Amen, Jon Schaff (SD Politics)!
Things Are Good In South Dakota
Things must be pretty good in South Dakota. How else to explain the attention the legislature gives to petty and unimportant issues. Our educational system and state economy must be so good that we can turn our attention to tanning salons, smoking in bars, massage therapy, and whether we should require people to be in child safety seats in cars until they are 42 years old (ok, 8 years old). Let’s just get this over with and pass legislation into envelope the entire state in bubble wrap.* That ought to keep us all safe from our own stupid selves. Because if we are not capable of figuring out whether to get a fake tan, whether to go to the bar where people might smoke, who is a competent massage therapist, and how to keep our eight-year-olds safe in our cars, then we are not capable of self-government. Dear South Dakota Legislature, what socks should I wear today? I can’t decide.
IF THERE IS ONE THING THE 2006 ELECTION SAID IN SOUTH DAKOTA, IT IS THAT SOUTH DAKOTANS WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE THEM ALONE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO! DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS ARE YOU LISTENING?!
We have a big libertarian streak here in Sanfordland. Please, for the love of God, just because you go to Pierre doesn’t mean you have to introduce legislation just to introduce legislation.
MEMO TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE: LEAVE US FREAKIN’ ALONE IN 2007. PLEASE?!
Most of us are competent enough to make our own decisions, from abortions to tanning to car seats to what color socks to wear. Enough of the nanny state! I’m not alone in this. Pleas are coming from the left (Coat Hangers at Dawn: State Sanctioned Hate Of Brown People) and the right (Dakota Watercooler: It Isn’t Rocket Science). Believe it or not, we are adults who make all sorts of decisions every single day. Enough, already! When Schaff, Epp, Belfrage, and CHAD all agree, I think you’ve gone way, WAY too far.
*I suggest one big honkin’ large KelbyDome over the T.Denny state.