Arkansians were this close to having to drink foreign wine
This is an update from some news of legislation passed
last week in Arkansas. Here's the quick backstory. A few states have gotten angry at California for banning eggs from hens that are kept in super tiny cages and are grossly mistreated. It's sort of the usual misplaced "Don't tread on me" thinking that goes along with other ideas from people who say things like "Don't tread on me."
Republican Rep. Dan "I'm none too bright" Douglas of Bentonville, Arkansas, believes that California's 2008 egg-laying law is a slight to Arkansasians. As a result he wants Arkansas to ban Californian wine—you know, like retribution.
Needless to say, many people were surprised when the initiative made it out of the legislature
with a 57-19 vote. Republican braintrust Dan Douglas
was the most surprised because state Rep. Dan Douglas had no intention of letting adults actually see his bill.
Douglas told the Associated Press Monday he wouldn't present the bill before the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee because it has already delivered an anti-regulation message to California lawmakers.
Oh Dan. Were you wasting taxpayers' money and time pretending to be angry about stuff?