"Hi, I'm from your government and I'm here to help.
You do have a permit to collect the rain, don't you?"
I hereby move that the 12-Step group formerly known as "The Democratic Party," in order to comply with Federal "Truth in Advertising" regulations, formally change its name to "The Buttinsky Party."
Any doubts I had that The Buttinsky Party may have still have a modicum of self-control when it comes to just leaving people alone were washed away today. Here's a bit legislation seeking to become law in Washington State. Small? Perhaps. But it illuminates the rabid compulsiveness of The Buttinsky Party better than larger issues.
"(4) The department may permit by rule, under conditions appropriate to the water resources inventory area, the use of rain barrels and cisterns to collect rainwater intended to be put to a beneficial use on the same property where the rainwater is captured."Now I knew, without looking, that any law that made you get a permit to collect rainwater had to have been sponsored by a
--Senate Bill 5113
HA! Genius, I tell you.
Posted by: DeoDuce at January 16, 2005 4:43 PMWonderful. Does the Demo - I mean Buttinsky- have a plan to license breathing? Seems like it could really be a revenue enhancer...
Posted by: EagleSpeak at January 16, 2005 8:14 PMThose silly Washingtonians don't think the water is THEIRS, do they? Although...I'd bet anything that folks in the city limits have a STORMWATER RUNOFF FEE tacked onto their water bills. And if they kept the water from running off, why then...
Posted by: slimedog at January 16, 2005 8:16 PMOh, that is BRILLIANT! I think they need to make a change to that though. There is nothing mentioned about collecting snow or hail. I'll wager that they are considering a 'snow tipping' fee though.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa at January 17, 2005 6:35 AMI think this bill is part and parcel of a larger effort by the WA Greens and their Democratic legislative toadies to make themselves feel that "they're doing something to save the salmon." I don't think it's at all innocuous, though the rain barrel part taken out-of-context is funny.
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