I propose we designate the “Rich Pombo Memorial
Arctic Petting Zoo.” Rep. Pombo should be given a sealskin coat and
“invited” to dedicate the facility by hand-feeding the polar bears.
Pombo has single-handedly voiced more schemes to
eradicate what America truly stands for than any other person ever
to sit in Congress (HCN, 10/17/05: Pombo takes on the Endangered
Species Act).
George W. Bush is not waging a war on
global terrorism, but at home on democracy, the environment, and
public ownership of lands or resources.
Pombo is this
administration’s James Watt, a lightning rod of outrageous
behavior to distract us from what is happening beneath the surface,
and away from the scrutiny of the public.
At the rate
they are going, it will be difficult to find even one ice floe to
dedicate to Pombo.
Doug
Troutman
Lakeview, Oregon
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Pombo petting zoo.
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