New laws suffocate California

LA Daily News ^ | Aug. 19, 2006 | JILL STEWART

[FairOpinion]

Arnold has vetoed 20-35% of the some 1000 bills churned out by the CA Dem Legislature every year.

[goldstategop]

Much of these bills eat away at our freedom, our livelihood and our values. 98% of what is churned out in our "professional" State Legislature is counterproductive, unnecessary and expensive.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[FairOpinion]

By all means, please read the whole article at the link to get the full flavor of the insane to inane bills the Legislature keeps passing.

[Old Professer]

I just found out yesterday that it is illegal in Tennessee to keep a pet turtle; the law was passed in 1977 to protect the citizens from Salmonella.

[Normal4me]

This why people with common sense ignore stupid laws.

[FairOpinion]

Government run amok.

We are probably a couple of years away from having our each and every action be regulated by the government.

[goldstategop]

My TWO favorite examples of what I mean. Is ANY ONE listening?

Another odious “Thank God we're not poor” bill is SB 1578 by Democrat Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach, making it “a crime” to tether a dog to a stationary object longer than three hours. If you've spent time in South Central, Richmond or Compton, you know that families tether dogs at

And there's AB 2360 from Democrat Ted Lieu of El Segundo, who snapped to it when Tom Cruise enthused over using an ultrasound device to watch his unborn child. This silly bill bans the sale of ultrasound machines to all but professionals. No word yet on preventing parental purchase of tall chairs, boom boxes and furniture with sharp corners. With big bipartisan Assembly support of 63-10, it heads to the Senate floor.

You hear liberals deciding we're too stupid to know when to tether our dogs and even Republicans agree it should be verboten for ordinary citizens to buy an ultrasound machine. All in the name of protecting us from ourselves.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[GingisK]

...47,000 new laws enacted since 1966...

The US House and Senate is also churning out laws at an enormous pace. In a country that prides itself on "freedom", there sure isn't much that is not regulated. Even Red China has way fewer laws that we do. (Most of their are capital offenses, however.)

It really is about time to set about repealing a lot of over-regulation. I think it is also time to call up Congress to solve specific problems rather than just convening regularly to regulate what is yet unregulated. That is the way Congress worked in the old days.

[ExtremeUnction]

Arnold will sign the no cell phone in the car bill. Also the no smoking with kids in the car bill. I anticipate calling my local Police and saying, " I just drove past your station, I'm smoking with three kids in the car, I'm talkin' on my cell, and I'm throwing old batteries out the window. Catch me if you can!" (They can't). Most California laws are not enforceable.

[FairOpinion]

"All in the name of protecting us from ourselves. "


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Exactly -- we are too stupid to think for ourselves, the government bureaucrats are so much smarter, they need to pass laws and regulations, so we know what to do. (/sarc) 1984 was just a few years early.

Whatever happened to individual freedom?

[rellimpank]

--the "there oughtta be a law" people long ago got ahead of us "it's a free country" folks---

[ConservaTexan]

"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem." - Ronald Wilson Reagan-January 20, 1981-First Inaugural Address

[tcrlaf]

"98% of what is churned out in our "professional" State Legislature is counterproductive, unnecessary and expensive."

But, at least they are "Doing" something...

If they DO NOT generate bills, the next election opponent uses it AGAINST them...

[Normal4me]

It's getting nuts. I had a deputy walk up to my truck at a convience store while I was parked and he told me to put my seatbelt on. I had to explain to him that:
#1 I was not driving.
#2 That I was on private property.

I asked him if he wanted to cite me for an open container and he got excited. I held up my 20 oz Mountain Dew. He explained that only pertains to alcoholic beverages. So now I pour beer into my Mountain Dew bottles and go about my merry way. ;-)

[goldstategop]

I can hardly wait til they license us to go to the bathroom for eliminating our bodily wastes.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[A message]

Government run amok.

We are probably a couple of years away from having our each and every action be regulated by the government.

Anymore it seems we do not have legislators but instead have overlords.

[So Cal Rocket]

I can hardly wait til they license us to go to the bathroom for eliminating our bodily wastes.

They essentially have already... ever try to buy a new toilet that uses more than 1.5 gallons of water per flush?

[bdfromlv]

That is called sharia law (PBUH)

[Inyo-Mono]

" I just drove past your station, I'm smoking with three kids in the car, I'm talkin' on my cell, and I'm throwing old batteries out the window. Catch me if you can!"

Just for fun I once drove to our local dump, I mean landfill, with a nuclear waste sticker on my trash can. They were not amused.

[pageonetoo]

Senate Bill 1523, by the bombastically business-hating Democrat Richard Alarcón of Sun Valley, seeks to punish Wal-Mart. It would require any city or county, before allowing a store bigger than 100,000 square feet (Wal-Mart), to order an “economic impact” report.

ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT FOR WALMART

1. WalmMart will fill big box with stuff.

2. Walmart will hire hundreds of low wage workers from the welfare and charity roles.

3. Walmart will sell $millions.

4. Walmart will pay millions in local, state, and federal taxes.

5. Community income is increased and collateral spending increases everybody else's share (except higher-priced mom&pops!).

6. Walmart sticks middle finger in air to unions and taxsharks...