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While PP Runs Around Like Johnny on Airplane! Screaming "Nanny State," Here's Something with High Pucker Factor



My good friend PP at South Dakota War College is off on one of his semi-daily rants about “nanny state” bills in the state legislature.

PP’s flailing about nanny-statism reminds of the light-in-the-loafers character Johnny from the Airplane! movie series.  Pat kind of sounds like this:

Ted Striker: Mayday! Mayday!
Steve McCroskey: What the heck is that?
Johnny: Why, that’s the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d’oeuvres…
And this: 
Johnny: The tower, the tower! Rapunzel, Rapunzel!

And Pat, you know I kid because I love.

But on the chance that you might think I am channeling my dark side lower companion Bob Ellis over at Dakota Voice, consider this: The Russians say that wouldn’t really think twice about nuking us if Mother Russia (or its little Rooskie buddies) felt threatened.  Like, we’re just sayin’.

Don’t believe me? Here’s the story from AOL News: 

Russia Says Nuke Strikes Possible  In the latest of a series of aggressive remarks from Russian leaders, the country’s military chief of staff says Moscow is prepared to use preventive military strikes to protect itself and its allies. > Full Coverage

Now, I don’t know about you, but the fact that the Russians wouldn’t think twice of pushing The Button if they’re feeling a little insecure and blowing up the United States and most of the Free World sure bothers me a lot more than if some legislator thinks my 13 year old son needs a permission slip to go to a tanning salon.

Having no state—nanny or otherwise—or no nation—or one that’s a radioactive dead zone for generations to come—strikes me as something that has a much higher sphincter pucker factor.

I’m just sayin’. 
 
NANNY STATE!  NANNY STATE!  NANNY STATES UNDER MY BED!  REPUNZEL, LET DOWN YOUR NANNY STATE! 
 

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