Couldn’t Help But Notice (062507)
That a suit like this needs to be brought shows how upside-down things are:
A city councilman from New York City is challenging that city’s policy that allows and encourages Muslim, Jewish and secular decorations in public schools during Christmas, but does not permit Christian symbols. Councilman Tony Avella will unveil a resolution this weekend that would change public school policy regarding the display of Christmas decorations.
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Speaking of upside-down:
A federal judge has blocked a Dallas suburb from enforcing a voter-approved ordinance that would have prohibited landlords from renting apartments to illegal immigrants in the community. The judge in the case has issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement until a legal challenge to the law is resolved.
Three apartment complexes are suing the city of Farmers Branch, contending that the ordinance is unconstitutional. Mayor Pro-Tem Tim O’Hare, who helped craft the ordinance, is not surprised at the judge’s ruling, despite the fact that 68 percent of the voters approved the measure.
Of course, the next step, if the law doesn’t stand up, is that a landlord will be forced to rent to illegals whether or not the landlord objects to the idea on principle — all in the name of (grrr) “civil rights.”
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The hidden tax, otherwise known as the cost of government regulations:
Federal regulatory agencies will spend $47 billion in 2008, an increase of nearly $2 billion over the 2007 budget.
….. The study points out that the budget contains only a fraction of the cost of federal regulations. “In terms of lost output, the regulations cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion each year, or $8,000 per household,†said Jerry Brito, of George Mason University’s Mercatus Center in Arlingon, Va.
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Peace Train My A** — Go here (HT LGF; go to the last 25 seconds of the vid) and see Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, express his wish in 1989 that he could participate in “the real thing” involving a burning of Salmon Rushdie instead of “just an effigy.”
