Rep. Ed Whitfield Blasts Regulations… after attending ribbon cutting for gov’t funded and government regulated water treatment plant

So the Republican party is busy blaming the sad state of the economy on government regulations (not Wall Street, not Glass-Steagal, not the Iraq war, not anything that might make sense).

They are trying — really, really trying to make the argument that deregulating big business, especially utilities and mining, will put everyone back to work.

Needless to say, this results in these Republicans putting themselves in really dumb situations.

Take Ed Whitfield (please).

Last Thursday, WBKO caught up with the Questionable Congressman and Ed dropped some knowledge:

U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield says the way to stimulate the economy is to spur job growth by eliminating government regulations that cause economic uncertainty. ….Whitfield is chairman of a house energy subcommittee. So in an effort to help Republican House Speaker John Boehner cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget, Whitfield suggests eliminating the Wind Power Program. He says wind power is one of the most expensive ways to generate electricity, compared to coal or nuclear power.
 

We’ll leave the “wind power” question to a later date and just focus on his GOP talking point lamentation — Regulations are Ruining the Economy! Because Socialist Autocrat Nazi Barry Hussein Obama is trying to control every single aspect of your life down to the water you drink –> You do not have a job. This is the GOP message. But the very same day, the Questionable Congressman showed up at a ground breaking ceremony for a water treatment plant. …that’s funded by the government… …and regulated by the government. This is called ‘irony.’ It could also be called, ‘stupid.’ Here’s the report from your really excellent source for news in Muhlenberg County:

Central City and Muhlenberg County held a groundbreaking for the expansion on the Water Treatment Plant, on River Road, in Central City, on Thursday, August 26. ….The city was notified that they were being awarded a $3 million grant from Rural Conservation. Congressman Ed Whitfield was present at the ceremony to present a check for the grant, as well as a check for a $14.45 million low-interest loan. The city had previously received a $1.5 million grant from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. This will fund a major expansion to the water treatment plant that is currently barely meeting the demands of its more than 33,000 customers.
 

And here’s a video report of the groundbreaking from WEHT-TV which explains that the giant $14.5 million check Whitfield handed over is an extremely favorable loan… from Statist-Stalinist President, Barry Hussein Obama, by way of the USDA, in his ongoing mission to control your mind and your life at all times.

So, yes… federal taxpayer dollars are underwriting this great boon for Muhlenberg County.

And you know what’s even worse?

The water treatment plant is actually part of Barry Hussein’s secret plan to control the water you drink! The “treatment plant” is being built to enforce those “Job Killing Regulations.” Obama is literally trying to control the water you drink and this Whitfield-endorsed Communist water treatment plant is just Obama’s latest chess-move into total control of your brain.

I mean, just for example, the EPA announced regulations in March that will totally destroy all our jobs:

Studies have found that hundreds of industrial and agricultural chemicals, including several known carcinogens, are present in municipal water systems around the country. The nation’s laws and enforcement programs have not kept pace with spreading contamination, posing significant health risks to millions.

Wednesday’s decision to regulate perchlorate reversed a 2008 finding by the Bush administration that a nationwide standard for the chemical was unnecessary and would do little to reduce risks to human health.

Ms. Jackson announced her intent to review the nation’s drinking water standards a year ago, ordering an extensive review of the health effects of perchlorate and other toxic substances found in city water supplies. She announced on Wednesday that her agency would set standards for as many as 16 other toxic and carcinogenic chemicals.

Thousands of people throughout Whitfield’s district are sure to be jobless because of this any day now.

(As an aside, Whitfield’s very real behavior is eerily similar to this wonderful story in The Onion. But who needs satire when you have Ed Whitfield?)