by Pa Rock
Grandfather
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, our nation's spectacularly unqualified Secretary of Health and Human Services, gave himself a break from laying off under-paid and under-appreciated government employees last week in order to take some of his grandchildren for a swim. Kennedy, a health nut (part of that description is right), snatched up the ones who were too slow to get away and took them for a swim in beautiful Rock Creek which runs through Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC. Kennedy and his crew of kids went in for a swim, even though signs posted by the National Park Service clearly forbid swimming or even wading in the creek due to pollution.
The warning signs are exceedingly specific:
"Stay out of the water to protect streambanks, plants and animals, and keep you and your family (and pets!) safe from illness. Rock Creek has high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens that make swimming, wading, and other contact with the water a hazard to human (and pet) health."
Later, after the family's refreshing swim, Bobby posted photos of their afternoon in the creek online. One showed him completely submerged.
Why did Bobby Kennedy think he could go in the creek with his grandchildren when the National Park Service had instructed the public not to, and nobody else was swimming? Because he is special and entitled. He was born special, into a special family, with special advantages, and capable of making his own choices in life without the government getting involved. Kennedy chose to use heroin - an illegal act - in his teen years and formed an addiction which lasted fourteen years. He chose to consume whatever it was that left him with a parasitic worm in his brain. He chose to dump a dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park a few years ago as a "joke." He chooses to collect roadkill from America's highways and keep it in a freezer at his home.
And now Bobby is choosing which healthcare advice and practices to foist on Americans, and which to remove from the public's reach.
If Bobby Kennedy wants to swim in pollution, he is old enough to make that very bad, personal healthcare decision - but his grandchildren are not!
The welfare of a group of minors has been endangered. Somebody should bring charges.
3 comments:
Twenty plus years ago, I was a park ranger at a small national battlefield. At the south end of the battlefield, Wilson's Creek crossed the road over a low water crossing. The road was just outside the boundary so I had no authority there. There was almost always a few inches of water flowing over the concrete. Being an Ozarks stream, the water was clear and inviting. The county put up a little sign nearby warning people about the E.coli contamination and forbidding wading. More than once, I found young families wading around with their little kids. I would point out the sign, but assured them I had no authority to stop them. I usually heard a response about how they waded around here when they were kids and nothing bad happened. Just before I got back in my vehicle, I would suggest that they give their kids a good hot bath when they got home and disinfect any boo-boos the kids might have. I also warned them about letting the kids get water in their eyes. The parents would look at each other and shortly grab the kids and dry them off. As far as I know, none of those people had any brain eating worms.
I think they should have a reality show about RFK Jr instead of the proposed reality show for people seeking a green card.
Or he could have his own roadkill cooking show.
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