Libertarian Party hands out first annual
Libertarian Party hands out first annual
2) The "Of Course I Believe in the First Amendment, Except..." Award: To Congress and President Clinton, for passing the internet-censorship Communications Decency Act. "Nothing warms a politician's heart like a little book burning -- virtual or otherwise," noted Winter.
3) The "Divorced from Reality" Award: To Arizona, which passed a law requiring divorcing parents to take a course on the impact of divorce on children. "What next -- a law requiring single women to read The Rules?" asked Winter. "Perhaps we need a law requiring politicians to take a course about the impact of their silly, meddling laws."
4) The "Some of My Best Friends Are Married" Award: To Congress and President Clinton, for passing the Defense of Marriage Act in June, which allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages. "Apparently it takes a village to raise a child -- but the entire Congress to protect heterosexuality," said Winter.
5) The "What's Yours Is Mine" Award: To the Supreme Court, which ruled in March that the government can seize the property of innocent people under asset forfeiture laws. "This ruling proved that the Supreme Court doesn't know their assets from a hole in the Bill of Rights -- which is what they've created with this unconstitutional ruling," said Winter.
6) The "Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar" Award: To San Francisco, for spending taxpayers' money on an advertising campaign that compares cigars to dog droppings, launched after politiciansdecided that too many young women were smoking cigars. "Something stinks here, and it's not cigars -- it's politicians who think it's their job to nag adults about our bad habits," said Winter.
7) The "Give War A Chance" Award: To President Clinton for extending the stay of American troops in Bosnia for another year. "But give Clinton credit," said Winter. "In 1996, he resisted the urge to send American troops to numerous other international battlegrounds: Chechnya, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, and the divorce court of Charles and Diana."
8) The "Get A Real Job" Award: To Congress and President Clinton, for increasing the minimum wage, thus destroying an estimated 200,000 entry-level jobs. "It was the ultimate job protection bill:protecting the jobs of politicians," noted Winter. "Now they can start handing out federal goodies -- like welfare and job training programs -- to those 200,000 voters they threw out of work."
9) The "This Will Only Hurt for Six Years" Award: To David Kessler, FDA Commissioner, for another year of making Americans sick under the guise of keeping them healthy. "Doctor Kevorkian has nothing on Doctor Kessler -- who has spent six years keeping lifesaving drugs off the market and trying to restrict health-enhancing vitamins. He's a regulation epidemic," said Winter.
10) The "There's A Terrorist Under Your Bed" Award: To President Clinton and Congressional Republicans, for blaming the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 on terrorists, and using it as an excuse to try to pass a "wish list" of unconstitutional anti-terrorist legislation. "This legislation proves that Americans have more to fear from politicians than they do from terrorists -- especially non-existent ones," said Winter.