Virginia Vs. "Scuzzball Reporters" (That's Me!)

[deadparrot]

Virginia state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican from Fairfax County, is one of the press corps' favorite lawmakers in Richmond. He's no great statesman, but he's got a penchant for taking the outrages of daily life and concocting some way to write new laws about them.

Lately, Cuccinelli is bothered by "scuzzball reporters out there who don't have a shred of human decency to give a flying rat's tail about the condition or feelings or circumstances of families" who've suffered some tragedy. Cuccinelli is offended by the sight of press hacks descending on citizens who've lost a loved one in some crime, fire or accident, so he's decided it should be illegal for reporters--or anyone else, for that matter-- to visit such families.

His Senate Bill 1120 would deem criminal anyone who enters onto someone's private property within a week after the owner's family "suffered a substantial personal, physical, mental, or emotional loss, injury, or trauma."

The senator says this is necessary to stop scuzzball reporters from "bugging people" for a "juicy quote."

I'm one of those scuzzball reporters.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/01/virginia_vs_scuzzball_reporter.html

[Little Wing]

1. If the people want to make a statement, then let them make it

otherwise leave them the fuck alone.

Pretty simple, eh?

[silverweb]

2. Good.

"His Senate Bill 1120 would deem criminal anyone who enters onto someone's private property within a week after the owner's family "suffered a substantial personal, physical, mental, or emotional loss, injury, or trauma."

Simple human decency calls for that minimal consideration.

[Solo_in_MD]

3. Its as good a reason as any for automated sprinkers

preferably a system with an additivie capability for fertilizer or insecticide. Wait until they gather and then douse them all, add phosphates and Malithion to taste. Yes I'm feeling snarky, and I depise the feeding frenzies of the MSM. However, the bill is inane.