CLOTHES, BOOKS, BRIDES AND CONDOMS

Ah, California, that stronghold of liberal socialist ideology, the sun tanned, beach loving, politically correct Californians have done it again.  The nonprofit California Family Health Council runs a website where CA kids as young as 12 can order condoms and sex lubricants.  The items are FREE and are mailed in a plain yellow envelope.  I suppose that’s so the more Conservative CA parents won’t know what is being sent to their kids.  Yes, I believe there are some parents in CA who will strongly object to this – I hope.  There have to be parents who don’t buy into the “they’re going to do it anyway so let’s make it safe and easy” claptrap.  But then again, these are the same people who continually send Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer to Congress, so maybe I’m wrong.   

The program is called the Condom Access Project.  Its purpose is to provide condoms/lubricants to kids who cannot afford to buy them or are too embarrassed to go to clinics where these items are already distributed for FREE. 

Right now I’m scratching my head wondering what’s wrong with teaching kids self-discipline, self-respect, restraint, and yes, abstinence.  I’m sick of the “if it feels good, do it” mentality.  I’m sick of a  school system where you can’t mention God or tell kids what’s right and what’s wrong, a system where you can’t talk about abstinence but you can tell kids as young as 12 how to get FREE condoms. 

And who’s paying for this?  Well, the CA Family Health Council gets their funding from the CA Department of Public Health.  The CADPH gets much of their funding from the federal government.  Turns out we are ALL paying for this, whether we want our tax dollars to be spent on a “Free condoms for kids’ program” or not.   

But wait, there’s more.  This might clear things up for those of us not living in the California-anything-goes-society.   Free condoms have been available in San Francisco public schools since 1992.  The Student/Parent Handbook for elementary, middle and high school grades explains to students and parents how students can access FREE condoms through the schools.  The San Francisco Chronicle reported last month that Galileo High School celebrated Valentine’s Day by hosting an event where hundreds of students lined up to “marry” their sweethearts (regardless of gender, sexual orientation or relationship status).  They then were taught how to correctly put on a condom using goggles, which gave them a drunken view of things, and played a variety of games allegedly promoting safe sex.  “Teacher Raina Meyers put goggles on students, which made their vision slightly blurry simulating being drunk, and then told them to put a condom on a wooden penis.”  The article also stated that, “Many students admitted they decided to participate after teachers said they would get extra credit.”  Talk about Pressure! 

So, there you have it.  Any questions about why there’s so much sexual abuse of students by so-called teachers?