On Aug 12, 4:17*pm, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:51:17 -0700, sf > fired up
> > random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
> >> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:23:35 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>> And my original post referenced the LA city council contemplating
> >>> mandatory locks on recycling bins
>
> >> Hmmm. *There's another clue for you that it's stealing.
>
> > LA city council records indicate the measure was to keep the homeless
> > out of residential neighborhoods. One of my chores at work is to
> > monitor city council actions (long and very boring story here) and I
> > am often amazed at the idiocy the city council spends their time and
> > energy on. They recently passed a measure to "show solidarity" with
> > "our ******* and *** brothers and sisters in Iraq," another one to
> > "show support for Iranian freedom seekers" and the one that *really*
> > had me scratching my head: was to declare as illegal candy flavored
> > illegal drugs.
>
> Jeez, and I thought the Chicawgo City Council was being overly - silly when
> they bowed to animal rightists by banning foie gras a coupla years ago (the
> ban was eventually lifted)...

They were, how many geese are likely to vote vs how many Iraqi
immigrants may vote?

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada