Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

In a story that broke on Tuesday, the legal standard known as "arbitrary and capricious" was used to describe the nanny impulses of New York's Mayor in his recent campaign to protect New Yorker's from their own inclinations, by banning large sodas.

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Dr. Newmyer's recent book on the treason trial of Aaron Burr is a densely packed, extremely well-written analysis of one of the most important trials in American history. Ironically, it is a trial that the vast majority of Americans probably have absolutely no knowledge of.

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Here are some examples of things that our dear leader and his minions are not taking responsibility for.

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg just can’t leave bad enough alone. Not content to ban large sodas, trans fats, baby formulas and certain pain medications in hospitals, he continues to find ever more items to add to his Banned in New York list. As readers may know, I have lampooned Mayor Bloomberg’s battle against large sodas in the past. Now it’s time once again to look and see what’s next on his hit list – and it’s a really big list.

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If nothing else you have to credit the left for tenacity. Expert at using “the children” as an excuse for his insatiable drive to expand government, Obama pulled federally funded pre-school out of his somewhat dusty bag of tricks.

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Our very own Curtice Mang is among the panel on the MCT Roundtable.

MCT Roundtable: Should GOP drop social issues in order to win elections? | motorcitytimes.com.…

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There are some darn good people out there. Here are few of them. Read what they’ve written and remember, you are not alone.

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There is one study, however, we hope does not come under the budget knife. According to the Daily Mail Online, MIT researchers are working on a new “alcohol busting” drug that can sober one up in mere seconds. The story says that researchers have developed a cocktail (get it?) of alcohol metabolizing enzymes that speedily reduces blood alcohol levels. Tests have been conducted where intoxicated mice were injected with nanocapsules containing two enzymes. The results, the researchers indicate, have been quite sobering. (Um, I’ll handle the jokes around here.)

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For your daily dose of reality (make that depression) ... Government came like a dust storm of fine choking powder, making its way into everything. You could no longer build a shed without a half-dozen permits and inspections. You couldn’t swim without a lifeguard, couldn’t use your canoe without Coast-Guard approved flotation devices and a card saying that you had taken an approved course in how to canoe. Cops proliferated with speed traps. The government began spying on email, requiring licenses and permits for everything, and deciding what could and could not be taught to one’s children, who one had to associate with, and what one could think about what or, more usually, whom. From: Fred on Everything

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For those on the left, only quick answers will do. The left panders to the worst inclinations of human nature and seeks to avoid that which requires effort and discipline, like the grooming of character, adherence to a moral code, development of patience and hard work, etc. Instead. the answer is one enormous get rich quick scheme. Anything goes. And when the consequences of a profligate lifestyle become manifest, the answer is - we must pass a law against those consequences!

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