Obscurorant 2.0

I very rarely, hardly ever mention politics here… but it sure is nice to see I’m not the only one who looks askance at the nonsense coming out of Michelle Obama’s mouth.

There’s all sorts of things going on these days to which I can hardly bear to pay attention. First we have the Oscar nominations, which I will do my level best to ignore. Not because I have a blessed thing against the Oscars in general, but I simply can’t see my way to enduring a film like Atonement* or Michael Clayton, and thus can’t really offer an informed opinion on the matter.

Then there is the Presidential race which, as an informed citizen, I am obligated to mind. I’d say this crop of candidates seems exceptionally squalid, but I probably say that every election cycle.

Also, get off my lawn you darn kids.

*I have a general policy against period films featuring English people, their country houses and their servants, which has preserved me from much agony over the years.

This….

Spending on the state’s landmark health insurance initiative would rise by more than $400 million next year, representing one of the largest increases in the $28.2 billion state budget the governor proposed yesterday.

The biggest driver of the cost increase is projected growth in the number of people signing up for state-subsidized insurance, which now far exceeds earlier estimates.”

…is not…

State and federal taxpayers are expected to bear nearly all of the additional cost.”

…the least bit surprising.

But the long-term cost of the insurance initiative continues to concern policy makers and analysts, who are worried that it may become unaffordable.”

I’m usually of the opinion that people get the government they deserve, and that they get it good and hard, but I don’t recall anyone asking for this initiative. Perhaps I missed the enormous outcry for such a program? It’s almost as if our duly elected representatives lords and masters are doing their best to render Massachusetts unlivable for working, middle-class folks. To borrow an expression , they are all faceless shakedown devils.