Tigers, snowmobiles, Sudafed: There oughta (not) be a law

Peoria Journal Star ^ | 23 January 2005 | Bill Winter

[DYngbld]

The wife and I have had to go through different lines at the store so we can get the required meds. Ours are 4,5,6,and 9 so we too need the different sizes. Such a pain.

[DustyMoment]

This is what I've been saying for a long time and it is the reason that Congressional sessions and State Legislatures should be limited to about 6 months every other year. We don't need these fools in session year-round passing pointless, stupid, foolish and unenforceable laws.

[longshadow]

The wife and I have had to go through different lines at the store so we can get the required meds. Ours are 4,5,6,and 9 so we too need the different sizes. Such a pain.

Please be careful; some overzealous cop or prosecutor might construe that as conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Cold Med law.

See what a slippery slope this stuff is?

[longshadow]

THE INDIANA PI LAW.

The only thing that seems to have changed is the invasiveness of the lunatic legislation. A century ago they were content to meddle with Mathematical constants; today, they insist of legislating how much water our toilets flush, what animals we can keep as pets, the temperature of the water in a commercial laundromat, and how many over-the-counter cold tablets we can buy at one time.

I swear these politicians will not be satisfied until they can rule the way the guerrilla leader in Woody Allen's "Bananas" did when he became dictator of some fictitious South American sh*thole:

"Henceforth, citizens will be required to change their underwear every day. To make it easier for the government to assure compliance, everyone is required to wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes..."

[DYngbld]

The store will sell ten cans of spray paint to a stoned teenager at 11PM, but won't sell a 35 year old father of four three bottles of children's cold medicine. Hmmmm

[longshadow]

We don't need these fools in session year-round passing pointless, stupid, foolish and unenforceable laws.

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

[ellery]

That stupid cold medicine law in PA is costing me time and money. Both my hubby and I have chronic allergies and sinus problems. We need daytime, non-drowsy sinus meds, nighttime sinus meds, and over-the-counter Claritin. All of these only come in boxes of 24 at the Target where I shop. Now, I have to buy two boxes at Target, then drive across town to buy the remainder at a more expensive drug store.

Last time I was prohibited from buying the legal products we need at Target, I mentioned to the cashier that this wasn't stopping meth dealers -- just costing law-abiding citizens. She tried to give me a line that the ban was not about meth, but about little kids, who might take too much cold medicine. Un-xxx-believable.

[PatrickHenry]

Tennessee Anti-Evolution Statute (in 1925, and its repeal in 1967, a mere 42 years later).

[oyez]

"Henceforth, citizens will be required to change their underwear every day. To make it easier for the government to assure compliance, everyone is required to wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes..."

So that was what that Madonna thing was all about.

[longshadow]

Tennessee Anti-Evolution Statute (in 1925, and its repeal in 1967, a mere 42 years later).

Oh, man! Unbelieveable.

What's next? Government-mandated stickers inside textbooks warning impressionable children to beware of the big Science Boogeyman?

;-)

[longshadow]

So that was what that Madonna thing was all about.

Well...... that might be a stretch.

[longshadow]

The store will sell ten cans of spray paint to a stoned teenager at 11PM, but won't sell a 35 year old father of four three bottles of children's cold medicine.

Well, evidently government has decided that parents with three bottles of cold medicine pose a greater threat to the fabric of society...........

[longshadow]

bttt for the night shift.....