Uncle Rick's Bedtime Story.

       Guess who's back in the news? Do you remember Rick Santorum? Yep, you're friendly neighborhood ultra-ultra-con. Now there's nothing wrong with being conservative. In fact there's nothing wrong with being a bit of an ultra-conservative. Well, maybe that's not true. Being ultra anything isn't good.
       Well anyway good ole Rick, the ex Senator from Penn's Woods, has found something new to be against. Right now his pet peeve is folks who are disabled. Actually to be fair, he claims not to be against disabled people, he's against a Treaty that nearly all U.N. countries have signed on to and which the U.S. is in the process of ratifying. The treaty says that other countries must upgrade their laws to closely conform to the Americans With Disabilities act.
       The Treaty doesn't come right out and say that. What it does is parallel our law. So what's his problem? Huh. Sen. Santorum rarely needs a problem. He creates his own. He claims this is a "direct assault on us." Except that the assault he claims this treaty would cause is expressly forbidden by law.
       Not to worry about minor details, Rick sees monsters under the bed and United Nations conspiracy theories in anything that comes out of the organization. See, that's one of the ultras in his con. Again, to be fair, not every single idea expressed at the U.N. is always a good thing for us or even the world. You have to consider the source when studying any recommendation  But this one is accepted by nearly everyone, friend and foe. Hey, it first came up under George W. Bush's tenure.
       None of that matters to Mr Santorum. What matters is that he's keeping his profile and bona fides before his base, just in case he decides to run for another position in government. Is there such a position as Federal Dog Catcher?