Via Glenn Reynolds:
Says Reason.tv:
Busybodies in Illinois are itching to bag baggy pants, and -Holy handcuffs, Batman! -in Los Angeles they’re throwing the Caped Crusader behind bars!
But there can be only one Nanny of the Month, and this time it’s the state bureaucrat who’s thumbing his nose at the great Kool & the Gang anthem by cracking down on bars and restaurants that offer ladies’ night (it discriminates against men, you see).
This month’s honoree, James Kirkpatrick, was appointed to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights by Gov. Tim Pawlenty. So, you know … yay.
Nanny. State. Madness. It just keeps getting worse folks.
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Guess I won't be moving to MN. Sorry, Michelle B.. -nt-
ladyimpactohio (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 6:09PM EST (link)We the people tell government what to do, it does not tell us.–Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech
It discriminates FOR men; these are some stupid people
Achance (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 6:15PM EST (link)or people who’ve never had a life. How I loved those days when the bar would pick up the ladies’ tab just to get them in. It was fun to ply a woman with whiskey on somebody else’s dime. Haven’t been able to do it in Alaska since the ’70s or early ’80s when the Leg decided that it was unlawful for a bar to offer any inducement to drink. That ended Happy Hour, free food during Monday night Football, Ladies’ Night, and even Ladies’ drinks at the strip joints Civilization is surely disintegrating.
In Vino Veritas
B....but..but Pawlenty is such a *conservative* shining star.....right?
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 6:25PM EST (link)All I can say is, I’ve always heard a certain sound coming from his shoes when he walks.
You know……kind of a squishy sound, know what I mean?
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
But, EPU, they're all like that, at least all the men.
Achance (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 6:32PM EST (link)Unfortunately, the Republican women are the ones with balls; the men hide behind their skirts. Shameful!
In Vino Veritas
Most of the men, Art. But...there.....is.....another....sky.....wal...ker
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Friday, July 2nd at 12:39PM EST (link)His name is Jim DeMint. Who has at no time metioned or left it out there that he might run for President. But I want him to.
And then….there is an intriguing fellow named Herman Cain.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
Here's one of the perfect opportunities for civil disobedience.
Locked and Loaded (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 6:36PM EST (link)I mean, how high can the fine be? It can’t possibly outweigh the benefits.
I personally believe we will not turn around this downhill slide until we are refusing to comply corporately – civil rights style, you know.
amen, I've been advocating such measures since before Obama - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 7:50PM EST (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
Discriminates against men ? More of an Attractive Nuisance for women
Joliphant (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 7:03PM EST (link)My guess is the crat who pushed this is a poor excuse of a human being that all the Alcohol in the world wouldn’t be enough to facilitate his making a connection.
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
I kind of like that one part
Raven (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 7:09PM EST (link)About discriminating against men being the reason. It was the wrong target and not used correctly, but at least someone is saying it.
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
Private organizations.
Joliphant (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 7:15PM EST (link)If they don’t receive government dollars it should be their call. Even with the government agency/subsidised institutions you would be hard pressed to find anything that doesn’t discriminate against someone.
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
As I said, "Wrong usage"
Raven (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 9:02PM EST (link)I’d like to see some government programs being targeted as discriminatory against men and other non-protected minorities. Particularly the hiring and wage programs.
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
I never felt discriminated against on Ladies' Night
Mark D Thursday, July 1st at 7:53PM EST (link)If discounted drinks for the ladies was what it took to pack them into a bar or club on Wed. or Thurs. night, that was okay by me. My friends and I were more than happy to pay more for our beer for the opportunity to meet mildly inebriated women…
For honorable reasons of course.
You know you’ve reached rock bottom when you’re told you have character flaws by a man who hanged his predecessor in a military coup.
Really? With Budgets in the Red and Small Business's Struggling to Survive
Michael Dugas (Diary) Thursday, July 1st at 9:47PM EST (link)this is what they choose to spend their tax dollars on? Lets spend dollars on investigating small businesses and litigating some alleged
civil rights violation over Ladies Nights at bars and put more people
out of work and diminish the tax base even further.
I’m really beginning to wonder about the future of our republic. Talk about a lack of priorities.
Intro to Federalist Papers; section 5;
paragraph 4.
“…dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the zeal for a firm and efficient government.”
Remember: A Citizen on the dole is a Liberal Vote at the Polls.
END ENTITLEMENTS!
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum !
Damn the shanty Irish like Kirkpatrick
Adjoran (Diary) Friday, July 2nd at 4:43AM EST (link)who are too cheap to pay the cover charge.
Really?
jarrod21 Friday, July 2nd at 11:18AM EST (link)I always figured the whole point of Ladies’ Night was to get women in the bar and get them drinking so they are (theoretically, of course) more open to other activities.
I don’t see how this is discriminatory towards me as a man.
We are so finished.
NoDoze Saturday, July 3rd at 12:35PM EST (link)A nanny state with a republican governor bans “Ladies’ Night” because they claim it is discriminatory to men.
The stalwart defenders of the things that made America great can only respond that it is not their desire to have “Ladies’ Night” banned, because they like having women drunk in bars and night clubs so they will have easier conquests for implied sexual purposes.
Now there is an ideal that will really restore America to greatness!!!
Historians tell us that there were three major factors in the decline and eventual fall of the Roman Empire: 1) Internal corruption of morals; 2) foreign invaders, and 3) natural disasters. Do you see any of these things happening in America today?