These Bricks In The Wall Are Dumber Than Most
The folks at everybody's third favorite PAC have a new blog out, Dumb Laws, focusing on the stupid bills and resolutions that our legislators can't not vote for. (Coming soon: a law against dangling participles.) They limit themselves to contemporary law, and being the Club For Growth, tend to focus on the economic and hypocritical. My favorites so far:
- "Taxpayers in the United Kingdom are paying for the production of salt shakers that were purposely made with fewer holes to prevent people from consuming too much salt."
- "Every year in April, the U.S. House votes on a resolution "supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month." I repeat, hypocrisy is emphasized.
- "On Monday, the Senate passed a resolution honoring soil. That’s right. Soil. ... Here are the six co-sponsors:
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
George Voinovich (R-OH)"
Both of Iowa's best are figuratively going to bat for you. There's a fairly tasteless joke about flooding to be had here, so if anybody figures out why I'm not telling it, let me know.