Iron Pol

With Congress dead set on passing a stimulus package, and three Republican senators at least initially supporting the effort, it was interesting to listen to Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) justifying his vote for the aptly named "Porkulus" supplemental spending (oops, I mean "stimulus") bill.

He said that given our current situation, he felt that some action must be taken.  While not perfect, he prefers taking any action over doing nothing.  It seems nothing anyone says will help him to see the complete lack of logic in his stance.  Here's an analogy that might do the trick.

While driving down the road, you hear a loud bang and feel your car suddenly swerve hard to one side.  The ominous thumping confirms you have blown a tire.  You pull off to the side of the road and head to the trunk of your car.

It's obvious you can't continue in your current "circumstance."  You need change.  Sadly, when you open the trunk, you see the spare is missing.  This is bad, because you really need change.  Since you can't fix the problem properly, but demand change, you do the one thing left to do.

Grab your shotgun, and proceed to shoot out the other tires on your car.  Ahhhh!  Change.

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