Stupidity In High Places.

Everyone expects ordinary people to make some mistakes and to appear stupid sometimes. We do not however expect to see people in high places acting stupid in carrying out their responsibilities. We see elected people in the government of the USA closing down the government because 43 members of the Republican Tea Party are dedicated in tearing down the Obama health program. This small militant group have gained so much strength in the Republican party that they call the shots.

We have a minority group who are holding the country at ransom for their selfish demands. Stupid..Yes, but as long as their system permits such ridiculous situation the rest of the world looks on and wonders how the most powerful country in the world gets in the situation. I said the other day their stupidity almost makes our government look OK. I quickly retracted that statement as we on the world stage have been doing some stupid things as well.

At a conference on women issues our government offers money to be used in third world countries but not for women and girls who require proper medical care for abortions involving child brides and rape cases where rape is used as a weapon of was and terror. This is ideology used in the worst possible manner.

Our Prime Minister is using tax payers money to travel throughout the USA to support a private company who wishes to build a pipeline to Texas to process our dirty oil from the tar sands. How ridiculous..stupid. In the same way as the huge moneys given to the oil companies to extract our natural resources to make a profit. These companies can well afford to pay their way as they are among the richest companies on earth. It is passing strange that these companies are centered in Alberta and it has become the PM's obsession to help these enterprises get even richer. Incidentally most of the profits from oil are of an international type and are sent out of our country.

Stupidity is not the domain of the USA government as we have plenty of it to go around right here in Canada.