Monday, July 03, 2006
 
Anti-Property Rights Legislators, or the IRA
It's getting hard to tell them apart, with philosophies like this:
    The surgeon general's recent report on the hazards of secondhand smoke could spawn the next big summer sequel: Smoking Ban II.

    Last year a controversial attempt to ban smoking in all public buildings died a slow, public death in the St. Louis County Council.

    But the failed ban's author, Council Chairman Kurt Odenwald, R-Shrewsbury, says the new report has led him to consider another run at the issue.

    "After this report, I don't think anyone can say this is not a health issue anymore," Odenwald said. "The dangers of secondhand smoke are real. They are not hogwash, and I think we need to address them."
When it comes to keeping a check on the government's regulation of individual property rights, our elected leaders and the unelected agitators for legislation usurping personal dominion over personal property seem to espouse the philosophy: Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky always.

 
To say Noggle, one first must be able to say the "Nah."