Posted by
Christopher Van on Saturday, January 03, 2009 7:54:40 AM
Without fail, the dawn of the new year brings about the inevitable bevy of new laws to hit the books across the fruited plain. Effective January 1, 2009, it is now illegal to pee in New Hampshire and those who have the sudden, uncontrollable urge to do so will be faced with a $1000 dollar fine. Of course, the law goes on to say that the person urinating must know that they will be offending someone. I guess this is a case where ignorance truly is bliss.
In California it is now illegal to text while driving. So let me get this straight, it’s perfectly fine to come across the border, live on the dole and get in state college tuition rates but it’s no longer acceptable to text my illegal alien cousin in Fresno while I drive my low rider through the barrios of East LA.
In Oregon, transfats are now banned. Yes, another example of idiocy led by liberals who seek to control everything from bodily functions to waistlines. It’s a good thing that there aren’t any transfats in the pot that is legal there.
In Illinois it is now illegal for contractors with more than $50,000 in state contracts to contribute to the office holder who oversees the deal. At least they excluded Senate seats from this punitive measure that is part and parcel to how business in the most corrupt state in the land is conducted.
What this amounts to is more evidence that we have far too many unaccountable bureaucrats deciding how we can and can’t live our lives, caring nothing of the masses in their never ending quest for complete government control.
There is nothing wrong with new laws, if they are sensible. Laws that would deport illegal aliens and make illegal border crossings a felony punishable by death would make sense. Rather than banning transfats, wouldn’t it make more sense to sentence anyone driving slow in the fast lane to a month in jail?
There are a number of things that our legislators could be doing, but are choosing not to. We need laws to separate schools and state, ban teachers unions and preserve the right to free speech.
How about some real sensible electioneering laws, like requiring that voters pass a test before they can cast their ballot. It need not be overly difficult, but perhaps knowing the name of your Senators and Congressional Rep would be a start. Heck even having to know the sum of 1+1 would get rid of half the Obama constituency.
So why is it when we have a need for real laws that would have a meaningful impact do we find legislators passing what can be described as complete idiocy? Banning transfats, seriously. What next, banning SUV’s, fireplaces and charcoal grilles?
Take a look around at what liberals have in their crosshairs and this isn’t as far fetched as one may believe. Liberals are already seeking to ban free speech with something called the Fairness Doctrine. They are continuing their never ending assault to ban your right to defend your family from criminals, the only people they deem worthy of the right to bear arms. Perhaps the most sensible law that we could ever pass would be a permanent ban on liberalism, a disease that afflicts nearly one half of our population who are either too dumb or too uninformed to know that there is a cure called common sense.
Christopher Van
www.christophervan.com