{"id":5434,"date":"2011-03-19T02:47:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2011-03-19T02:47:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T02:47:47","slug":"democracy-simply-does-not-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5434","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Simply Does Not Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IdiotWith all the kerfuffle in the USA over texting while driving you’d have expected any proposed law to make it illegal to sail through the system and become enforceable in no time at all.<\/p>\n

Not so in Montana.  The Republic reports that Bill 251 has been rejected by a 31-18 vote.<\/p>\n

Apparently, it would be hard to enforce and create more work!<\/p>\n

It’s nice to know that it isn’t just in the UK that people who should be under 24 hour care make it into government positions.<\/p>\n

I wonder how they think they can stop it without it involving extra work?<\/p>\n

Basically, these loonies have declared that texting while driving is OK by virtue of rejecting a bill to make it illegal.<\/p>\n

In the words of Kent Brockman:<\/p>\n

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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