- I’m glad they got a voice of reason into this look at how the Lege is stomping all over both parental and teenager rights. Because who cares more about a kid — a mere parent, or some semi-pro political tool? (And what a surprise to find State Sen. John Carona‘s fat fingerprints all over the worst of the bills.) Of course, the unintentional (or is it?) effect of all this is to raise up young adults who think their every decision as an adult is subject to permission from elected. Which, now that I mention it…
- I missed something in Tanya Eiserer’s story on Friday that Grits certainly didn’t miss: “Eiserer’s story concludes with an especially fascinating account that suggests Sundquist’s lying wasn’t just malfeasance by a single officer but actually part of a pattern attributed to his entire unit.”
- This is going to be fun. After all, if the product isn’t intended to cross state lines in manufacture, sale or us, how can the federal government justify regulating it under the interstate commerce clause? (I think you know what product I’m talking about.)
- Stupid Flu Reactions: This weekend the softball team waved instead of high-fived. Cashiers at Kroger wore rubber gloves or lathered in hand sanitizer. No surgical mask sightings. What did you see?
Mr. Garrison, I would compare this tactic to the giant corporations that use lawsuits to intimidate and coerce smaller adversaries. They don’t need the law on their side. They merely have to to file lawsuits that would be financially ruinous for an individual to defend. That’s “abusing the system.”
I’m fine with anyone who wants to mount a legitimate defense against a traffic citation. But it’s abusing the system to demand a traffic-court trial that you have absolutely no intention of conducting. If the officer shows, you switch to a no contest plea, pay your fine and curse your luck.