Public “Servants” at Work
Posted By Russ Emerson on September 4, 2003 at 8:30 am
California legislators apparently have nothing better to do.
California Senate scolds Boy Scouts
Passes resolution slamming group for not accepting ‘gays,’ atheists
Alternate headline: “Fiddling While Rome Burns.”
The California state Senate has passed a resolution criticizing the Boy Scouts of America for its policy of excluding homosexuals and atheists.
Because that’s a far more important task than extracting California from it’s actual problems. The lesson here: when your plans and policies bring about disaster, the magnitude of which begins to disaffect elements of your political base, find a convenient innocuous target for a gesture behind which your die-hards can rally.
Sure, why not? It’s worked for every despot in history… ought to work this time.