Charles Pierce at Esquire posted a screen cap of a tweet from Governor Scott Walker (R-WI):

Imagine if Noah needed help from the government to build the ark. It might have never been built.

A couple of things:

  1. It was never built. Can’t you recognize a fairy tale when you hear one?
  2. In the fairy tale, it was done with the direct supervision of the “government,” though in this case the government was a petulant prick named Jehovah (or Yahweh, or Yoohoo, depending on who you ask) with no redeeming qualities.
  3. Said petulant prick’s tax scheme included the life of a child (before that was revealed to have been a sadistic practical joke).

Let’s play a game:

Imagine if John L. Savage needed help from the government to build the Hoover Dam. It might have never been built.

Imagine if J. Robert Oppenheimer needed help from the government to build the atomic bomb. It might have never been built.

Imagine if Neil Armstrong needed help from the government to build the Apollo 11 space vehicle. It might have never been built.

Imagine if J. C. R. Licklider needed help from the government to build the internet. It might have never been built.

All interesting facts…