A Florida judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer's underwear. Oh my God! Why did this story get so little airtime? Haven't we heard enough about Wall Street crashes, potential world wars, and plastic bottles that kill? Why aren't the media giving more emphasis to this piece of real news?
Apparently, some 17-year-old creep spent a night in jail after police arrested him for wearing low pants in Riviera Beach, southeast Florida. The bum was picked up pursuant to a law approved by city voters last March. Normally, the punk would have received a 150 dollars fine or community service, but he spent the night in jail due to a history of marijuana use.
The public defender accused the town of instituting a fashion police and asked that the law be declared unconstitutional. The judge agreed, but only after he did some extensive research into the subject by interpreting the intent of the founding fathers. It turns out that the early revolutionaries also wore baggy pants. This was done to intimidate the British, who often referred to folks like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as "thugs." In fact, the original Declaration of Independence contained the phrase, "Yo, yo, yo, we ain't trying to hear that....yo's" when referring to the colonies' dissatisfaction with British rule.
Historians also speculate that the early revolutionaries donned baggy jeans because it enabled them to better hide their muskets. In fact, the first draft of the Second Amendment read: "The right to be packin', shall not be f---ed wif, yo."
Personally, I'm happy that the judge made these constitutional findings. Wearing baggy pants is a fundamental right in our society. It is one of the privileges of living in a democracy. It also sends a strong message to other countries that America stands firm in its defense of baggy pants wearers. God Bless America and God Bless Baggy Pants!
Apparently, some 17-year-old creep spent a night in jail after police arrested him for wearing low pants in Riviera Beach, southeast Florida. The bum was picked up pursuant to a law approved by city voters last March. Normally, the punk would have received a 150 dollars fine or community service, but he spent the night in jail due to a history of marijuana use.
The public defender accused the town of instituting a fashion police and asked that the law be declared unconstitutional. The judge agreed, but only after he did some extensive research into the subject by interpreting the intent of the founding fathers. It turns out that the early revolutionaries also wore baggy pants. This was done to intimidate the British, who often referred to folks like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as "thugs." In fact, the original Declaration of Independence contained the phrase, "Yo, yo, yo, we ain't trying to hear that....yo's" when referring to the colonies' dissatisfaction with British rule.
Historians also speculate that the early revolutionaries donned baggy jeans because it enabled them to better hide their muskets. In fact, the first draft of the Second Amendment read: "The right to be packin', shall not be f---ed wif, yo."
Personally, I'm happy that the judge made these constitutional findings. Wearing baggy pants is a fundamental right in our society. It is one of the privileges of living in a democracy. It also sends a strong message to other countries that America stands firm in its defense of baggy pants wearers. God Bless America and God Bless Baggy Pants!
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