In case you haven’t heard, Idaho is now famous for more than just potatoes and “I da ho”, now having a sex scandal to call its own. Senator Larry Craig was recently exposed to have plead guilty to lewd conduct in a bathroom while making a stop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. How this happened in June and is only reported now is beyond me, but I’m glad to see major news outlets grill a man whose appearances at my high school were frequently key noted by anti-sex tirades and arguments for why motorcyclists shouldn’t have to wear helmets (an unrelated pet peeve of mine). You can read more about the incident at Slate where they kindly post the police report and engage in some amusing commentary about Craig’s foot tapping in the bathroom.
-Minneapolis Airport Lobby, 12:30 pm
I have a strange feeling that someone is going to confess to a “battle” with alcohol and ask the nation for his support.
no helmets for motorcycles? that is f-ing crazy! how is that even remotely supportable to a politican?
It’s crazy libertarian shit. These are the same people who think having seatbelt laws make us a totalitarian dictatorship. We’re Americans, so we should be free to do whatever we want…(unless you’re a woman who wants an abortion, a gay person who wants to get married, a convict who wants to live, etc.)
I think Idaho makes helmet use optional on motorcycles so they can redistribute them to fetuses for protection from their crazy mothers who wish to abort them.
Bob Allen’s (House Representative in Flordia) incident was funny too.
When he offered to pay money to service another guy…and later claimed it was because he was scared because the man was black and would rob him. Nice save!
In case you were curious, his interests on Florida’s website includes “water sports”.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4204
As someone with left libertarian sympathies…I don’t think the government should be making laws for my personal choices. I mean I appreciate lawmakers caring so much to try to protect me from myself, but eh…
FLAME ME NOW.
I’ll flame you…
These are not surprising my anymore, but thanks..