Friday, April 3, 2020

Die unendliche Geschichte


For John, BLUFThe Never Ending Story.  It is a fantasy world for Speaker Pelosi and Representative Schiff.  Nothing to see here; just move along.




Here is the sub-headline:

The Fox Is Guarding The Henhouse

From The Lid Blog, by Mr Jeff Dunetz, 2 April 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

Talk about the Fox guarding the henhouse!  Speaker Pelosi announced on Thursday that she is creating a new ‘bipartisan’ House select committee on the coronavirus crisis.  It will exercise oversight of the federal response to coronavirus and will be chaired by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.  Jim Clyburn?  That doesn’t sound bipartisan.

Pelosi told reporters the purpose of the committee is “to examine all aspects of the federal response to the coronavirus and ensure the taxpayer’s dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent.  The panel will root out waste, fraud, and abuse; it will protect against price-gauging, profiteering, and political favoritism.  The fact is, we do need transparency and accountability.”

Really?  That’s strong words from the woman who tried to put an abortion slush fund into the first coronavirus package.  And delayed the second rescue package because she wanted to include some of her pet projects, including parts of the green new deal, money for Planned Parenthood, getting rid of right to work laws, and much more.  My personal favorite was the $25 million bailout to the Kennedy Center, which promptly started firing people.

Do we need this extra committee, on top of existing committees, and an Inspector General specifically called for by the $2 Trillion bailout bill?  Probably not.

I fully agree we need oversight, but I am doubtful that Speaker Pelosi and Representative Adam Schiff, who is also pushing this, can execute this in a truly bipartisan way.  There are real issues out there, such as China's early actions, the role of WHO, the responsibilities of the States and the history of preparedness.

As novel and movie character, Jackie Brown, says, “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”  In this case the stupid could make it harder for all of us.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

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