Ghost Wolf wrote:Here in Nashville, if a business, such as a resturant or bar, caters to a clientele 21 and older, smoking is permitted.

Other dumb Tennessee Laws (all still on the books):

-Hollow logs may not be sold.
-More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
-It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
-Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
-It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date. (Dyersburg)
-It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM. (Memphis) (I wanna know what happens to the poor frogs who break this one)
-Males may not be sexually aroused in public. (Nashville)
-It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises. (Memphis)
-Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis. (Memphis)
No person may roller skate and listen to a personal cd player at the same time. (Nashville)

Frag Monger wrote:

Ghost Wolf wrote:Here in Nashville, if a business, such as a resturant or bar, caters to a clientele 21 and older, smoking is permitted.

Other dumb Tennessee Laws (all still on the books):

-Hollow logs may not be sold.
-More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
-It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
-Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
-It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date. (Dyersburg)
-It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM. (Memphis) (I wanna know what happens to the poor frogs who break this one)
-Males may not be sexually aroused in public. (Nashville)
-It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises. (Memphis)
-Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis. (Memphis)
No person may roller skate and listen to a personal cd player at the same time. (Nashville)

The laws you list are actually not as dumb as some we have today... such as granting people who have never worked and never paid taxes (and never intend to do so) the right to vote.

This is a form of taxation without representation... as these people can tip the scales in deciding which "leaders" are elected... those who decide how much of our money to take from us, and how much to give to them.

Tell me why people who do not contribute to society (and only feed off of it) should be allowed to vote for how much the "tax paying workers" are forced to donate to society?

OneVoice wrote:Tell me why people who do not contribute to society (and only feed off of it) should be allowed to vote for how much the "tax paying workers" are forced to donate to society?

My Mom never worked. My Dad worked his butt off to support the family, while my Mom stayed home to take care of the house, raise us kids, keep track of household finances, etc. etc.

By your account, my Mom should not be allowed to vote, right? You'll tick off every stay at home Mom in the country with that attitude.

Frag Monger wrote:

Ghost Wolf wrote:Here in Nashville, if a business, such as a resturant or bar, caters to a clientele 21 and older, smoking is permitted.

Other dumb Tennessee Laws (all still on the books):

-Hollow logs may not be sold.
-More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
-It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
-Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
-It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date. (Dyersburg)
-It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM. (Memphis) (I wanna know what happens to the poor frogs who break this one)
-Males may not be sexually aroused in public. (Nashville)
-It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises. (Memphis)
-Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis. (Memphis)
No person may roller skate and listen to a personal cd player at the same time. (Nashville)

I'm sure there are plenty of laws on the books where you are from that have never been repealed. Your examples, while meant to be denigrating, are actually good examples of government interference with things they have no buisiness being in, reinforcing points I have made regarding individual rights on this board. Notice also these seem to be local ordinances, rather than state laws. I note that progressives tend to ridicule the person rather than refute the fact. In this case, it is being done by proxy, by implication that the state one resides in is somehow backward.

Frag Monger wrote:

OneVoice wrote:Tell me why people who do not contribute to society (and only feed off of it) should be allowed to vote for how much the "tax paying workers" are forced to donate to society?

My Mom never worked. My Dad worked his butt off to support the family, while my Mom stayed home to take care of the house, raise us kids, keep track of household finances, etc. etc.

By your account, my Mom should not be allowed to vote, right? You'll tick off every stay at home Mom in the country with that attitude.

Sometimes, when we post, we don't go into "full details" of our economic plans. Perhaps if we had Presidential-style debates we could go deeper into them.

Like this...

If I were in power to formulate the "voting rights plan" I would most certainly allow men and women to vote who have spouses that work and pay taxes, because their "families" are contributing. Stay-at-home moms and dads are doing very good service to their families and communities. And you left out the part where I said "feed off" the taxpayers. Moms who stay home while the husband works is NOT living off of other taxpayers. They are living off the sweat of their husbands.

Is that better, or do I need to go even deeper?

Every legal US citizen pays taxes in one way or another. All American's should have the right to vote. Only illegal aliens should not (since they don't work legally, don't pay income taxes and are draining our economy by 'living off the sweat' of the American worker).

Frag Monger wrote:Every legal US citizen pays taxes in one way or another.

Can you post a link to this?

You know... one that shows how someone pays taxes while sitting on the couch all day watching soaps and game shows. How do they pay taxes doing that?

And how does a person on food stamps and welfare pay taxes when shopping? Those "sales taxes" are also paid by the taxpayers.

And how does a woman living off the dole pay taxes by continuing to spit-out more and more children, thus getting more and more in hand-outs?

For real... I "need" to see that link, if you don't mind.

Those "sales taxes" are also paid by the taxpayers.

i'm not hearing a bunch of bellyaching about having to pay for the greed and profiteering of incompetent and criminal ceos---they'll be watching soaps and game shows on their yachts while drinking champagne with their compatriot ne'er-do-wells...

theres an old song--- 'steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king'

oddmanin wrote:Those "sales taxes" are also paid by the taxpayers.

i'm not hearing a bunch of bellyaching about having to pay for the greed and profiteering of incompetent and criminal ceos---they'll be watching soaps and game shows on their yachts while drinking champagne with their compatriot ne'er-do-wells...

theres an old song--- 'steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king'

The liberal sub-prime loan scam put in place by the Democrats paid the CEO's all that money.

See... the CEO's would not have made as much in a "free market" realm. But the government forced the lenders to give loans to people who could not pay them.

Now... since the CEO's were paid according to the amount of business performed by the companies, and the number of loans made by the companies, and/or both... well... their pay kept going up, up, up.

But for the real story, I suppose we could ask Franklin D. Raines. He is busy helping Obama win the White House at the moment, but when this election is over, he may find time to tell us how he walked away from Fannie Mae with Ninety Million Dollars.

And I suppose we could ask Barney Frank, too, since he was on the board charged with oversight over Fannie Mae... but, as I've recently learned, he was having an affair with some guy way up the ladder on the Fannie Mae payroll, so I'm sure his judgement was a little "clouded".

I hear they are starting an investigation in congress to get at the bottom of all this mess.

That's odd, seeing-as-how we already know which Democrats and which of their policies were responsible for it all... not to mention those who fought against reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before it was too late.

But Dems prosecuting Dems?

Hah... hell will freeze over before that ever happens.

shit, the dems cant even get off their asses to prosecute reps!!!

Man Eats 15lb. Burger (20lbs. w/ bun & toppings):


"It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.

The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield.

Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. "About three hours into it, things got tough," he said.

When asked what possessed him to eat a burger that big, Sciullo said: "I wanted to see if I could."

The burger included a bun, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, mild banana peppers and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish, pub owner Dennis Liegey said.

For completing the challenge in the under-five-hour time limit, Sciullo won $400, three T-shirts, a certificate "and a burger hangover, as I call it," Liegey said."

Did doing this make anyone nearby when he ate it fatter? No?

I didn't gain weight, but my blood pressure went up 10 pts. just looking at the picture!

lol. No doubt. That thing is like eating four or five entire meatloafs, a few loaves of bread and enough toppings to make a huge luttuce, tomato, picke salad (and about a 1/2 pound of cheese).

One of these days, I'm gonna head to some place that sells 10lb. burgers & go split one with a friend.

Here's the ingredient list for one 4-5 pound "burger" sold in Eastern Washington:


"The final ingredient list: three 1/2-pound beef patties, ham, turkey, roast beef, corned beef, bacon, a fried egg, chili, potato salad, pineapple, lettuce, tomato, green peppers, jalapeños, pickles, onions, mushrooms, olives, blue cheese, Swiss cheese, American cheese, cheddar cheese, salsa, an onion ring, a few French fries and a toasted bun.

The finished burgers ended up 6 1/2 inches tall and weighing more than 4 pounds. As we sat down, there came an interesting problem: how to eat them. One guy said it was like reaching into a bucket of random food and pulling out a handful."

a fried egg


"A" fried egg???

I also laughed at "an onion ring". Just ONE!? lol