The Season of Fear Is Upon Us
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- May
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Now that the Memorial Day weekend is upon us, expect a flurry of warnings about the hazards of outdoor living from the Fear Center, i.e. Westchester County government. Everything from tainted hamburger meat to killer mosquitoes will be covered before you can say, “The Fourth of July.”
The first one has just arrived.
It’s about the dangers of inflatable wading pools. The county recently passed a law that requires stores that sell these kinds of pools to put out signs warning that pools with depths greater than two feet pose a risk to children and that parents should not leave their children unsupervised.
There is no doubt that some children have drowned in outdoor pools, but it’s hard to see how a sign is going to prevent such tragedies. But the law is in effect, and stores will be fined if they don’t comply.
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on Friday, May 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm by Phil Reisman.
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Phil Reisman is a veteran journalist and native of Westchester County. He began his career in 1977 as the head copy boy of a startup New York City newspaper that quickly went belly up. Reisman was not to blame for the newspaper's failure, or so he claims.
It’s great to know that the thousands of dollars in additional taxes that each Westchester homeowner pays each year for county government are being put to good use.
Think it is just a coincidence that the overwhelming majority of this fear mongering comes from the Democrat party? I don’t. They have a vested interest in keeping people dependent upon government. What better way than to scam them by making them fear everything and look to the boob-ocracy as their savior?