It's getting to where I can't even look through my local paper without tripping over story after story of liberal idiocy these days. It used to just be the columnists, now it's everywhere in the news, too. My theory is that the left must know their days are now numbered, what with the large majority of the country turning on them, and so they're making whatever they can stick between now and November.
Exhibit 1: Boycott
Right there on the front page this morning was the headline, "L.A. County board votes to boycott Arizona," and the sub-head for good measure, "School district also criticizes state's immigration law." In the article we find that the county board voted 3-2, all 3 votes FOR boycotting were Democrats (liberals) and both of the NO votes were Republicans. Now, whether you like the Arizona law or not (I do), when you're a board governing a county in California, a state that's been on the verge of bankruptcy for several years, you have zero business commenting on a law in another state. Do what you were elected to do: Run the county. That goes doubly for the L.A. Unified School District, owned by the left. They have even LESS business criticizing laws in another state. They're not even a law-making or law-commenting body!
The problem is, the idiot liberals on both of these boards just can't stop themselves from playing the race card whenever they see a chance. Racism in this country is practically non-existent and has been for years, but supervisors like Gloria Molina feel the need to grandstand, even busing people in to cheer for her at the meeting, crowing about how racist such a law is. Her evidence? Just that people should "look at me, because I'm the kind of person who would probably have trouble in Arizona." Yeah, right, Gloria. I'm sure you've been such a victim of racism your whole life, right? Give me a break.
And as has been pointed out all over the place, the law in Arizona specifically FORBIDS racial profiling! It says that right there in the text! But that doesn't stop these liberals, who argue - as always - on raw emotion, not facts or logic. They can whip up a crowd into a frenzy with their rhetoric, even when the rhetoric is totally contradicted by the facts.
The Arizona law is MORE RESTRICTIVE than the federal law that it was written to mirror at the state level. The federal law has been in place forever, and allows ICE agents to stop anyone, anytime, any place, for any reason, and demand to see their proof of citizenship. Yet not a word about that law. Why? Because the left knows the federal law is almost never enforced. Since it's never enforced, it's meaningless. That is the whole point of the Arizona law. Arizona, plagued by illegal immigration-created crime problems, created this law so that their own cops could get a handle on the situation, since the fed's obviously have no interest in doing their job. Good for Arizona!!
Exhibit 2 : Unloaded Gun Control
Fast-forward to page A6, where we see California state-level liberal politics in all their glory. Here's the first headline: "Carrying unloaded gun may be illegal." Seems our liberal state legislature, upset that people are allowed to carry UNLOADED pistols in plain sight, are making a law against doing that. They are doing so for "safety reasons," because said gun carriers could maybe be carrying ammunition in their pockets, and that's dangerous. Why? Who knows? Apparently the liberal sponsor of the bill, Lori Saldana (D) from San Diego, feels it's not enough to ban people from carrying handguns around, even unloaded ones. The fact is, of course, having more gun owners walking around with guns would make us MORE safe, not less so. More guns in the hands of responsible people would lead to fewer idiot criminals committing crimes against individuals because the victims can't fight back. But such logic is misplaced on a liberal.
Exhibit 3 : Evil Pet Insurers
Next on the list is a law going through the state legislature that "improves disclosure" on PET INSURANCE. Yes, that's a burning issue. People are being swindled by pet insurers because they buy policies and don't know that certain things aren't covered, or that there are limits to their coverage. Actually, if I had to guess I'd bet that "people" aren't having this issue, but that a single person who knows the idiot Democrat (liberal) politician who wrote this law, Dave Jones, whined that he didn't get something he thought he was entitled to, and wanted to punish the insurer so he got his buddy the politician to come up with yet another moronic anti-business law that forces companies to put all kinds of disclosures on their websites. It's people like this who force lawn mower companies to display warnings to keep your feet away from the underside of the mower.
Exhibit 4 : Nanny State vs Skiers
Then there is a new law - in two different bills, it's so important - that would mandate that young skiers be required to wear helmets when they go skiing! Obviously needed because SO MANY kids are dying from head traumas while skiing. It's a huge problem, haven't you heard?? Listen, putting aside the fact that government has no business telling you or me to wear a helmet or a seat belt or anything else, millions upon millions of people (Yours Truly included) have learned to ski without wearing helmets and done just fine, thank you. This law doesn't just over-step government's boundaries, it does so for no good reason.
Exhibit 5 : Hollywood Will Fix the Gulf
Finally I heard on the news this morning that the Obama administration, apparently desperate to make it look like they're actually doing something productive in the Gulf of Mexico, has begun criminal investigations against British Petroleum (BP). Eric Holder was talking sternly about how they would be prosecuting basically anyone they could find who looked like they had done something wrong. The one bizarre part of this story is that BP hasn't plugged the leak yet!!! Don't you think it makes a small amount of sense to put everything you have behind BP, your most important partner right now, instead of moving against them with criminal proceedings??? Talk about stupid. That's like arresting the pilot of the airplane you're flying in before he lands the thing. Right now we need BP to put every ounce of their abilities into plugging the oil leak. Setting the dogs on them while they're trying to do that isn't just stupid, it's reckless!But I'm sure the lib's in Obama's administration feel like they're in good shape. I mean, they've got James Cameron, of "Titanic" fame, meeting with them to brainstorm how to fix this problem. What do they need BP for?
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