Archive for April 26th, 2008

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

The Nanny State, Tallahassee Edition

Courtesy of Reuters/Yahoo News:

Senate lawmakers in
Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle
from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the
state.

Yes, you read that right: Fake Bull Testicles. But why?

Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis,
Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban.

First of all, I don’t understand what Sen. Baker being a gun shop
owner has to do with this, unless it’s to A) prove that he’s REALLY a
Republican (i.e. gun nut, and unstable in general), B) denigrate all
gun shop owners by tarring them by association with this legislator.

My personal issue with Sen. Baker is that he wants to ban something
just because HE finds it “offensive”. In particular, I find the misuse
of government time and resources even debating such an issue as
offensive.