Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2- 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of morons promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

What does it weigh once you throw the czars in there, i.e., health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change?

Speaking of that, why did the Republicans in Congress demand that they get the same number of staffers as last year, even when the number of Republicans in Congress went down 20%?  Maybe they think it is more important to prove their mantra that government is never efficient than to actually make it more efficient??

And of course, there is no evidence that corporations can be monumentally stupid.  The collapse of the financial services industry can't have anything to do with corporate decisions ....need to find a way to blame government.

Monty, if we put bars on the capitol, we'd have about 70% of the felonious activity contained in this country. I exaggerate, but my point is that I have the same disdain for those on both sides of the aisle. The Dems are just making themselves bigger targets right now.

And I agree with Robert Byrd - all these czars being appointed by Obama are out and out power grabs.

Interesting discovery at Livermore.  I wonder if the research was from government funding since it seems it is about fully supported by the Dept. of Energy.

Yes, Brew, I believe that you base your objections on principle, not party.

If the 'czars' are merely advisors to the President, then there is nothing wrong with that. The President can appoint a special envoy to fashion or a cabinet level position for tractor parts - nothing inherently wrong with it, although the examples I gave were rather silly.  It is only when and if that person tries to exert authority greater than allowed that there is a problem ... and I am not sure that will happen.  The czars are not accountable to Congress or to Cabinet officials ... true. They are advisors to the President.

On the question of whether government can ever do anything right, I say yes, it can. At times, it is the only entity that can get the desired results.

That is clever and funny, regardless of a person's political views! (At least to people who have a sense of humor)

Another $410 billion today and of course

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After persuading lawmakers to keep earmarks off the stimulus bill, Obama made no such attempt on the first non-emergency spending measure of his presidency. The result was that lawmakers claimed billions in federal funds for pet projects -- a total of 8,570 earmarks at a cost of $7.7 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Majority Democrats declined to provide a number of earmarks, but said the cost was far smaller, $3.8 billion, 5 percent less than a year ago.

That's good stuff right there!   ;D

....held together by forces called morons.......   [smiley=crackup.gif]

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I'm just relieved to learn the Republicans have had nothing to do with the largest deficit and weakest economy in recent history. It certainly wasn't they that had anything to do with all our woes.

And thank God....it was great to hear Governor Jindal stand up for his Republican principals by suggesting refusing money from the stimulus while exacerbating the misery of his own citizens. Whew....I was worried for awhile.

Charlie

Hey Brew, what if they put bars IN the Capitol?!?  ;D

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The Heaviest Element Known to Science

I only opened this 'cause I thought it was about my ex-wife's butt.
But, it is a lot like the government......it needs a lot of assistants to carry the load.

UnderTheRadar wrote on Feb 25^th, 2009 at 10:16pm:

Hey Brew, what if they put bars IN the Capitol?!?  ;D

I guarantee, there already are bars in the Capital.