Only the mentality of government could come up with this solution. A city council in Great Britain is asking people to leave their sheds unlocked, because it costs taxpayers more money to repair sheds damaged by burglars breaking in.

Someone tell me when should the government tell companies where to invest their money and research? Never you say…then why are we doing it to oil companies?

That was Then, This is Now...

I have been reading about James Madison. He was a founding father and the fourth President of the United States. I have to add that for all you government-educated kids who don’t have a clue who he is.

Anyways, I ran across this message from the past and quote from Madison:

“The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state government, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”

Of course, that was then, this is now. If you listen to the presidential candidates you would think the primary purpose of our federal government is to redistribute wealth and provide free charitable services to everyone.

The churches in New Jersey are asking the force of government to ban children sporting events like little league on Sunday mornings. The use of government to enforce values on a society is wrong regardless of religion folks.

An Afghan legislative committee has drafted a bill with Taliban-style Islamic morality codes banning women from wearing make-up in public and forbidding young boys from wearing female fashions.

NYC restaurants with more than 15 outlets will be required to put calorie information on menus. This new regulation is believed to prevent 150,000 New Yorkers from becoming obese. Yeah...that should work.

This is America. When ordering, "Speak English."

Meet the owner of the famous Philly cheesesteak shop Geno’s Steaks in Philadelphia Joey Vento. Vento makes the meanest and best Philly cheesesteak sandwich I have ever ate. Seriously, if you have never been to Geno’s and tried one of these; you are definitely missing out. If you get the chance to get to Geno’s make sure you order in English.

Veto doesn’t know how to say or understand Cheesesteak in Spanish, Japanese, Chinese or any other language other than English, and quite frankly he doesn’t care to learn.

Just read the sign displayed at his South Philly shop: This is America. When Ordering, “Speak English.”

“If you can’t tell me what you want, I can’t serve you,” said Vento. “It’s up to you. If you can’t say the word cheese, how can I communicate with you – and why should I have to bend? I got a business to run.”

Vento put up the signs in October 2005 because of his concerns over illegal immigration and the increasing number of people in the area who could not order in English.

Some citizens of Philadelphia didn’t particularly care for Vento’s “Speak English” sign and notified The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, which enforces civil-rights and mediates inter-group disputes.

In February 2007 the commission investigated and found probable cause to open a case against Geno’s for discrimination, alleging the policy discourages customers of certain backgrounds from eating there, and the sign may violate the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance, which bans businesses from discriminating on the basis of nationality or ethnicity.

Vento, whose grandparents struggled to learn English after arriving from Sicily in the 1920’s, said the sign is freedom of speech and has refused to remove the sign. He has been in a legal battle with the commission ever since.

He also claimed the sign is not discriminating and testified he has never turned anyone away because they couldn’t order in English.

Well the battle is now over and Vento can keep his sign up without fines. The commission has ruled 2-1 that the sign does not violate the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance because the sign did not say business will be “refused, withheld, or denied.”

The commission thankfully ruled right, but I have to ask why the hell did they have to get involved in the first place?

This is Vento’s shop. It is private property and a privately ran business. Vento should be allowed to hang any sign with any message he wants. If customers find it offensive they don’t have to eat there.

When the government at any level gets involved with how a successful philly cheesesteak shop is run, it is time to take another look at the governmental laws, and commissions that are being used by bureaucrats to waste tax payer money and harass US citizens. These ridiculous commissions should be de-funded and the bureaucrats made redundant.

What do you do when vultures are destroying your house and personnel property? Well you can’t do much of anything because they are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

government regulation on eating

Someone has actually came up with and proposed a bill in the state of Mississippi legislator that would make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese patrons with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30.

The bill does not say what the penalties will be if the restaurant is caught serving a person with an excessive body mass index.

You know a lot of you were glad when the government went after smokers, and started regulating when and where smokers could smoke. I predicted to you that if the government were allowed to regulate that freedom, they would try to regulate others, now there going after fat people. Who is next??? Put any unhealthy act here, or maybe they should regulate the number of children you can have in the name of global warming. Less people less resources used.

Prepare to see more legislation like this as we get closer to nationalized healthcare.