Thank goodness the government isn't being run by unelected bureaucrats anymore. I'm sure you'll agree it's way better being run by unelected billionaires.
Makes you want to just run out and buy a Tesla, doesn't it?
Not to be left behind in the national running backward habit, the Kentucky senate has decided to prove it has what it takes to lead the retreat. They're implementing their own DOGE, called KOGE, and are holding a silent auction next week to select who'll call the shots.
I'm not suggesting things can't operate more efficiently in government. Especially in the Kentucky state government, to be honest. But DOGE will eventually cost taxpayers more than it supposedly saves, so it's really not the program to emulate if you are serious about serving people more efficiently.
But in the name of going backwards, you can't get there much faster than deciding its much more important for businesses to be able to contaminate water than it is for Kentuckians to have clean drinking water. The sponsor of SB 89 claims the heavy hand of government is impeding business. It's important to know your elected officials think protecting your drinking water is heavy handed.
What's a little cancer in the population when profit margins are high, right?
Since we're cleaning up from the worst flood in over 40 years, I should point out SB 89 removes protections from wetlands. That increases flood risks because wetlands act as sponges for rain events.
So not only does SB 89 let businesses pollute streams and groundwater leading to contaminated wells and ruined drinking water, it lets businesses destroy wetlands to ensure the next flood hits sooner than later.
Did you see that picture NASA released of a jet breaking the sound barrier? That's how fast we're flip flopping into the nineteenth century if SB 89 passes. It just won't be that pretty.
Speaking of making matters worse, there's a lot of talk of dredging streams after a flood. If you want to make matters worse, dredging is the way, although I'm not sure how you dredge bedrock. That's what makes up the majority of our streambeds. I've floated over most around here.
If we seriously want to do something about modern flooding, we'd do way better by preserving and growing more wetland areas in our mountains, not be so quick to clear cut the hillsides. Maybe putting some real cover on all that open "reclaimed" mine land would help.
Let's face reality for a moment. Our region is prone to high water and has been through the entire story of white settlement. History recounts the legendary regional flooding across several watersheds in '27, in '57, in '77. We've built dams for flood control, we've built floodwalls to protect towns. But we still have floods.
As long as we build next to streams, we'll be cleaning up from high water. No amount of flood control efforts will change the fact that sometimes it rains more than our waterways can handle.
So until the unelected billionaires find where the unelected bureaucrats have hidden the deep state Jewish weather laser beam, we'll just have to deal with it.