THE MORNING RANT: Board Meetings at the TVA Will Be Lit, with “Florida Man” Getting Appointed to the Board of Directors

Just a quick, light post today since I’m returning from travel…

I often write about the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”), since it’s a high-profile utility providing electricity to Tennessee and parts of six other states. We TVA customers just survived a harrowing four years of Joe Biden loading its Board of Directors with anti-carbonistas who sought to deprive TVA customers of affordable, reliable electricity. President Trump, God bless him, quickly purged the board of those radicals, so we have a brief reprieve for now from the climate communists…until the next Democrat president is sworn in.

I’ll continue to have plenty to say about the need to liberate TVA customers from being dependent on presidential appointees for our electricity. President AOC would relish the opportunity to grant TVA Board appointments to people who would shutter our nuclear and natural gas plants, inflicting the unthinkable damage that would result from a renewable-only energy provider.

But for today, I just want to share a funny headline about President Trump’s newest appointee to the TVA Board of Directors – “Florida Man.”

“ Trump Names Florida Man as Fifth Nominee for TVA Board”

I’ve let it be known that when I retire from my day job and come out from behind my pen name, I would be interested in serving on the TVA Board of Directors. And if “Florida Man” is going to be on the Board, I really want to be able to attend the TVA’s Board meeting.

An alligator-wrestling drunk calling the police because there is no booze at the Board meeting is something I don’t want to miss.

In case you are not familiar with the “Florida Man” meme, here are some of the legendary headlines from America’s most interesting man.

“Barefoot Florida Man Wrangles Massive Alligator on Interstate”

“Florida Man Who Led Police on Car Chase Offers Deputies a Vodka Spritzer”

“Florida Man Calls 911 to Brag About Big Muscles, Hits on Dispatcher”

“Florida Man Accused of Beating Alligator with Golf Club Over Fishing Lure”

“Florida Man Arrested for Allegedly Driving Lawn Mower Drunk Down Busy Highway”

“Naked Florida Man on LSD Accused of Hitting Cop in Downtown Melbourne”

In conclusion, while I’d prefer to see the TVA Board composed of carbon-friendly proponents of inexpensive, reliable electricity (e.g. people like me), I’d still rather see “Florida Man” appointed to the Board of Directors than any of the radical eco-communists that Biden appointed.

My latest piece at The Blaze discusses how private equity and corporate America are “eating their seed corn” by strip-mining companies of wealth and taking destructive actions to maximize short-term profit.

The rewards for this corporate vandalism are massive: fat bonuses, stock windfalls, golden parachutes. The damage — lost jobs, gutted industries, shoddy products — is someone else’s problem.

And the fastest way to pull it off? Slash costs to the bone. Ship jobs overseas. Push out the people who know the business best. Wreck customer service. Kill innovation. Downgrade quality until the product barely passes as the same thing you used to make.

The piece is behind a paywall, but if you’re a Blaze subscriber, I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

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posted by Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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