John Hinderaker at Power Line provided me with a statement that I consider yesterday's quote of the day.
Harry Reid is quoted in the article:
"The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1 ... eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts," said Reid. "These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a cowboy poetry festival. Had that program not been around, the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist."
As an inquiring mind, I would like to know what goes on at the Cowboy Poetry Festival so that without the Festival "the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist." Is this something that should be investigated? How is one Cowboy Poetry Festival responsible for the existence of tens of thousands of people? Is this the cure for the lack of growth in the American population? How many cowboy poets does it take to create tens of thousands of people? Wow. Poetry must be much more popular (and interesting) than I had realized.
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