The honorable Senator from the great state of his father’s shadow has used this phrase before (his recent Senate filibuster, we think), but when it’s followed by the laughter of college-aged conservatives who have Ayn Rand covers on their three-ring binders at the 2013 CPAC gathering, it seemed to be deemed worthy of making it a favorite on POLITUSIC.
In Senator Rand’s words, “Does it really take 3 million dollars to discover that monkeys, like humans, act crazy on meth?”
Well, no… Rand Paul is probably right about that (although we are not convinced that his analysis of the benefits of robotic squirrels is quite visionary enough insofar as super heroes, fantasy novels, and extended space flight missions to the outer planets).
Is there wasteful spending in Washington? Absolutely. I don’t think anyone in their right (and left) minds could disagree with him there (unless you’re a believer in government spending being a foundation of a healthy economy and we must take the greedy with the tangible benefits to the society as a whole). While his acute point is about government spending, the undercurrent rides on the waves of anti-science, anti-research, and anti-knowledge. With that, we call a point of order in the function of how humanity progresses through history: science, research, and knowledge.
Senator Mini Paul, while he feels his intentions are good by wanting a lean and unobtrusive government, is blinded by his family’s mission. When the desire to achieve a goal blinds you to the truths of the world, then it’s time to realize, “Hey wait… I’m speaking at a CPAC conference to a bunch of crazed college students who are mainly here to get it on because they don’t have a chance of doing so during a normal Spring Break in Florida… maybe I should re-think my methods.”
Nevertheless, to Senator Rand Paul we give well-deserved props for providing a favorite quotation of the day, “…monkeys, like humans, act crazy on meth.”
We wonder if he believes in evolution, too.
