Drop Your Pants

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill yesterday that allows law enforcement to fine an individual "who exposes his below-waist undergarments in a lewd or indecent manner." According to the local news, a lot of young people who wear this style of pants, shorts or skirt, are really offending a group of Virginians so a daft delegate wrote a crappy piece of legislation.

My first question is, what exactly is lewd and/or indecent? Perhaps some legislators who get campaign donations from Comcast Cable can explain it - obviously they would know 'indecent' and 'lewd' from the adult movie offerings available with Comcast On Demand.

My second question is, why are Democrats helping push the radical right-wing agenda? Shockingly enough, the bill's sponsor is a Democrat. Fourteen other Democrats voted for the bill as it passed the House 60-34, with 44 Republicans voting for it.

It's funny how these anti-government Republicans have no problem using the power of the government to police youth fashion but want to cut back the use of that power to alleviate other people's suffering.

And some Democrats seem more than willing to help them.