List/Grid Tag Archives: nanny state
New Illinois law requires photo ID to purchase over-the-counter drain cleaner
If you want the plain-old Drano, you don’t need an ID. But if you want to buy the heavy-duty stuff at Home Depot or your local Ace Hardware store, you’ll…
Toronto school fails to ban lawn darts, but tennis and soccer balls are out
After an incident where a parent was hit by a soccer ball and suffered a concussion, the principal at Earl Beatty Public School in Toronto has temporarily banned all “hard” balls…
Not the Onion: Texas school to photograph kids’ lunch trays – count calories
More nanny state crap promoted by and funded by the federal government. I am so sure the Founding Fathers envisioned spending tax dollars on a program to make a digital…
Important California legislation: Fitted or flat sheets at hotels
You can not make this stuff up. You would think the California legislature would have something better to do other than implementing a hotel mandate requiring fitted sheets instead of…
Nanny State: Students forbidden from bringing lunch from home
Is this isolated or does it happen in other places too? A Chicago public elementary school forbids students from bringing their own lunches to school in and effort to control…
Obligatory bullying video: Democrat in Washington wants to act
Did this YouTube video that went viral yesterday morning result in Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) suggesting the federal government has to pass a law making bullying a federal offense?
Texting, walking, deaths, Michelle Obama, fountains, the mall and YouTube
If that headline does not get your head spinning and your mouse finger clicking, I’m not sure what will. We seem to have a problem with the cell phone texting…
Obama says look at excess regulation – How about calorie counts on menus?
Yesterday, President Obama had an OpEd piece – yes, he really did – in the Wall Street Journal calling for a review of regulations that place “an unreasonable burden” on business….
Elections have consequences
We’re officially a “what can my federal government do for me today” country.
Obama’s science adviser John P. Holdren – Implanted microchips for all
I don’t have time to get into this piece in detail, but how would you feel about an implanted microchip that connects you with an online government database with all…
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