Dear God. From the Palm Beach Post:
A state legislator has found yet another example of government regulation getting in the way of job creation.You honestly can't make this stuff up. She's entirely serious. And notice how she's using the standard Republican talking points about government regulations interfering with employment. Yes. Those mean government regulations that don't let you throw little people around like bowling balls for the fun of it. Next time maybe they can repeal the EPA and the FDA - after all, who doesn't like a little more arsenic in their drinking water, and a touch of salmonella in their hamburger.
So Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, filed a bill this week to bring back "dwarf tossing," the barbaric and dangerous barroom spectacle that was imported from Australia and thrived briefly in Florida before it was outlawed in 1989.
"I'm on a quest to seek and destroy unnecessary burdens on the freedom and liberties of people," Workman said. "This is an example of Big Brother government.
"All that it does is prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get," Workman said. "In this economy, or any economy, why would we want to prevent people from getting gainful employment?"
