Legislature to debate some sort of pigeon crap
Fun Massachusetts fact: The state Constitution (article XIX) gives every resident the right to have his or her representative or senator introduce legislation for them.
And so, now that the legislature is done raising your taxes and cutting your services, it gets to debate a law that would require moviemakers to only use Massachusetts-raised and approved pigeons in the movies they make here, the Herald reports.
At least H. 816 is to the point:
AN ACT RELATIVE TO PIGEONS IN MOTION PICTURES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Not withstanding any General Laws to the contrary, all pigeons that are used in motion pictures within Massachusetts must be licensed and banded within Massachusetts.
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"every resident the right to
"every resident the right to have his or her representative or senator introduce legislation for them."
Really? Maybe I'll send along a request for retroactive term limits or a vote of no confidence in Murray/DeLeo. Or how about a gasoline tax? Maybe if we force enough of them to introduce it it'll get through their thick skulls.
Be careful
If this passes, I don't want to go anywhere near WGBH!
Evil Bert has a LOT of powerful allies...
Pigeon Union is Next
Will the add an amendment that every pigeon must be carrying their SAG Card?
Pigeonworkers Union
Always looking out for a good thing, and then crapping on it.
Citizen Legislation
When I was more involved in the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts, I was aware of a few bills introduced each legislative session via the process of other members of the party asking local legislators to do so. So far as I know, not a single one ever got a vote. Just because a legislator introduces a bill, there is no guarantee it will ever be more than a hollow gesture. Most citizen bills wind up stone cold dead in committee.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Otherwise I may die
DIE?!
Yeah die! In committee!
(Why would libertarians want there to be laws?)
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
The Day the Law Died: Bill's Story
Wasn't that the After-School Special sequel to:
There's also the other after-school special
when Bill isn't killed in committee, but is gutted.
Viewer discretion advised.
Foie gras
My mother would always run in and switch the TV off when they showed that other variation where he's stuffed full of pork.
Then you missed the ending
when he's neutered, on the Senate floor.
Schoolhouse Rock was hardcore, man.
Libertarians and Law
Not all bills look to establish law. Some look to eliminate laws already on the books. All of the bills introduced by Libertarians were looking for a loosening of law. For instance, we'd always file bills calling for legalization of marijuana. We also filed bills for the legalization of same-sex marriage. As usual, we were ahead of the curve :-)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com