Feb 5 09
You can’t watch the evening news without a story about “the bailout”. And, that’s very understandable. These are very unprecedented times in our country. When all is said and done, I don’t think anyone knows how many billion (or trillion) dollars this “bailout” will cost. I won’t get into my thoughts on the “whys” of this current situation, because there’s plenty of blame to go around and right now, we need to focus on getting out of this mess. I truly hope that the President, Congress, the private sector, and the public (yes, we have a responsibility here; not the least of which is to hold our leaders’ feet to the fire) will all work together to TRULY focus on the problems with the appropriate solutions.
So, where am I going with this? Well, unfortunately, unethical and dishonorable (in my opinion) elected (can you believe it?) officials are taking advantage of our country’s vulnerable time to slip a lot of crap (i.e. pork) into these rescue packages. One that I would like to address is the sodding of the Mall in Washington, DC. Within the massive $900 billion plan was $200 million for the re-sodding of the Mall. Hey, I like green grass as much as the next guy, but I would like to make a formal, public proposal right here and now.
GIVE THE B+ FOUNDATION THE $200 MILLION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH AND I WILL, PERSONALLY, GO DOWN TO D.C. AND USE MY SCOTT SPREADER AND SPREAD GRASS SEED OVER THE ENTIRE MALL!
(I’m not a pro at sod, so yeah, I’m cutting a corner here. I’ll twist Scott’s corporate arm and maybe they’ll throw in the seed :) .)
Remember, ONLY 3% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget is dedicated to pediatric cancer research. Is that crazy or what? Parents, God-forbid that someone told you that either you or your child had to get cancer and you had to pick, who would you choose - you or your child? Of course, you would take the cancer on yourself. So why then, are we allowing so few dollars to be dedicated to those that we are trying best to protect.
My spreader is ready. I’m not kidding! Tell President Obama and your elected officials that I have laid down the gauntlet. I’ll spread the Mall if they’ll give us that money for pediatric cancer research. Deal?
Our kids need a ‘bailout’ too.
God bless you.
Live Like Andrew - stand up for those that need your help.
B+
Always proud to be,
Ali’s & Andrew’s Dad
P.S. I know that they ultimately dropped this particular ‘pork’ provision, but how many other, similar things are hiding in there?