LET'S WISH THIS GOVERNMENT PROGRAM GOOD RIDDANCE
It's called "Creative Wellness." It's a program that was launched under former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo. It was to be taught in public-housing centers in 26 cities. The program identifies people as one of 14 different "types," depending on their "corresponding glandular points." Men would be designated either an "Apollo" or a "Hermes" and women would be labeled either an "Artemis" or a "Minerva."
The stupidity runs deeper. Pilot programs in Philadelphia and other cities taught government-housing residents to burn incense and surround themselves with feel-good colors and gemstones! Documents show the program's expenses included $3,240 for color charts, $6,270 for gem bags, $3,174 for incense, $6,255 for aroma kits, $1,201 for aroma oils...and $624 for nutrition kits that included sugar, salt, candy--and Jim Beam whiskey!
One public housing leech in Alabama was told she should avoid the color green. In a testimonial, she says she's been sleeping like a baby since she "cleaned out my closet and removed the dark-green bedding."
Total cost to implement this silly-assed program nationally? How about $860,000 over three years. The money would have come from HUD's anti-drug budget.
Fortunately for taxpayers, President Bush's housing officials have killed this program just before it was set to go national. Documents show Cuomo didn't even know about the grant--it was a favor from career housing bureaucrat Gloria Cousar to a longtime friend, Michelle Lusson. Both women were then leaders in a church called the Center for Holistic Healing in Herndon, Virginia. Cousar got an assistant housing secretary to sign off on the "Creative Wellness" program.
Needless to say, this bizarre program is one of the many remnants of the Clinton administration we won't miss.
This is what government does with your money when you're not looking, my friends. This is the kind of program your government funds with your money. Apparently teaching aromatherapy to a bunch of underachieving government leeches is a better use of your money than, say, saving up for your kid's college tuition.
http://www.nypostonline.com/news/nationalnews/31630.htm
It's called "Creative Wellness." It's a program that was launched under former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo. It was to be taught in public-housing centers in 26 cities. The program identifies people as one of 14 different "types," depending on their "corresponding glandular points." Men would be designated either an "Apollo" or a "Hermes" and women would be labeled either an "Artemis" or a "Minerva."
The stupidity runs deeper. Pilot programs in Philadelphia and other cities taught government-housing residents to burn incense and surround themselves with feel-good colors and gemstones! Documents show the program's expenses included $3,240 for color charts, $6,270 for gem bags, $3,174 for incense, $6,255 for aroma kits, $1,201 for aroma oils...and $624 for nutrition kits that included sugar, salt, candy--and Jim Beam whiskey!
One public housing leech in Alabama was told she should avoid the color green. In a testimonial, she says she's been sleeping like a baby since she "cleaned out my closet and removed the dark-green bedding."
Total cost to implement this silly-assed program nationally? How about $860,000 over three years. The money would have come from HUD's anti-drug budget.
Fortunately for taxpayers, President Bush's housing officials have killed this program just before it was set to go national. Documents show Cuomo didn't even know about the grant--it was a favor from career housing bureaucrat Gloria Cousar to a longtime friend, Michelle Lusson. Both women were then leaders in a church called the Center for Holistic Healing in Herndon, Virginia. Cousar got an assistant housing secretary to sign off on the "Creative Wellness" program.
Needless to say, this bizarre program is one of the many remnants of the Clinton administration we won't miss.
This is what government does with your money when you're not looking, my friends. This is the kind of program your government funds with your money. Apparently teaching aromatherapy to a bunch of underachieving government leeches is a better use of your money than, say, saving up for your kid's college tuition.
http://www.nypostonline.com/news/nationalnews/31630.htm
