Tag: government gone wild

‘Feds Want to Know if You’re Depressed’ (2016)

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Here’s yet another reminder of the kind of bullet we dodged on Election Day, 2016. Mandatory screening for depression? By the federal government? Hot dog! (https://leeduigon.com/2016/02/29/feds-want-to-know-if-youre-depressed/)

Now that would be depressing.

The midterm elections will be here before you know it, and we had all better got out there and do our level best to keep Democrats from ever again taking control over the country. We let ’em take New Jersey last year, and guess what? They’re preparing to raise our taxes and slap us with New Jersey’s very own Obamacare “mandate tax.” Don’t let this happen to you! Friends don’t let friends vote for Democrats.

Kumquat Alert! (‘State Goes Ballistic,’ 2016)

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Image result for images of kumquats

Remember this? The North Carolina Dept. of Motor Vehicles freaks out over a license plate that says “kumquats.” Apparently some ijjit complained that “kumquat” is Racist or something. Maybe it’s coded language for Climbit Change Denial.

https://leeduigon.com/2016/09/13/state-dmv-goes-ballistic-over-kumquat-license-plate/

At the very least it’s Cultural Appropriation. I think.

‘Do Centaurs Speak Esperanto?’ (2014)

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Image result for images of centaur and faun

Back when I wrote this harmless little satire, that’s all it was. Real life has had four years to catch up to it, and I’m afraid they’re almost neck and neck by now.

https://leeduigon.com/2014/06/16/do-centaurs-speak-esperanto/

‘No Reincarnation Without a License’ (2013)

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

https://leeduigon.com/2013/03/07/no-reincarnation-without-a-license/

Communism sometimes likes to call itself “scientific socialism” (if you will allow personification as a rhetorical device), and the official religion of communism is atheism.

So why do you have to get a permit from the Chinese communist government before you can be reincarnated?

Something about this just doesn’t compute.

Crime! Teaching Dog to be a Nazi

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

See the source image

But can he goose-step?

A man in Scotland, loosely described as a “YouTube comedian,” has been convicted of a hate crime… for allegedly teaching his girlfriend’s little pug dog to make a Nazi salute (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/21/youtube-comedian-convicted-hate-crime-after-teaching-nazi-salute-to-dog.html). The, er, authorities called it “grossly offensive,” and have set April 23 as his sentencing date.

“Achtung, Sturmbannfuhrer Bowser! Where are those tanks I ordered?”

“Woof-woof!”

How ridiculous is this? Ooh! It’s a violation of the Communications Act! Government must approve all communications!

It ought to lead to some intriguing conversations among inmates of the Big House.

“So what are you in for?” asks the armed robber.

“Teaching my girlfriend’s dog to be a Nazi.”

Who are the fascists here, anyway?

The guy says it was just a joke. In poor taste, yes. But if they’re going to start jailing everybody who tells a joke that’s in poor taste, well–!

A trivial story, you might say. But crazed government grows not by leaps and bounds, but by one tiny little step after another.

Obama Legacy: War on Cigars

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

The thought that somewhere, somehow, someone might be happy is a real downer for anyone in government. So on his way out the door, President *Batteries Not Included had his Food and Drug Administration cook up a few hundred regulations against high-end cigars. No legislation was involved. I mean, really, legislation is so passe…

As cigar magnate Rocky Patel told Tucker Carlson, “You don’t see kids sitting around the schoolyard chain-smoking premium cigars.” Brother, you don’t see me smoking premium cigars! Likening them to fine wine or single-malt scotch gives you an idea what these cigars are all about. I had a box of Don Diegos once, many years ago. Rocky’s telling it like it is.

And these stupid regulations threaten the whole industry. Maybe a lawsuit can save it. Maybe President Trump can wipe out these stupid regulation as he’s wiped out others. Maybe even Congress might venture a tiny bit of legislation–dare we hope?

Well, excuse me for the nonce (another hinky word I felt like using today). I’m going to stand out in the snow and have a cigar.

 

Forcing You to Go to College???

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

See the source image

(Thanks to Linda for the news tip.)

I was going to wait till I calmed down a bit before I commented on this, but I think that might take too long.

New Mexico is considering legislation to force every high school student to apply to at least one college as a requirement for graduation (https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2018/02/02/new-mexico-could-be-first-state-to-force-students-to-apply-for-college/).

This is, of course, nothing more than a jobs program for “educators.” And it’s bipartisan! That means it’s good, right? Like, the Evil Party and the Nothing Party have actually gotten together to sponsor this, so how could it be wrong?

This really is the limit.

Uh, what if you don’t want to go to college? What if you want to do something useful with your life–like, for instance, become a skilled auto mechanic–instead of sitting in a classroom “learning” about White Privilege?

This is only further evidence of how deeply our governing class despises us and just can’t stop gnawing at our liberties.

For crying out loud! There are already too many colleges and looniversities, too many overpaid and over-pensioned educators, and way, way, way too many young people going to college and having their minds turned into mush! We need to defund and shrink the bloated absurdity called “higher education,” not expand it even more.

This is a shameful and preposterous proposal, and it must be defeated.

Boston Fines Woman, 76, $200 for not Shoveling Snow

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Image result for images of boston sidewalks buried in snow

A 76-year-old woman on a fixed income has been fined $200 by the city of Boston for not shoveling snow from the sidewalk in front of her home ( http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/02/support_piling_up_for_retiree_hit_with_ticket ). A stranger has offered to pay the fine for her, but she says she’d rather appeal it.

I imagine there are still places where neighbors would have shoveled it for her. She made a start on the job, but when a lot of the snow turned to ice, she couldn’t finish.

Our glorious leaders may not be able to protect us from gangs of illegal aliens, but heaven help you if you can’t shovel away all your Global Warming. Boston officials appear to be uncomfortable with all the bad publicity they’re getting. Well, they deserve it.

In my own neighborhood, it’s usual for a bunch of us to pitch in and shovel for the few people who aren’t physically able to do it. No one makes a big deal about it; it’s just what we do as a matter of course. Last winter it took half a dozen of us to free Harlem’s car. He was down with cancer (he has recovered!) and couldn’t do it himself. So we did it for him, because that’s what neighbors do.

Obviously the city can’t allow the sidewalks to pile up with snow. Just as obviously, some people are unable to shovel it away without help. So you help. It shouldn’t be an opportunity for government to whack somebody.

Don’t these little tyrants in Boston have a school bake sale they can raid?

Update: They’ve Still Got the Kids

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Image result for images of kids taken from their mother

Supposedly the Buffalo city council was to meet today to “address” the case of a homeschooling mother who was arrested, and her two small children taken away from her, for alleged “educational neglect”–even though she jumped through all the hoops required by law before you’re allowed to homeschool in Buffalo.

All we’ve learned today is that one of the councilmen called the situation “unacceptable” and added that the children ought to be returned to their mother right away ( http://www.wkbw.com/news/wingo-calls-homeschooling-arrest-unacceptable ).

This mess was easily avoidable. Someone at City Hall forgot to pass on the homeschooling papers to the Board of Education; and so school officials, responding to the children’s’ unexplained absence from school, called in Child Protective Services.

No one bothered to discover the facts of the case before acting on it. A few minutes on the phone with the right person at City Hall, and the whole thing would have been straightened out right then and there. But no! Grab the kids and put ’em in foster care!

This illustrates a general principle of modern life: the more power you give to government at any level, the more you’ll regret it.

Somebody needs to be fired for this, and the city ought to compensate the family for its trouble.

And in the long run, public education must be abolished. It has long outlived its usefulness.

The Brain-Eaters: Our Predatory Justice Dept.

Posted By: leeduigon(patty)Posted On:

Image result for images of man-eating lion

St. Peter likened Satan to “a roaring lion [that] walketh about seeking whom he may devour” (I Peter 5:8). He might have aptly applied that description to various agencies of our federal government.

Like for instance:

The University of California at Berkeley made available a wide assortment of free college courses online, accessible to anyone who had a computer and wanted to take the courses. We are amazed when a university does anything good, and astounded when it does anything for free.

But instead of being applauded, Berkeley found the Loretta Lunch Justice Dept. smashing down on them for…ahem… violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2016/10/12/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-strikes-again/#1b7a6d712f5e )

What???

Well, hey, if a course doesn’t have closed-captioning, it “discriminates” against the deaf. If its video doesn’t have a sharp enough color contrast, it “discriminates” against the color-blind. See, the ADA forbids any and all “discrimination” against any imaginable kind of “disability.” It leaves the door open for all kinds of fanciful interpretations and is a cornucopia for trial lawyers–because the JD is full of maniacal “change agents” who are always on the lookout for another ADA case to prosecute.

So they made Berkeley shut down a lot of the free courses–and also pay damages to those who were “discriminated” against. Ka-ching, ka-ching!

Under the guise of protecting us, leveling the playing field, fundamentally transforming us, creating a utopia on earth, blah-blah-blah, the federal government punished people for doing something good, took away a benefit that many people were receiving at no cost, and helped absolutely nobody but some greedy shyster lawyers: and I guess they made themselves feel like they’d accomplished something.

This is what happens when liberals and other Democrats are permitted to have power.

They’ve all got to go.