Connecticut needs a new name

As a youth I enjoyed reading the Superman comic books, and one of the favorite villains was the Bizarro Superman. He came from a planet named Bizarro, where they did things in opposite to the real world and did numerous actions and activities that were lacking common sense and in many cases dangerous to all around.

Based on some of the decisions and proposals of our governor and legislators, I believe we should rename the state of Connecticut the state of Bizarro and here’s why:

We have a deficit in the state pension funds that runs into the billions of dollars, so how do we solve it? By giving free tuition to state community colleges and universities to students; that will certainly help lower the deficit.

By raising the income limits for state residents to earn and still qualify for various government programs such as the Husky insurance, rental subsidies and other social programs without really addressing where the money will come from.

There is a proposal to end solitary confinement in the state prisons as it is considered cruel and unjust punishment, but it is used to control violent criminals who assault other prisoners, who start fires, who throw their urine and feces at the prison guards, who physically assault the prison guards and other staff. I guess the convicted criminals have more rights then those charged with guarding them. Tell me that’s not bizarre.

We want to end all high-speed police car chases because in Connecticut it’s OK to rob a store, use a knife to threaten someone’s life and steal their car, to drive at 100 mph down the highway putting the average citizen and their families at risk to perform drive-by shootings, carjackings, armed robberies — we are entering a point where if confronted by a thief or robber and you resist you’ll be the one going to jail not the criminal. They of course will be victims of a cruel society, or mental illness, and so tough luck for you, my taxpaying friends.

We want to offer free crack pipes to the crackheads so they don’t spread communicable diseases by sharing their crack pipes. Why stop there — let’s give them free crack while we’re at it. Perhaps a state tax on the overthe-counter drugs can help pay for this proposal as we all know the money for this won’t be dropping from heaven. In Connecticut we are now calling tolls user fees, forgetting that we pay for the use of the roads each and every time we purchase gasoline as our gas taxes were supposed to be for those roads and bridges that are failing. Forget the fact that the legislators raided the fund or purposely did not put the money in the fund and diverted it for other uses such as various social programs designed to earn votes from targeted communities, but “hey trust us, this time we really mean the money will go to the highways and bridges.” Wink, wink.

In this state biological boys who declare they are girls are allowed to compete as girls in high school sports without any requirement proving they have reached a point in the process of conversion that would not allow them to have a distinct physical advantage over their female competitors, robbing them of their rights and opportunities.

Based on all of the above, I propose the name change, and a new motto for the State of Bizarro, “Bizarro where common sense is an uncommon virtue.”