On the subject of douchebags…
by Jon on Sep.05, 2008, under Babble, Politics
I wanted to hold off on this until it was official, and now it is … so, in the words of the great and highly respected pundit Nelson Muntz –
2 comments for this entry:
mushinnoshin
I have nothing to say, and I am saying it — John Cage
:douchebags, English Only, Eric Crafton
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September 6th, 2008 on 12:37 am
got mixed emotions … on the one hand, the measure was ignorant and racist and made Nashville look like a hick town; OTOH, the idea that we can only petition for legal protection once every four years (and that there is NO statewide procedure for such in existence) … that is a concern
September 6th, 2008 on 7:25 am
Oh absolutely, I’d be in favor of correcting the law, hell I wouldn’t have a problem with changing it to allow one with every year.
But the multiple levels of irony here are just too delicious — the decision does read the law strictly as it is written, in plain English Only. Do Crafton and his minions want “activist judges” to “legislate from the bench” and/or to disrespect that English language they love so dearly?