Comments on: About Those Thoughtful, Careful Legislators

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:04:07 +0000

For someone who is trying to ban Sharia law he sure seems to agree with most of it.

By: July 15 roundup

July 15 roundup — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:40:52 +0000

[...] “Caylee’s Law” proposals continue unabated [Balko and more, Lowering the Bar, Skenazy, Frank, Somin] Confirmed non-members of Nancy Grace fan club include [...]

By: TC

TC — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:08:10 +0000

Too bad we did not have a Leiby’s law!

That would have prevented this kid gittin killet and such!

http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/levi-aron-charged-in-kletzky-murder.html

“A frantic two-day search for a missing 8-year-old Brooklyn boy ended Wednesday with the grim discovery of his dismembered body, the victim of what authorities called a “totally random” abduction by a stranger.”

By: Buzz

Buzz — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:38:39 +0000

It would be wonderful if the people passing laws had at least a passing familiarity with The Constitution. From local school boards up to the US Congress. Crazy talk, I know.

By: Stick

Stick — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:12:57 +0000

‘In politics stupidity is not a handicap.’ – Napolean Bonaparte.

By: the innominate one

the innominate one — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:35:50 +0000

If this law is so critical, why are they waiting for the start of the legislative session? Call an emergency session.

Child killing parents should kill their kids now, before the bill becomes law, so that they’re only breaking that pesky murder law, and not this one, too.

By: edmund dantes

edmund dantes — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:28:31 +0000

Any guesses if Bill Ketron was at any ALEC meetings?

By: Aresen

Aresen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:01:11 +0000

How about “Bill Ketron’s Law” forbidding assholes from holding public office?

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:26:50 +0000

In the wake of that horribly offensive Onion article about Nancy Grace sucking the marrow from Caylee Anthony’s bones, I propose a federal law banning all jokes about murder victims. It can be called “Onion’s Law.”

I’m dead certain that a vast majority of US citizens would agree with me. After all, what’s freedom of speech compared to preventing the anguish of grieving relatives. Who’s going to vote against that?

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:10:32 +0000

AFAIK, Vox Day has theocratic opinions on morality, and libertarian opinions on government enforcement of morality. I don’t think he disqualifies from anything for that.

By: Curt

Curt — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:49:52 +0000

It’s good to know that you can count on politicians…

… to prove that worst-case scenario and slippery-slope arguments are often realistic.

By: diakron

diakron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:19:04 +0000

“In other news Radley cracks the top ten libertarian websites…”

Crazed theocrat Vox Day is on that list. I’d say that disqualifies it from being called “libertarian.”

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:04:39 +0000

#7 | Charlie O | July 14th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

Mr. Balko,

Tell me again why you moved to live upon these knuckle draggers?

Not to speak for Radley, but I’ve noticed a tendency for legislative idiocy to increase the closer you get to DC*, so he might be better off.

* Excluding Florida, which may as well be up near Maryland

By: Charlie O

Charlie O — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:03:29 +0000

“upon” should be “among”

By: Charlie O

Charlie O — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:03:05 +0000

Mr. Balko,

Tell me again why you moved to live upon these knuckle draggers?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:45:32 +0000

Hah! that first one could end up biting him in the butt if he’s not really careful about the wording of the “sue govt officials” part. :)

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:31:06 +0000

In other news Radley cracks the top ten libertarian websites…

http://deathby1000papercuts.com/dbkpreport/2011/07/libertarian-top-50-sites-june-july-2011/

Congrats, baldy.

By: DJMoore

DJMoore — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:12:20 +0000

Folks, look at “Caylee’s [excuse for a] Law” in the light of the previous post on the state taking obese children away from their parents. What happens when these two things intersect?

You go from being required to report a missing child to being required to file regular reports verifying that you are raising the state’s child-units in conformance to regulations that no one understand, and that can always be used to prove that you aren’t a fit parent.

I’ll just say it flat out: Liberty is not safe; there will inevitably be casualties. If most everyone can drive, there will be auto accidents. If most everyone is armed, there will be gun accidents. If most everyone can be a parent, some children will be raised badly.

Problem is, all those things, and far, far worse, will happen no matter what. Liberty is the best way to keep us as safe as possible.

Anybody who thinks the State, particularly the Federal Government, will be a better parent, on average, than Caylee’s mother, or Jessica’s mother, is so deluded they should be forbidden from posting on-line or speaking publicly.

Oh, wait….

By: Mike T

Mike T — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:05:31 +0000

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that finding your kid after 24 hours isn’t going to be an affirmative defense under this law.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:38:30 +0000

Yet more data points in favor of anarcho-capitalism….