The B.I.F.

There is a character roaming around DC (and actually the whole world, it just has a greater impact there.) This character instills ideas in various individuals that result in consequences unanticipated after the ideas are manifest. This character is known as “The Bright Idea Fairy” or in DC acronym speak, the BIF. The BIF is responsible for many ideas, all of which inspire remarkable actions, some entertaining, some not so much.

Frequently the inspiration causes an action that is preceded by “Here, hold my beer” followed by “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Inebriation is certainly not required; leftists have been known to be afflicted by the BIF while doing any number of things that they perceive as “Good Works.” Granted, given that the origin of the aforementioned phrase “HHMB” might be construed to involve alcohol, it isn’t necessary. Realize that when a leftist is promoting “Good Works” what they mean is formulating a plan to extract more dollars from the populace (you) so that they can spend it on some agency, NGO, or scheme that benefits someone else (them.) Their idea of “Good Works” might, in the repeating words of Nancy Pelosi, involve “The Children”.  Either changing their gender, or teaching them something wrong or useless, or exposing them to pedophiles.  Or helping “downtrodden” terrorists in a third world sewer of a nation.

One of the greatest examples of the results of the BIF is FEMA.  FEMA resulted in a variety of wins for the leftists. It sounded like it would help US citizens in need after a tragedy. Like after a train derails in East Palestine, or a hurricane flushes the western half of North Carolina into South Carolina.  Remember – sounded like.

What FEMA actually is, is a virtue signaling construct designed to empower an ever-growing behemoth bureaucracy to absorb unimaginable amounts of YOUR money for the purpose of enhancing their leftist power and support THEIR “causes.”  Their greatest cause is just “BeCAUSE They Can.”

Those of us educated before DOE (Department of Education. Another effect of the BIF) might remember going to school and into public buildings with large “CD” signs. That stood for Civil Defense. The CD was a state -not federal – based response system that utilized local and state resources, sometimes receiving financial aid from the Feds, sometimes assistance from the National Guard or Army Corps of Engineers, but primarily local and state response. FEMA replaced that. Not because it didn’t work, but because it did. How else could the “Good Works” people get their hands on more power and money while having the support of those who might need it.  Not that they would get it.

Giving this power (and money) to the Feds reinforces the words of President Reagan “The most fearsome words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.’”  What he really wanted to say was “I’m from the government and here to piss you off”.

ciao

The Snark