Comments on: Visiting the American Nanny State http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/10/25/visiting-the-american-nanny-state/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: athEIst http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/10/25/visiting-the-american-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149417 athEIst Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:43:39 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7579#comment-149417 Forget what George W. told you and PLEASE STAY HOME! Forget what George W. told you and PLEASE STAY HOME!

]]> By: GregS http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/10/25/visiting-the-american-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149016 GregS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:34:38 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7579#comment-149016 "you don’t need common sense when you’ve got laws." And in one simple sentence, that police officer expresses *everything* that is wrong with public life in America today. Everything that Congress, the President, and the state legislatures do, seems to be aimed at eliminating the need or use of common sense by replacing it with laws to regulate and control every situation imaginable. “you don’t need common sense when you’ve got laws.”

And in one simple sentence, that police officer expresses everything that is wrong with public life in America today. Everything that Congress, the President, and the state legislatures do, seems to be aimed at eliminating the need or use of common sense by replacing it with laws to regulate and control every situation imaginable.

]]> By: Malcolm Smith http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/10/25/visiting-the-american-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-148998 Malcolm Smith Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:33:05 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7579#comment-148998 My wife, who has dual US and Australian citizenship, tried paying for groceries with a traveler's cheque. For identification, she showed her American passport - which one would think was solid gold as far as identification went. The checkout officer had apparently never seen a passport used in this way before, and asked for something else. It turned out her Australian driver's licence was OK. My wife, who has dual US and Australian citizenship, tried paying for groceries with a traveler’s cheque. For identification, she showed her American passport – which one would think was solid gold as far as identification went. The checkout officer had apparently never seen a passport used in this way before, and asked for something else. It turned out her Australian driver’s licence was OK.

]]> By: November 10 roundup http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/10/25/visiting-the-american-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-148906 November 10 roundup Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:21:59 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7579#comment-148906 [...] into an army of drones “whose sole job is to prevent their bosses from being sued.” [Never Yet Melted quoting British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the [...] [...] into an army of drones “whose sole job is to prevent their bosses from being sued.” [Never Yet Melted quoting British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the [...]

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