progressive cyberdadaism from our nation’s capital

Congressional candidate Tony Zirkle:
“Every adultery (sic) book store will be immediately seized and the property will be forfeited to the taxpayers without any process of law other than a hearing within 10 days of seizure to give the porn-pimps the opportunity (to) challenge the sufficiency of prostitution evidence.”
Stage 2, Zirkle said, would involve “actual arrests” for those who did not learn from Stage 1. Stage 3, if necessary, calls for “super speedy public trials with severe punishment that is swiftly carried out after a rapid appeal.”
Which leads to Stage 4. “If this stage is necessary, then I am willing to debate the idea of returning the guillotine and lynch mob for those who prey on children under the age of 12; however, no capital punishment will be extended without at least four witnesses.”
I’ll look at his proposal more closely over the weekend, but at first blush it doesn’t appear completely well thought out.
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March 23rd, 2006 at 10:12 am
Is he running for office in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia?