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Any law that attempts to curb the tide of preventing unnecessary text messaging on cell phones while driving is fine by me. As for the opposite…
Twenty two states that banned texting while driving also offer some kind of traffic awareness service that drivers can access through their (wait for it) cell phones, according to the AP.
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Some of the most convoluted laws in the land are those relating to property boundaries. God help the poor bastards living in the 1/100ths mile of a property line because you can be on one side or the other, depending on the douchebags running your local government.
One woman in Buffalo who had been paying taxes to the city for years was suddenly told she can’t vote, according to the Buffalo News.
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Ah, you’ve got to love the ineptitude and inefficiency of government. Seriously, you have to, it’s the law.
Police in Louisiana are no longer using their speed cameras because it kept pulling over a government vehicle, according to TheNewspaper.com.
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You can put up all the signs you want, but you still can’t outlaw stupid.
A mother wants the state to require new drivers to put signs in their windows warning other drivers that the person behind the wheel is a “newly licensed” driver, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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Adoption is the most noble and selfless thing a human being can do. Taking someone who desperately needs to be loved in the most innocent person is, in my mind, the greatest expression of love in this cold universe.
So why, according to TIME, do some states have a law forbidding atheists from adopting?
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It’s one thing to stand up against a law you think is dumb, pointless and a destruction of our basic freedoms. It’s another to eliminate all logic while doing it.
One couple were arrested on drug charges for protesting pot laws by bringing a pot plant into City Hall, according to The Times Union.
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You’ve got to love the logic of the law. That’s why no one has any love for it.
It’s not only often confusing and outdated, it can also be ridiculously personal, like this dumb law in California (where else?) that outlaws office betting pools, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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The law doesn’t get any lower when it stoops to break the heart of a small child, short of a court order to break the heart of a small child with, say, a shovel.
A town in California did just that when it shut down a little girl’s lemonade stand for operating without a permit, according to the Fresno Bee.
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Why does Florida seemingly have all of the dumb laws in this country? If you live in Florida, probably the best way to afford any kind of misdemeanor or felony charge is to just sit in your room, take a breath exactly every 10 seconds and not make eye contact with any other living object. Good job citizen!
Apparently, two people are facing charges for posting pictures of themselves flashing gang signs on their MySpace page because it promotes gang activity, according to the Naples Daily News.
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What do you get when you try to cross a sheepdog with a three-legged pig? You get a really dumb federal bill.
Two U.S. senators are trying to pass a bill that would make it illegal to crossbreed animals with humans through genetic cloning, according to Kansas City Star.
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