Tuesday night saw the Iowa City Council doing its' best impression of "bravely running away", as they voted unanimously to put the proposed 21 ordinance on the November 6th ballot. There had been a petition from the Committee for Healthy Choices group which received enough signatures to compell the Iowa City Council to either vote on the measure or vote to send it to the November 6th ballot.
Obviously, the Iowa City Council is full of a bunch of "politicians", because they chose to make no decision, by sending it to the ballot. What were they elected for if they cannot make the tough choices, without giving the wimps excuse of "we need to let the people decide" or some other such nonsense.It is always the cry of the politician who is afraid of losing support from any area that can only decide, by not deciding, what they think. Sounds like we have future National Congressmen and Senators to "vote against, before I voted for" the bill, in training. We should be so "proud"!
In the second vote they decided to ban all amateur fighting in any establishment that serves alcohol. This was obviously a no brainer, as most of the fighters and their friends probably don't vote, or that is what the City Council "may have chosen to believe". We shall try and change that between now and the City Council's next elections. Anyway, The Iowa City Council voted unanimously in favor of the ban, which requires two more votes before it can be adopted. So if you wish to stop this ridiculous ban let these people know and know now. This is another cowardly move, because they choose to infringe on the rights of a "few" people, whose votes they find negligable, as opposed to vocal and intense groups like the "Committee to Ban Anything Remotely Fun", and while I did not see that they were directly involved, I am sure some of them were behind the scenes, as they have nothing better to do in their lives then ruin other people's lives, and wipe that smile off anyone's face who might be enjoying life.
I recommend to the Union bar to take a cue from what was done last evening and begin offering prizes, thus making it a Professional fight and placing it under current Iowa state law and put the onus on the city. Let them feel some pain, if they want to stop the harmless fun that these few people voluntarily consent to. I mentioned before that this fight night is really not my thing, but I shall come down and support the fights, as a concerned citizen who thinks that Iowa City has too much of a "Nanny" complex already, and I hope others will join us, and show the City Council that they should be nervous how WE will VOTE when they are up for their next elections! The non-vocal Majority may wish to make some sweeping changes!!
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Sanctimony Rules In Iowa City
There are two stories in the Iowa Press-Citizen reporting that the City council will vote on the two ordinances which will effect activities in the bars in this city. The first will be the ordinance to prevent anyone under 21 from being in the bars after 10 p.m. in response to a petition by the 3576 "concerned" citizens of the "We Want to Rule Every part of Your Life" Nanny Group. I am sorry for disparaging people who only want to give us a better life..Yeah Right!, and I have beach front property in Florida. This is just an example as I mentioned before of a bunch of old "fuddy duddy busybodies" that cannot believe they have lost their youth. However, instead of enjoying the lives that they now have, they CHOOSE to stick their nose in everyone's else's fun and want to shut it down, so they can sit back on their sanctimonious a""e" and feel "oh so much more superior" to the rest of us.
Which brings us to the second story which is the City council will also either decide to ban all amateur fighting in the city bars or leave it for a vote in the fall. The proposed ban stems from safety concerns over the Union Bar's Fight Night. Every Wednesday since March, the downtown bar at 121 E. College St. has featured a popular mix of amateur boxing, ultimate fighting and grappling matches.
This is again just another attempt to take every bit of fun out of living in this Nanny city. The people who enjoy this type of fun should be left alone. There have been very appropriate comments that they should be regulated and have medical personnel and anything else that makes it safer, but these people are not doing anything worse than you would see on a regular episode of JackAss. I do not participate in or enjoy this kind of "fun", but I am not "Superior" enough to say that they cannot enjoy themselves with this kind of activity.
Why is it that "Progressives" are always trying to squeeze the fun out of everything in life. I swear you let them keep this up and the next targets will be the fast food restaurants, because eating high calorie foods can result in injury to your body just as great as a few punches or a few drinks. You wait and see, their ultimate goal is to decide every part of our lives for us. Big Brother lefties are just as bad as Big Brother righties, and just as scary and dangerous for people who believe in living life and personal liberty.
Take care and save us from people who just want to "help" us live better lives.
Which brings us to the second story which is the City council will also either decide to ban all amateur fighting in the city bars or leave it for a vote in the fall. The proposed ban stems from safety concerns over the Union Bar's Fight Night. Every Wednesday since March, the downtown bar at 121 E. College St. has featured a popular mix of amateur boxing, ultimate fighting and grappling matches.
This is again just another attempt to take every bit of fun out of living in this Nanny city. The people who enjoy this type of fun should be left alone. There have been very appropriate comments that they should be regulated and have medical personnel and anything else that makes it safer, but these people are not doing anything worse than you would see on a regular episode of JackAss. I do not participate in or enjoy this kind of "fun", but I am not "Superior" enough to say that they cannot enjoy themselves with this kind of activity.
Why is it that "Progressives" are always trying to squeeze the fun out of everything in life. I swear you let them keep this up and the next targets will be the fast food restaurants, because eating high calorie foods can result in injury to your body just as great as a few punches or a few drinks. You wait and see, their ultimate goal is to decide every part of our lives for us. Big Brother lefties are just as bad as Big Brother righties, and just as scary and dangerous for people who believe in living life and personal liberty.
Take care and save us from people who just want to "help" us live better lives.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Leave The Kids Alone
I finished reading two stories and have added links for anyone who wants to read them in their entirety. The crux of the stories are that the Iowa City Council are once again "bravely" running away from issues that might lose them votes the next time they run for office.
The first is the 21-only ordinance that has been brought to the City Council after a petition was brought to them by some "fuddie duddies" called the Committee for Healthy Choices. On Wednesday, City Clerk Marian Kerr validated the petition which called for the City Council to decide whether to make it illegal for those younger than 21 to be in Iowa City bars after 10p.m. The group had 3,576 signatures and only 3,333 signatures are necessary for a petition to be considered.
The Committee for Healthy Choices next petition will be to have the City Council consider whether or not citizens can super-size their fast food meals or whether or not to regulate that all fast food shops close their doors, because they are not healthy.
For the 21 only ordnance to be implemented the City Council has to make some, but they seem to be hinting pretty strongly that they will punt and add the issue to the November 6th Election Day ballot.
Hopefully, all the 18 to 21 year olds will vote if it is on the ballot and while they are at it, they could maybe pull the levers against anyone on the City Council who supported the Healthy Choices initiative.
While we are having at the City Council you should read the second story which also deals with bars. It is about the issue of amateur bar fighting and whether or not they should stop it all together or try and regulate it.
Now I have never seen the fights which are held at 121 East College Street, which is the Union Bar, and it holds a Fight Night every Wednesday, according to the story. It stated that in order to fight you must sign a waiver and verify you are sober.
The police chief said that there have been no problems other than a few fighters having to be treated at the hospital emergency room.
They have a certified nurse ringside and a referee to oversee the fights, so why does someone have to come along and try and ruin their fun. This is just one more Big Brother issue that does not need a solution. The fighter's voluntarily get in the ring and have some "fun". Now maybe it is not your idea or mine of fun, but that can be said of many dangerous sports or pursuits and we don't do away with them just because someone gets hurt.
I think most of this is just old people being jealous of young people and realizing that they are missing out on the fun. I am getting older too, but I am comfortable in allowing people to be stupid and take risks, just like I did when I was their age. Let them have fun and get a life, instead of trying to run everybody else's.
I would venture to bet that many of the same people pushing to regulate the fights or stop underage drinking were themselves underage drinkers at one time. I know I was an underage drinker and that was when you only had to be 18, instead of now when people want you teetering on entering a rest home before you are allowed to have a drink or two with your friends.
Stop trying to be nannies to these young people and allow them some fun memories of their time in college.
Say No To 21, Yes to 18!
Fight Night
The first is the 21-only ordinance that has been brought to the City Council after a petition was brought to them by some "fuddie duddies" called the Committee for Healthy Choices. On Wednesday, City Clerk Marian Kerr validated the petition which called for the City Council to decide whether to make it illegal for those younger than 21 to be in Iowa City bars after 10p.m. The group had 3,576 signatures and only 3,333 signatures are necessary for a petition to be considered.
The Committee for Healthy Choices next petition will be to have the City Council consider whether or not citizens can super-size their fast food meals or whether or not to regulate that all fast food shops close their doors, because they are not healthy.
For the 21 only ordnance to be implemented the City Council has to make some, but they seem to be hinting pretty strongly that they will punt and add the issue to the November 6th Election Day ballot.
Hopefully, all the 18 to 21 year olds will vote if it is on the ballot and while they are at it, they could maybe pull the levers against anyone on the City Council who supported the Healthy Choices initiative.
While we are having at the City Council you should read the second story which also deals with bars. It is about the issue of amateur bar fighting and whether or not they should stop it all together or try and regulate it.
Now I have never seen the fights which are held at 121 East College Street, which is the Union Bar, and it holds a Fight Night every Wednesday, according to the story. It stated that in order to fight you must sign a waiver and verify you are sober.
The police chief said that there have been no problems other than a few fighters having to be treated at the hospital emergency room.
They have a certified nurse ringside and a referee to oversee the fights, so why does someone have to come along and try and ruin their fun. This is just one more Big Brother issue that does not need a solution. The fighter's voluntarily get in the ring and have some "fun". Now maybe it is not your idea or mine of fun, but that can be said of many dangerous sports or pursuits and we don't do away with them just because someone gets hurt.
I think most of this is just old people being jealous of young people and realizing that they are missing out on the fun. I am getting older too, but I am comfortable in allowing people to be stupid and take risks, just like I did when I was their age. Let them have fun and get a life, instead of trying to run everybody else's.
I would venture to bet that many of the same people pushing to regulate the fights or stop underage drinking were themselves underage drinkers at one time. I know I was an underage drinker and that was when you only had to be 18, instead of now when people want you teetering on entering a rest home before you are allowed to have a drink or two with your friends.
Stop trying to be nannies to these young people and allow them some fun memories of their time in college.
Say No To 21, Yes to 18!
Fight Night
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