KEEPING ABREAST OF THINGs

When I heard the Louisville city attorney in the adult bar issue say that the constitution doesn’t guarantee freedom of nudity, I was shocked.  Will we now have to come up with a way to dress babies in the womb just before delivery?  Will the city of Louisville petition God and demand that babies be clothed?

 

I thought the city attorney’s statement was the stupidest thing since screen doors on submarines.  Adult clubs need this city attorney fighting against them.  Nothing beats dueling with an unarmed man.

 

Dogs and cats have more freedom than we do.  I cannot believe that they are allowed to go nude – and no cover charge!  I guess it’s all a trade off however when one considers that patrons of adult bars (as opposed to kid bars) aren’t handed pooper-scoopers when they enter.  At least by gosh we have that under control!

 

It seems to me that the term “adult” entertainment pretty much sums up an idea of reaching the age of decision.

 

I laugh when I think about what ordinances and politicians have done to adult bars.  I cry when I think of all of the deprived politicians that enjoy a good show now and then.  Well, at least Patton kept his antics semi-private.  Bill Clinton didn’t flaunt his but did it on our time and in our office.  For some reason, I find openness more appealing.  Hiding behind a big desk or in a motel room just makes things seem kind of sleazy to me. 

 

For the powers that be, wherever they are, to stick a time restriction on a taxpaying woman and limiting her right to show her body to a crowd of taxpaying Americans at a legal, taxpaying club just doesn’t sound right.  But they aren’t denying them the right to do that; they are denying the club owners the right to open their businesses according to business demand.  That, in turn, denies the dancers the right to dance and the patrons the right to go where they want to go in this “free” society.

 

What about the guys (and gals) that work 2^nd shift?  This dumb restriction denies them the right to partake of an entertainment that the rest of us can enjoy.  That ain’t right.

 

Now don’t hand me this malarkey that government regulates businesses all the time.  Just because they do it doesn’t mean it’s right.  This is the same precedent that is used all the time to snatch something away from us, and it has to stop.  Murders happen all the time, but we don’t accept them.

 

“You’ll be arrested if you are open between the hours of 1 A.M. and 11 A.M. Monday through Friday and 1 A.M. and 1 P.M. on weekends.”  Some retail stores are open 24 hours and bars without breasts are open until 4 A.M.  HBO shows adult movies all night, and pay-per-view shows them most anytime you want them.  Video stores with the ominous “back room” can sell adult videos any time their doors are open.

 

Adult clubs being close to churches and schools is a prime consideration for regulating the hours of adult clubs.  Is there a public night school that I don’t know about?  Are we now forcing kids to make homeroom by midnight?  It seems that the law would have been better applied if adult clubs were made to close from 7 A.M. to 9 A.M. and 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. on weekdays and 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. on Sundays to accommodate church goers.  But I don’t agree with that either.  Good Christians know that girls have breasts and men like to look at them.

 

But I digress.  We really shouldn’t equate church goers with Christians.  Christians, for the most part will tell you that they don’t agree with you, but they will allow you your own sins and say a little prayer.  They leave you alone.

 

The second consideration for limiting the hours for adult clubs is the crime factor.  This is all mumbo-jumbo statistics that don’t stand up under close scrutiny.  However, any of the stats that do hold water do so for a very good reason; adult clubs have been forced by zoning to locate to areas that are higher in crime in the first place.  Ah, what a fine bit of politicking this is.  Make adult clubs open in high crime areas and then blame the crime on adult clubs.

 

Frankly, I’m getting sick of the do-gooders out there telling me what is best for me.  I don’t go to adult clubs, but I want the option of doing so.  Some early morning, I may have a hankering to cruise over to Breasts Galore and take in a show.  I don’t eat breakfast, so I’d like the option of a menu substitution.

 

Speaking of Homeland Security and the "pandemic".  Janet Napolitano is warning us that this could be bad.  We may all get sick or die.  She says that we really don't know much about the flu but Mexico is seeing fatalities from it.  Napolitano is the Homeland Security director who wants to open our borders with Mexico.  It would seem to me that our borders are too open now and the swine are bring the flu with them.

Hey Napolitano, get a clue.  It's coming from Mexico.  How hard can than that be to figure out?  This is yet one more reason to say no to more Mexicans.

Can you believe this? 

On the first anniversary of Kelo, President Bush issued an executive order that strengthened property rights and protections against eminent domain.  Section I states that the federal government must limit its use of taking private property for "public use" with "just compensation", which is also stated in the constitution, for the "purpose of benefiting the general public." He limits this use by stating that it may not be used "for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken".  Shouldn't this also apply to local governments?

This got me thinking about the Obama regime and its propensity of seizing businesses like banks and auto makers, effectively nationalizing those industries and opening the door to further seizure and nationalization.  What if they decided to use simpleton-socialist Mayor Galligan's mentality and seized gun manufacturers?  At the point they could simply shut the down and stop the manufacture of guns and ammo, side stepping the 2nd amendment - own guns if you can find them.

Look out folks, it's coming.  And for those of you who are proponents of socialism, remember, Hitler was a socialist.

What you don't see is our crooked mayor hiding the homeless, the city sweeping its garbage under the rug, and the residents being put out royally.

All Derby week there are events that draw attention and participation from all over the world.  Saturday, April 25 this year (tomorrow), the mini marathon begins at six a.m.  Every street in the south end is barricaded and residents cannot leave their blocks. Runners have precedence over our roads.  There are many people who need to go to work who cannot get out.  There are deliveries that can't happen.  If there is a fire no one knows what would happen.  Would the race be halted to allow fire trucks access to the neighborhood where the house or business is burning?

One year I expect that something dire is going to occur and someone is going to die because the city too busy putting events to provide the services for which we pay taxes.

Mayor "Happy Pants" Abramson, why don't you move the mini marathon to your neighborhood one year so your east end rich folks can't leave their streets?  We don't want your damn mini marathon here bud.  And so we are clear, if something happens to one of my family and I need to get out, there will be some mashed runners to scrape off the roads.  

How about you join the race?