Strip Clubs

So many good news stories today... I had 12 stories to talk about, and I narrowed it down to 8. I really need to get the Obscure Writings page up and going. Anyways, onto the story.

Another prime example of how freedom is taken away by religious nuts. The absolutely insane and evil, in my opinion, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (haw haw) is fighting hard against strip clubs. He's pressing for more regulation. That word makes me cringe.

Last week, Mr. Blunt signed legislation that makes lap dances, full nudity, and customers younger than 21 illegal. The new legislation also states that the topless dancers must stay at least 10 feet away from the customer, and must dance behind a 2 foot high railing. Basically, they must be caged. Oh, and the stripper can't touch the customer at all.

Mr. Blunt (I can't say it with a straight face) went on to say I believe this will stifle the operation of those businesses, and I don't think it's a bad thing." Nice, douche bag. In this quote, he makes it very apparent that he has no genuine interest in community standard, which is a load of shit in and of itself anyway. He just wants to "stifle" their operation. He wants them gone. He wants to ban them, because stripping and people who go to see a woman strip is a dirty, immoral activity. Because tits are dirty. Right, Father Blunt?

The reporter goes on to ask a very good question. He asks "You don't have a problem legislating morality?" Very good question Reporter Dan! Call this fuck out on his bullshit! Father Blunt is, without a doubt, legislating his biblical morality. And what do you think he responded to this very good question with?

"I don't have a problem enforcing community standards. I don't think this is a good industry to have in Missouri. I'm confortable doing things I know and we all know stifle operations in our state." Nice going, dickhead. What makes you think you have the power or the right to impose your moral values on an entire fucking state. Governor or not, I don't a shit. Does he think he's God? Nah. He thinks he's doing God's work.

He isn't enforcing community standards. I am willing to bet that at least 30% of Missouri is pissed about this. That's my low guess. Now, let's say that 95% of Missouri wanted these strip clubs gone. I wouldn't care then. Instead, I'd be bitching about how much Missouri sucks. But if that were the case, Father Blunt would be in the right. But that isn't the case. He's only interested in "stifling the operation" of businesses that he finds morally offensive. The community doesn't care. Those girls are stripping inside. Not outside! What the fuck do you care?

I mean really, fuck it. Let's assume 95% of all Missourians want strip clubs banned, because they feel they're immoral. Well then I would say fuck them. Who gives a shit if they find it immoral? Those strippers have a right to show their titties for money and those men have a right to pay 10 bucks for a lap dance if they wish. Because this is America and we are free to spend our money and make our money any legal way possible. That is until some homosexual Governor by the name of Father Blunt decides he hates women so much that he's going to make it pretty much illegal for them to show their titties.

What I'm saying is that it does not matter if even 95% of Missouri wants the strip clubs gone. If I'm a Missouri resident, and I hate strip clubs, explain to me how I am effected in any negative way by girls showing their tits somewhere else in town. How would that effect me? What, is there some sort of massive epidemic of men walking around the streets at night masturbating? Is that the complaint? Or maybe wives are upset that husbands don't want to fuck their fat asses and instead go see some hot chicks at the titty bar. Who knows.

What I do know is that there's no reason to "stifle operations", which is a code word for "make them go out of business". It effects no one negatively. It's indoors, it's private, and it makes no difference. Fuck Father Matt Blunt. I hope Father Matt Blunt gets smacked in the fucking face with two big ass tits. The Baptist Bastard.

But there's a flip side! There's the other extreme to this type of story. Leaving the extremely conservative Midwest, we now make our way to the extremely liberal San Diego, California. The Mayor of San Diego has been convicted of accepting illegal campaign contributions. And who gave him those campaign contributions?

Strip clubs. A strip club owner contributed $34,00 to Michael Zucchet so that he could help repeal the "no touching" laws at strip clubs. He was convicted of conspiracy, extortion, and fraud. Apparently, he paid the mayor and a local city council member in cash. And the funny part is, this guy was the new mayor. The old one recently resigned due to a scandal involving San Diego's pension fund. San Diego seems to be pretty good at catching the corrupt politicians. Now the rest of America needs to follow suit and start nailing the rest of them.

But regardless, this is what happens when people impose their moral values on private strip clubs. You're just asking for corruption. But as always, people are always willing to ban freedoms that they don't like. Just as long as it's something they don't like of course. They don't understand that one of these days, something they like is going to get fucked with. I guarantee this. For every person reading this, if it hasn't already happened, it will. Something you enjoy will be banned. It's inevitable. This is how freedom dies, and this is how the slow progression works. One story at a time. One regulation at a time. It just makes me sick.

I will be censored eventually. In time, the FCC will regulate the internet. My ISP or web host might get fined because I say "Fuck." It's happening. Someone is going to cross the line one of these days. The same argument as to how the FCC can regulate radio can be made for the internet. I'm just waiting for it to happen. Maybe when our Imperial Communist Government officials go too far, the public will wake up and do something for once.

We're just inching, one story at a time, one regulation at a time, towards a full-out Communist nation.