posted July 11, 2010 03:45 PM         

10. miami forbids skateboarding in a police station.
9.london - it is illegal to die in the houses of parliament!
8. ohio makes it unlawful to get a fish drunk
7. in alabama it is illegal to drive blindfolded (d'uh)
6. london also makes it illegal to hail a cab if you have the plague (which i hear is actually making itself a nuisance in los angeles these days)
5. san salvador punishes drunk driving with death by firing squad...
4. vermont makes it mandatory that a woman have her husbands WRITTEN permission to wear false teeth
3. france does not allow one to name a pig napoleon
2.kentucky forbids carrying a concealed firearm more than 10 feet long
1. florida statute makes it a jailable offence for unmarried women to parachute on sundays.

i warrant most if not all of these laws long precede the advent of socialism ...

posted July 12, 2010 11:12 PM         

However katatonic, there is a connection between O'Bomber and Socialism and America has caught on quick.

Carville's Poll: 55% say Obama is a "Socialist"
By Jim Geraghty
Posted on July 09, 2010 9:13 AM

The latest poll by Democracy Corps, the firm of James Carville and Stan Greenberg, has Republicans leading on the generic ballot among likely voters, 48 percent to 42 percent.

Deep in the poll, they ask, “Now, I am going to read you a list of words and phrases which people use to describe political figures. For each word or phrase, please tell me whether it describes Barack Obama very well, well, not too well, or not well at all.”

On “too liberal,” 35 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 21 percent say “well,” 21 percent say “not too well,” and 17 percent say “not well at all.” In other words, 56 percent of likely voters consider Obama too liberal.

When asked about “a socialist,” 33 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 22 percent say “well,” 15 percent say “not too well,” and 25 percent say “not well at all.”

posted July 13, 2010 10:30 AM         

as NONE of these laws were passed since socialism came into existence(well i guess the parachuting one must be this century) they have absolutely NOTHING to do with socialism at all.

however they do point up the fallacy in your thinking - proving that over-regulation in matters that are none of govt's business has been with us for many a century.

and your post proves only that you have an inflexible onetrack mind that can't stay on topic unless the topic is of your choosing.

posted July 13, 2010 12:44 PM         

1, 5, 6, 7 and 10 were all passed since Socialism began to screw up the world...and perhaps the rest of the 10 as well.

Most people do not equate liberalism with socialism.

posted July 13, 2010 02:00 PM         

the plague, in case you hadn't noticed, has not been an issue this century(until quite recently when it has cropped up in los angeles). however there WERE cabs in existence in the old days when it WAS a common occurrence in london.

henry the 8th regularly spent summer in the country as the crowded badly ventilated spaces of london made a wave of plague pretty predictable there in the summer...and yes, they had the equivalent of cabs in the 15th century.

as i said OBVIOUSLY the parachuting statute is a 20th century thing. but unless you have info on the others your contention is debatable...

i wasn't talking about "most" people but the select few who take part in the polls you espouse and endorse. you know the ones that rationalize NOT asking obama supporters becaues they're not likely to vote, even though they obviously DID vote and very recently...

posted July 14, 2010 12:27 PM         

and the "blue" laws are mostly from the 17-18th century when that other great regulator, the protestant church, was in the ascendancy especially in local govts. the one about napoleon illustrates that it is certainly not just socialists who put restrictions in place that really apply to nothing...