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September 3, 2010
Swing Sets Banned to Ward Off Lawyer Swarms
Posted by Dave Blount at September 3, 2010 8:17 AM
According to our liberal rulers, American children suffer from an epidemic of obesity. The solution: attack corporations that make food for children. Meanwhile, the pathologically greedy locust swarm of lawyers that bankrolls the Democrat Party prevents children from doing anything but gawping at the idiot box. The latest:
Swings are being removed from Cabell County schools in southern West Virginia in part because of lawsuits over injuries.
Cabell County schools safety manager Tim Stewart said Wednesday that a lot of parents are accusing him of being un-American, but he says the cost of maintaining a safe surface is too expensive.
Stewart says a lawsuit in the past year involved a youngster who broke his arm jumping off a swing like Superman. It was settled for $20,000.
Appallingly, Sean Hannity took to the airwaves yesterday proclaiming that banning swing sets is good because children might hurt themselves. Next will be bicycles, then skateboards, then roller skates, et cetera, ad nauseam, until shoes are banned because if children wear them, they'll be tempted to go outside, where something bad might happen. In the near future, an American child will look something like this:
But everyone will be safe, that's the important thing — right up until they keel over from heart disease at age 30, offering lawyers an excellent opportunity to sue the manufacturers of whatever they've been eating.
On tips from Eric and Incitatus.
