It appears that at least a portion of the public purse apportioned to stimulate the economy is being used rather literally:
The stimulus package is living up to its provocative name by funding a bacchanalia of behavioral sex research, a Post analysis reveals.
The next fiscal year is set to be one of the friskiest ever in the nation’s science labs, as researchers probe the ins and outs of sex patterns among humans and even some of our four-legged friends.
You had to know this was coming.
I’ve got an old yellow dog; I told her the news. And she said “woof woof”. It certainly stimulated her interest.
Yeah, because when Madison and Jefferson et. al. sat down to write the Constitution this is surely what they had in mind in Section 8 of Article 1 ” . . . provide for the common defence and general welfare . . .”
Doesn’t anyone seem to notice that the first clause of the section is a general purpose, followed by specific limited powers in each subsequent clause such as
“To provide and maintain a Navy.”
as ways to achieve that purpose? That it is not a carte blanche to do anything that someone somewhere at some point thought has something or another, maybe, to do with “welfare?” But surely we can find some progressive supreme court justice like Oliver Wendell Holmes who ruled once that the government has the right to put a gun to my head and threaten me with jail lest I turn over my money from the fruits of my labor in order to fund sex research for the “general Welfare.”
Now on the other hand if they happen to have a stimulating female and are paying volunteers to see what impact she has on others , then maybe this whole living Constitution thing ain’t so bad after all . . .
Lex … “A bacchanalia of behavioral sex research,” eh? Wouldn’t you know? Men are such wonderful, goal-directed creatures. Here they’ve got all this lovely lolly — and what do they plan to spend it on? Stuff they could probably get for free, if they’re charming enough.
I wish they’d spend it on more of those gorgeous F-22 Raptors. I’d feel safer.
Marianne
*ahem* I am torn between pretending that my pure-as-the-driven-snow mind didn’t notice anything… and pointing out that you are a very bad man.
“probe” the “ins and outs” ???!!! ..was “coming” !!!???
Ye Gods! Repent ye Sinners, Repent! Stop! My tender sensibilities can’t take any more sexual innuendo or worse–the thought of “four-legged” creatures. Gives me “the vapors,” I tell ya–I’m in a swoon…..New Orleans certainly never prepared me for any of THIS!
(OTOH, maybe this is a subject I should larn’ somethin’ more about,,,,old dogs and new tricks and all that. Is there a piece of paper somewhere that I should sign to get on a list for t’ take part in these here noble experiments?)
PS: As an ever-helpful good citizen I feel duty bound…anything to help “stimulate” the citizens of my country in a time of need and danger….
You missed the tag: Small Stuff.
So your concern is most likely premature; nothing will come of this research.
Bruce Jones and/or John Carmichael/
You know what we do to punsters around here, don’t you? It’s called “PUNishment.”
Sadomasochist.
Punny… very Punny
Look on the bright side. It would not take much imagination to expand the program to cover the costs of keeping the O’Clubs open– at least for airdales.
As soon as this program really gets rolling, we’ll need the extra medical coverage provided by Obamacare to address the widespread STD’s. Behold, the self-licking ice cream cone! (Notice how I skillfully avoided many puns.)
LMAO! Lex may be a bad man, but you guys are even worse.
There’s so much more to say, but it’s a veritable minefield out there, so I shall refrain.
Suggest you all get a hold of yourselves…before things get out of hand. Best
Ever edging closer to the senior status, I wouldn’t mind a bit of stimulus… of either financial or another kind…
For a few moments today, I briefly thought a government job might be worth reaching for.
– Max
Did I somehow miss Bill Clinton finding his way back into the Presidency?