Manic Oppressive

“Milton High School does not discriminate against males, females or anybody else for that matter.”
— Principal of Milton High School in Boston

Makes me wonder just who all goes to that school. (Article at Yahoo News).

Man Found Driving Ambulance With Dead Deer – Comcast.net

Ahh, I want to be that guy when I grow up.

Montana Supreme Court justice warns Orwell’s 1984 has arrived | News.blog | CNET News.com

The article contains the complete opinion. ’nuff said.

This article from Law.com (Justices’ Ruling in Medical Marijuana Case Marks Shift for States’ Rights) has an interesting statement about how a dissenting opinion contained personal statements about the original law.

‘ “If I were a California citizen, I would not have voted for the medical marijuana ballot initiative; if I were a California legislator I would not have supported the Compassionate Use Act,” O’Conner wrote.’

I remember when this was on the ballot in Colorado, and all my very “intelligent” pot-head friends wanted me to vote for it. However, I didn’t because

1. It failed to mention how to distribute to people who needed it.

and

2. It didn’t even mention the existing Federal laws.

So is this about pot being legal or state rights?

I’d like to think that if the majority of the voters want something to be legal, then it can be legal. But if the folks that draft the laws leave out the more important aspects (such as distribution), then the clueless voters will vote for a law that doesn’t make any sense at all and is impossible to follow.

So the upshot is that if you draft a law, be sure and take into account any side effects of other laws.