or maybe Nearth?

Then, we’d all be safe. For now, people keep hurting themselves:

Investigative Report: Nail gun safety under fire as injuries soar
Dangerous models sold despite years of warnings

Here’s an idea: Don’t point the nail gun at yourself. And next:

Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors

Last link via Robb, who says: First off, I say a 3 day waiting period to obtain prescription drugs is in order, as a cool off time to ensure the person isn’t going to commit suicide with them. Also, we need stricter background checks on doctors to make sure they don’t do these kinds of things.

Is this a joke:

Britain’s first ‘Safe Text’ street has been created complete with padded lampposts to protect millions of mobile phone users from getting hurt in street accidents while walking and texting.

There a picture.

Update: The dumbassery illustrated.

Seems a group aimed at stopping teen drinking is lying about Tennessee’s proposed bill to allow folks to order wine.

Roberta:

Freedom dies one worried Mother at a time, for the most high-sounding of ideals.

Back up at Dairy Queen. I repeat, officer needs assistance at Dairy Queen.

I noted the slippery smoking slope earlier, but this (also forewarned by us radical reactionaries) is fucking priceless:

We’re all aware that some jurisdictions have passed bans against trans-fat, in an effort to force people to eat healthier food, whether you want to or not (for your own good, you see). Well, it would seem the Mississippi Representative W.T. Mayhall wants to take it one step farther and just ban restaurants from serving fat people.

Remember, kids, I was just perpetuating my radical views what with my alarmist rhetoric and all.

Gene Patterson:

State Senator Tim Burchett is proposing a bill that would make it illegal to smoke in your car if there are children riding in it.

Tim Burchett has apparently never seen a matter the state shouldn’t regulate. Anyone remember when Republicans were the party of smaller, less-intrusive government? Neither do they. Any way, here’s how it goes. A bit back, when smoking bans at businesses were the rage, we people who opposed them (thinking rightfully that it is the right of the business owner to decide what otherwise lawful activity can occur on their premises) warned that the next step would be banning smoking in cars around children. We were told that was just crazy talk. And then, we said, after that there would be pushes to ban smoking in peoples’ homes if children were present. Doesn’t sound so far-fetched now, does it?

In TN, there’s a proposed law to add a bittering agent to anti-freeze so it doesn’t taste good to dogs and kids:

With the help of State Sen. Raymond Finney, Sevier County resident Haley Ham’s dream of keeping animals and young children safe from antifreeze poisoning may soon get a boost.

Or, you know, you could put the anti-freeze out of reach of children.

Bloomberg wants to micro stamp you too:

He advocated for a state law that would require gun makers to equip weapons with high-tech bullet tracking, but also pushed for DNA testing of anyone who is arrested.

In Cali, they want to put in thermostats that can be controlled remotely by the government. You can’t make this stuff up.

Zero tolerance is working its magic again.

A ten year-old girl was suspended for using a knife to cut her food.

And, in Tennessee, you can’t defend yourself at school:

In a video, a 17-year-old student is seen grabbing Rachel Davis from behind. The video shows Davis turn and walk away.

The video shows the other student follow and confront her a second time.

Again, Rachel Davis turned and walked away.

The girl then followed her out of camera range. That is when the incident reportedly escalates.

Davis said, “My daughter was struck in the face with either a back pack or a purse. She got a laceration on her jaw required a trip to the ER and stitches.”

So, the girl walked away. Twice. And fought back after being hit. For that, she was suspended.

You’re too fat and, frankly, our socialized healthcare just can’t bear the weight of it.

Abysmal.

Update: Err, no, the pun was not intentional.

Err, no I will not wear a ribbon because, well, wearing ribbons doesn’t result in any substantive social change whatsoever. And, well, I have no problem with dirty movies. I think I will try to get me a Debbie Does Dallas ribbon, though.

Tipping point. We getting close to the point of no return. We’re all going to die.

The UN has just released a “major report”. The fourth Global Environmental Outlook since 1997. It contains dire warnings. It seems there are too many people on Planet Earth. We are actually killing the Planet.

Now before you consider the source and scoff, know this, 388 experts and scientists describe this as “the final wake-up call to the international community.”

“Life would be easier if we didn’t have the kind of population growth rates that we have at the moment,” Steiner said. “But to force people to stop having children would be a simplistic answer. The more realistic, ethical and practical issue is to accelerate human well-being and make more rational use of the resources we have on this planet.”

What does that mean? It means that the 388 scientists theorize that you eat too much, require too much land, too much energy, and too many resources. So stop having children, eating meat, and driving your fat ass around in that SUV, you damn Planet killer.

All kidding aside, is there a purpose to this continual fear mongering from the United Nations? An endgame so to speak.

Could it be a World Wide tax administered by the United Nations?

Seen at Braisted’s:

Rena Doss, another 20-year-old bartender who lost her job this week, said the smoking ban has left her in a difficult situation.

“I chose to work there. I don’t smoke, and nobody was blowing smoke in my face,” she said. “This was a good-paying job for me, and I have bills to pay. What am I supposed to do now?”

Well, I hear there’s good money in slightly less taxed smokes and booze across state lines.

Wow:

Debbie is a mom from Uxbridge who was in the examination room when the pediatrician asked her 5-year-old, “Does Daddy own a gun?”

When the little girl said yes, the doctor began grilling her and her mom about the number and type of guns, how they are stored, etc.

If the incident had ended there, it would have merely been annoying.

But when a friend in law enforcement let Debbie know that her doctor had filed a report with the police about her family’s (entirely legal) gun ownership, she got mad.

Surely, that is some sort of ethical violation that warrants review of that guy’s license to practice.

And from the original story:

They’re watching you right now.

They counted every beer you drank during last night’s Red Sox game.

They see you sneaking out to the garage for a smoke.

They know if you’ve got a gun, and where you keep it.

They’re your kids, and they’re the National Security Agency of the Nanny State.

Kinda timely since, just yesterday, I was talking to a co-worker. Seems her young son (5 or 6) had been participating in D.A.R.E. Her and her husband were drinking beer while watching some game on TeeVee. Her son then screams at her and her husband that they’re both alcoholics. She didn’t know how to react. I understand that there’s a need to inform kids about drugs and alcohol and other things. But that’s ridiculous. Seems parents need to start discussing these things realistically with their kids before they go to school and get their brainwashing.

Schools should educate. Not turn our kids into little Nazis.

Ya know, if Joe Lieberman were to actually become AG, I’d ponder leaving the country. Last thing we need is a law and order guy who is also a big government nanny-statist in that office.

KDT wrote:

A long time ago, I responded to the question ”Why do you spend so much time looking at news from Britain?” with ”Because if we’re not careful, all that could happen here.”

Here’s hoping not. Notably, this bit about banning thinking about drinking (which Greg thinks is cause for shooting the bastards) is particularly scary:

People who even think about going for a drink face being banned from their town centre for up to two days under wideranging new police powers.

And here’s some scary bits:

The banning orders – called ‘directions to leave’ – can last for 48 hours and any breach can be punished with a fine of up to £2,500.

Fingerprints and DNA samples will be taken.

[…]

Police can act against someone for doing nothing more illegal than looking like they might cause alcoholrelated disorder, whether they have started drinking or not.

I can’t imagine living under such a police state.

It is outrageous but this quote is hysterical:

When I saw the Headline “Student Suspended for Drawing Gun,” (link) I first thought “he should keep it holstered during the schoolday”.

Sadly, a kid was suspended for doodling a pic of a gun.

Coal IS sequestered carbon. God bless them, without liberals our only source of comedy would be comedians.

Over at Progressiveville is a link to WhitesCreek Journal where we learn that the world’s greatest terrorist is not Usama bin Laden but actually Daniel Roling, the CEO of National Coal.

Yep. So says Steve, also known as Whitescreek. He is a middle aged hippie type who really believes coal should be left in the ground because it pollutes the air.

Steve does not say what we should use to generate electricity but I would imagine the usual suspects of solar, wind, and hamsters running on little wheels come to mind.

But wait, there’s more. Steve writes:

Mining coal is about the stupidest thing humans can do. Here we are worrying about climate change caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide, and we’re digging the stuff up out of the ground and burning it straight into our air.

Steve is a pal of Al Gore. Another great comedian.

Nanny Government isn’t happy with bottled water. Good little proletariates drink their water from the tap. They know better than to incur the wrath of the all knowing all seeing Goracle and his dominion over the Church of Gaia Mother Earth.

Nanny Government thinks for you. Life is better when your choices are restricted. You should not be allowed to make complex choices like drinking bottled water. Those bottles are made from oil. Then they are shipped to market which burns more oil and releases the Earth toxin C02 which causes forest creatures to die.

Plastic bottles should only be used for important things like Coca Cola. Nanny Science says so and Nanny Government complies because it is for the children.

Whenever you are reminded that “commonsense firearms laws” are the right way to go, remember to point them at that former bastion of common-sense, Britain.

I say former, because now that firearms are effectively banned from the law abiding, the laws and rules continue to slide into crazy-land.

The 47-year-old entertainer, also known as Tony Turner, has previously had to ditch his bubble-making machine because he could not get public liability insurance as companies assessed that youngsters might slip and hurt themselves.

He said he was also told by one venue he could not twist balloons into the shape of guns for fear of encouraging youngsters to commit violence, although swords were deemed acceptable.

As far as encouraging violence goes, have you ever seen what happens when a clown makes shapes out of balloons? While waiting for the little’un to get his fill of playing in the “tubes” at Mickey Dee’s a clown showed up and started making animals and such. Everything that was long and thin, such as swords and snakes were used by the kids to whack each other over the head. Those with twist shapes, such as dogs, ships and rabbits turned them into guns. and used them by standing back out of the way making “Kapow” noises.

Political correctness trumps reality when you let things slide too far.

But the kids understand…

It’s explicitly a liberal point of view, but some good conversation has cropped up surrounding this post of mine over at Lean Left.

It seems Uncle really wants to screw with his readership. Now he’s inviting the Nanny State Lib’ruls to post in his absence.

Don’t worry, though, I promise some gun pr0n next week…

You know, there was a time when MADD did a lot of good. Now, they’re just a bunch of hens trying to prevent everyone from having a good time:

Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains.

The national passenger rail company is making the unusual offer to promote a new high-end service being offered on a trial basis for certain sleeper car trips. …

Mothers Against Drunk Driving questioned whether $100 in free alcohol was too much.

“This sounds like a lot of credit toward possible overindulging,” said MADD spokeswoman Misty Moyse.

But no one will be driving. I mean, it’s not like they load you up and let your drive the damn train. Should change the name to Mothers Against Drinking. This is similar to some gun control groups. They started out with a semi-noteworthy cause (background checks) and quickly bastardized them into a desire for total bans. Now, they just bleat.

She’s coming to Nashville. We don’t need her in Nashville, there are plenty in the capitol building.

via ac.

In light of recent outbreaks of nanny knows best in Tennessee, I’ll remind my fellow volunteers that Article 1, Sec. 1 of the state constitution says:

That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; for the advancement of those ends they have at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper.

As you were.

Update: Via AC, a bigger list of laws going into effect is here.

Seems the state of Tennessee will soon require ID for all alcoholic beverage purchases. Wow. Isn’t it already illegal to sell to underage people?

Apparently, it is only shocking to Michael Bloomberg that he was never a real Republican.

School officials snipped the weapons off of toy soldiers.