Have the lunatics taken over the asylum?
For those of you not familiar with this idiom, it is used in a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.
It is said have originated in a 1919 remark by Richard A. Rowland about the founding of United Artists. Perhaps an allusion to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, first published 1845.
Here the asylum is the House of Representatives. Have the lunatics taken over? I think that the answer is “yes,” if the opening session is any indication.
From the Washington Times:
The 117th Congress kicked off with a fresh controversy Sunday when the Democrat delivering the opening prayer concluded by saying “amen,” and then added “a-woman.”
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri Democrat, ended his prayer “in the name of the monotheistic god,” then added what sounded like “Brahma,” before finishing with “and god known by many names by many different faiths. Amen and a-woman.”
Huh!?
Critics, led by Republican lawmakers, were quick to point out that “amen” means “so be it,” and does not refer to the male gender, while “a-woman” doesn’t mean anything.
But the lunatics(House Democrats), led by Nancy Pelosi, didn’t stop there.
From Townhall:
If that wasn’t bad enough, House Democrats have revealed their new, “future-focused” rules, which include the following: “In clause 8(c)(3) of rule XXIII, gendered terms, such as ‘father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, or granddaughter’ will be removed.
In their place, terms such as ‘parent, child, sibling, parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild’ will be used, instead.
Is this Saturday Night Live?
The really scary part is that this comedy is from the first day!
Are we actually paying them to be nonsensical?
A particular highlight of the new rules is this: “The Office of the Whistleblower Ombudsman, for instance, is renamed in the rules to the ‘Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds.’”
The best response was that of the House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy who tweeted, “This is stupid.
“Signed,
“- A father, son, and brother.”
Well said.
Stupid it is. Lunatics they are, and the House of Representatives is an asylum!