Are you aware that if you only add one to anything over and over you will eventually end up with a whole bunch of some things?
Every time a New Regulation is created we lose our right to do something or are required to do some other thing that we might not want to do.
If there were only about 10 Regulations levied on us we could put them on a 3X5 Index Card, have it laminated and keep it in our collective pockets in order to stay on top of what we are required to do and not do.
The problem is we have to keep track of a lot more than 10 regulations. Of special interest is the State of California where 876 New Mandates went into effect on the same day last week.
How many mandates Californians actually have I do not know but I would bet they would never fit on a 3X5 Index Card.
This is actually not important because the California Legislature is a very forward thinking bunch. Years ago they passed a mandate that stipulated that 3X5 Inch Index Cards must be bigger than 3X5 Inches.
Whatever the total number of California mandates is they now have 876 more to keep track of as they go about their never-ending daily quest of trying to be Kool.
You just said to yourself that you think I am over reacting again. The thought probably just crossed your mind that every one of these 876 New Mandates is probably worthwhile.
If you really think so, I ask you to read the details below of just two of these new mandates and see what you think about their worthwhileness...
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Californians Can No Longer Hunt Bears with Trained Dogs...
Since I am always logical, this must, of course, mean that it is OK to hunt bears with Untrained Dogs.
Can you just imagine how many Forest Rangers Disguised as Bushes are going to have to be stationed throughout the Golden State to catch hunters who are using Trained Dogs?
The suspected offending dogs will have to be tested on the spot to determine whether they are trained or not. Just what the testing procedure is going to be is now in the hands of the Regulators. When they come out with their new set of Trained Doggie Determination Testing Procedures I will write a Foolishness...Or Is It to help you understand this new silliness. Check back with me later.
I have one final point I wish to bring up that the California Legislators did not foresee. Can you imagine how many Forest Rangers Disguised as Bushes are going to be eaten by bears once this mandate is fully implemented?
You never thought of this, did you? I can assure you that the California Department of Bear and Dog Interaction did not think of this factor either but, once they do, they will certainly implement a bunch of regulations.
I sure hope the bears are able to read the regulations that they are going to be required to abide by.
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I wish to apologize to you for the length of this posting but these are important issues that you need to know about.
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Limited Parking Next To Broken Parking Meters...
In California it is now against the law to park next to a Broken Parking Meter for more time than you could park next to the Broken Parking Meter if the Broken Parking Meter were not a Broken Parking Meter.
Stop and think about enforcement of this mandate. How are the enforcers of this regulation going to know how long the offending Californian has been parked next to the Broken Parking Meter?
Are they all going to be issued Stop Watches to catch the “offenders”. Are the police really going to stand there waiting for the hours to tick by before they write the ticket?
Once the standing by and the watching has started, will they have to finish the standing and the watching before they can go on to other transgressions of the law that might happen around them?
Criminals have proven long ago that they are resourceful. These bad guys will probably start robbing banks, mugging Californians, jay walking, carjacking with impunity all around the Standing and Watching Policeman knowing that the Long Arm of the Law is busy and, is therefore, powerless to stop them.
I have an idea for California. (I always have thoughts on how to fix the pressing problems of the day)...
Why not just fix the broken parking meters?
Would I kid u?
