Hey, you oldtimers, do you remember folk singer and mathematician Tom Lehrer in his heyday of the early 60s wrote some of the best satirical songs concerning the then issues of the day. One that has stayed quite relevant over the 60+ years since Lehrer wrote it is “Pollution.”
I am sure with a little imagination you can easily see how Lehrer’s words could be changed a bit to reflect Iowa’s high cancer rates and the chemical pollution that seeems to be behind those high and ever-increasing rates. If you need a reminder, I offer Trish Nelson’s excellent post on Wednesday concerning the issue of hog manure in the water and the cancer rate in Iowa:
As you ponder on Iowa’s situation, don’t forget that Iowa’s Republican trifecta – the governorship, and super-majorities in the Iowa House and the Iowa Senate – have contributed to this crisis.
Maybe it is time to quit believing something that has never been true, but is all that Republicans have to run on any more. Republicans are not conservative. Their fiscal policies are only slightly good in the very short run. In the long run their policies – fiscal and other – leave problems untended and unaddressed that will someday explode into disasters in the future.
When the disasters do explode – such as the cancer crisis or the screwworm crisis in cattle or poorly thought out tariffs – their response is not to tackle the problem but to try to find a scape goat. Voting for a Republican is saving a penny today that will cost us all thousands in a few years.
Before you vote, be sure to think about how much a Republican in office really costs.
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