050 The Erickson Report for March 17 to 30, Page Three: Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages [the Clowns]

050 The Erickson Report for March 17 to 30, Page Three: Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages [the Clowns]

Now for the much-anticipated return of Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages. And we start, as we traditionally do, with the Clowns and we have two of them.

This first one requires no explanation as to why it belongs here.

Apparently, some of those truckers still trying to determine why they're wasting a lot of fuel wandering the commuting times around DC were all huffy and teary about the fact that some drivers were giving them the bird.

When they complained that the police were not answering their calls reporting this heinous offense, their feckless leader Brian Blase suggested they "flood" 911. Because, apparently, they think getting flipped off is an emergency.

No need to go on.

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This next one, however, will need a bit of explanation.

On March 15, the US Senate, by unanimous voice vote, passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent and year-round starting in 2023.

Supporters offered the claimed health and safety reasons for avoiding having to change the clocks twice a year that always got advanced when the idea came up.

So why is this here as the act of a collection of clowns? Because we did this before, folks.

We did it back in 1973 during an oil embargo because it was supposed to save energy. But people forgot then as it seems they forget now that having the Sun set an hour later also means having the Sun rise an hour later and the enthusiasm for the idea lasted as long as it took for parents the following winter to see their children waiting for the school bus in pitch dark and for people working the night shift to realize that arriving for work in the dark and then traveling home also in the dark was not how they wanted their days to go.

Maybe I'll be wrong, but I have a feeling if this passes the House, we'll see the same pushback around the same time, this time. Until I'm shown wrong by experience, I say this is the work of clowns.