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"Festival of Lunatic Laws"
1 posted on 01/24/2005 8:30:54 AM PST by longshadow
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To: PatrickHenry; VadeRetro; general_re; Doctor Stochastic; RadioAstronomer; tpaine; ...

stupid politician tricks ping


2 posted on 01/24/2005 8:33:11 AM PST by longshadow
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Denny Crane said no law, no court should stand in the way of my having a brain. He's right; but American legislatures think we're too stupid to make it through life without their benevolent oversight.

Denny Crane: "I look to two things: First to God and then to Fox News."

3 posted on 01/24/2005 8:34:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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North Dakota has the cold medicine law too. It's ridiculous.


4 posted on 01/24/2005 8:36:05 AM PST by patricktschetter
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In Illinois, it's now a crime to buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold medication at a time. Such medicines (like Sudafed) contain pseudoephedrine, which, when combined with other chemicals and criminal intent, can produce methamphetamine.

I live in an Indiana county right across the Illinois boarder that also happens to have one of the highest rate of meth lab busts in the nation.

To prevent people from making meth, the County Commissioners enacted a law where if you buy Sudafed, your name and address are sent to the prosecutors office, where it remains on a list. Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs.

5 posted on 01/24/2005 8:37:10 AM PST by Military family member (Go Colts!)
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Apparently Oregon has the meds law too. I went into one of our local stores for Sudafed sinus meds and had to go to the pharmacist to get what I use to be able to pick up off the shelf. I didn't have to fill out any paperwork or give an address, but they did refuse to let me do any other shopping until I paid for it there.


10 posted on 01/24/2005 8:47:46 AM PST by xander
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Don't let a large family get a cold. You could go to jail buying meds.
12 posted on 01/24/2005 8:50:58 AM PST by DYngbld (I've read the back of the Book and guess what? .... We WIN!)
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the hot water in some laundromats wasn't hot enough.

I thought modern detergents did not require hot water. We seldom, seldom ever was in hot water. I guess it doesn't matter. The state gets another item to make the practice of serving the public more difficult. We know who is really supposed to service the public.

13 posted on 01/24/2005 8:52:26 AM PST by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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What can be done? As a good American, my first thought was that we should pass a new law - making it illegal for politicians to pass so many new laws......

I'd vote for that.

Then again, how about a new law making politicians illegal. lol
I'd vote for that too.

31 posted on 01/24/2005 9:13:09 AM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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The solution is to put a per-word tax on legislation, to be paid by the legislators. A bill passes the House? That will be $439.07, from every member.


32 posted on 01/24/2005 9:16:26 AM PST by Fudd (Never confuse a liberal with facts.)
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In Illinois, it's now a crime to buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold medication at a time.

Arkansas and Oklahoma have similar idiocy. Cold meds are required to be kept behind the counter or in the storage room. Signs are posted to 'ask clerk' for them. By the time I get to the checkout, I've forgotten to ask. Ironically, I don't think the drug stores or pharmacy sections of stores are required to keep them under lock and key.
34 posted on 01/24/2005 9:32:19 AM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: longshadow
Lawmakers or government workers justifying their existence.
36 posted on 01/24/2005 9:49:39 AM PST by vetvetdoug (In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
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Can I also complain about toilet laws?

When I'm pregnant my BMs get, um, really big and bulky--something about the digestive system slowing down.

Yesterday it took me THREE flushes, not two, to do my business without stopping up the toilet.


40 posted on 01/24/2005 9:59:22 AM PST by olivia3boys
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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.


42 posted on 01/24/2005 10:13:03 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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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.


47 posted on 01/24/2005 10:28:53 AM PST by ellery (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. - Ronald Reagan)
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