Saturday, September 24, 2011

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Should Certain Dog Breeds Be Banned?

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:15 AM PDT

By Buck Sexton, The Blaze

There has been a surge of highly-publicized dog attacks this week, including one that was nearly fatal for a toddler in Maine. Yesterday alone in San Diego, three people were hospitalized for pit bull attacks, as was a toddler in Massachusetts after being mauled.

And today in the Portland Daily Sun, a writer titled a piece "How We Could Ban Pit Bulls."

All of this raises the question: is it ever right to completely ban a breed of dog?

It's a more complicated issue than it seems at first. Some states don't allow municipalities to enact breed specific bans, while cities such as Miami and Denver already have blanket bans in place. Given the recent headlines and opinion pieces, dog breed bans are up for discussion across the country.

There are over 78 million owned dogs in the United States, and 39% of households own at least one dog, according to the Humane Society. Of that massive number, there only a few dozen fatal dog attacks in the U.S. each year.

But dog-kills-man stories get major national headlines, and that alone can result in bad laws. Even in generally freedom-loving Texas, legislation was prepared earlier this year that would have made owning a pit bull a felony (it did not pass). The bill was named "Justin's Law" after a young boy who was tragically mauled to death by two pit bulls in 2009.

To read more, visit:  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/should-certain-dog-breeds-be-banned/

Obama Administration to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:46 PM PDT

By MARK HEMINGWAY, The Weekly Standard

Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to depleting the ozone layer:

Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government’s latest attempt to protect the Earth’s atmosphere.

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday patients who use the epinephrine inhalers to treat mild asthma will need to switch by Dec. 31 to other types that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons, an aerosol substance once found in a variety of spray products.

The action is part of an agreement signed by the U.S. and other nations to stop using substances that deplete the ozone layer, a region in the atmosphere that helps block harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun.

To read more, visit:  http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-administration-ban-asthma-inhalers-over-environmental-concerns_594113.html
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