In Government We Trust

A few stellar examples of just how trustworthy government can be:

• Trailer residents to be moved into apartments and hotels
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency will move hundreds of people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from FEMA trailers into apartments and hotels in the next two weeks and thousands more later in an err-on-the-side-of-caution approach to a preliminary study that found elevated formaldehyde levels in some of the trailers tested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  
• Bridge inspector confesses to faking paperwork
  A Georgia state employee could face criminal charges after admitting that he faked dozens of inspection reports for bridges that he never inspected, state officials said.
  
  
• Florida agency spokesman faces child-porn charges
  The head of the Department of Children and Families, "horrified and shocked" by the arrest of his agency spokesman on child-pornography charges, Monday ordered a review of personnel records for all DCF employees.
  
  
• Residents horrified by 911 response
  People in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are worried about their emergency response system after a local woman called 911, was placed on hold and then died of smoke and soot inhalation.
  
  
• NYC unveils official new condom
  The official New York City condom has a different look and a sexy new slogan: New Yorkers are being encouraged to "get some" on Valentine's Day. Street teams will be handing out the free condoms at busy hubs around the city on Thursday, including Times Square, Wall Street and near City Hall. "We want to give away as many condoms as people will use because we're trying to make New York City an even safer place to have sex, and this is a powerful way to do it," said Monica Sweeney, the Health Department's assistant commissioner for HIV prevention and control.

With such intelligent, competent people in positions of power in this country, I'm amazed that anyone could possibly believe that we need less government and more personal responsibility.