B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for December 23, 2023

Sadly true.

Governments tends to be reactionary instead of proactive.

The history of FEMA.

Boy! It’s too bad Only cartoons dare speak the truth these days- but this one is an even-truer-than-most specimen.

Except when you are dealing with big government. Then it is too much, too late.

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” President Ronald Reagan 1986

It’s the least they could do.

Is it ever possible to do enough and in time when it comes to a crisis? No matter what they do, it will always be too little too late.

the SOP for the legislative branch

Crises are re-usable, and so are usually only put on ice for a bit before being renewed for more timely action later.

This ought to be a plaque on the Washington Monument and on most federal buildings in the hog farm on the Potomac.

Sadly, more truth in that strip than is comfortable really.

As Winston Churchill said “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing after they’ve tried everything else”

Government’s red tape……..

Too little, too late, then attempt a cover-up.

By the time that government realizes that a crisis exists, it has come and gone.

TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE IS DIFFERENT

Nothing changes!

“Government agencies” get thier funding from the taxpayer’s wallets. Every penny of thier “help”, in any sense of the word, is paid for by you and me.

The BEST help is always local people getting together to help out those affected. The “circle of help” just expands as a larger area needs help, with the government coming in only when it is too big and too much for the “local” help to handle.

A man turning 70 can not find a job. But can always run for President! He will be referred to as Kiddo..

Asterisked Footnote: “Oops!”

What about the unknown ones that crop up along the way?

Well, I think that the U.S. is so divided that there will be no peace on Earth this year or in the foreseeable future. Chill out, everybody!

The classic line delivered by Ronald Regan: The line that sends terror though all: I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.

WE are “the government”. The problem with agencies are the elected politicians who typically fill them with toadies and lickspittles instead of qualified public servants. Then they slash the agency’s budget so they can’t afford competent staff. Our press never covers it so it never gets the attention it deserves. That’s why so much bad food hits the grocery stores lately (to cite one example).

Too many planning studies; too much waiting while soliciting input; too much pausing until the sundry litigation is adjudged; WAY too much failure to anticipate negative consequences; ample demonstration that the road to He_l really is paved with good intentions….

Our Elected Officials demand their 75% Finder’s Fee.

And they have to repeat the whole process in a generation because lessons are never learned

The scariest 9 words are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” – Ronald Reagan

It’s the paracitocrats bible…

Stages of a crisis:

1. Noticing something is wrong.

2. Overreacting to the wrong thing.

3. Seeking someone to blame.

4. The punishment of the victims.

5. the rewarding of guilty.