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August 17, 2003
Sunday
 
 
Annals of bureaucracy
Robert Clayton Dean (Texas USA)  North American affairs

Blogger and Canadian writer Colby Cosh tells us why he is a libertarian in one of those don't-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry stories.

Yes, you read that right--an officer enforcing a health regulation ordered a club for recovering alcoholics to get a liquor license. But wait--it gets worse. The club's application was turned down by the province.

Read, as the man says, the whole thing.

Comments

This would be why I'm not only a libertarian, but an American one.


Posted by shana at August 17, 2003 08:59 PM

Oh pleeease Shana... I am getting so misty eyed that I am going to lose my lunch.


Posted by snide at August 17, 2003 10:35 PM

I think I am starting to see a pattern.


Posted by David Sucher at August 17, 2003 11:10 PM

Snide, good name for yourself. Don't they teach manners where you grew up?


Posted by Adam at August 18, 2003 01:19 AM

snide wrote:
Oh pleeease Shana... I am getting so misty eyed that I am going to lose my lunch.

Sorry, snide, but since we're not a libertarian society yet, you're going to need the proper government forms for approval if you wish to blow chunks. Those stomach acids are a threat to the environment, you know.


Posted by Ted Schuerzinger at August 18, 2003 01:52 AM