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Monica cheese it up for the cameras on Oscar night? Does news of Kosovo depress you? Read on for some of the most bizarre stories involving economics making the news today. Find out at the end how to look up more crazy stories on your own.
"U.S. Judge Voids Law Against Vibrators" Vibrator users, and the businesses that sell them, can take heart. On Monday a federal judge struck down the law in Alabama that prohibited them. Last year the Alabama legislature enacted a law that outlawed the sale and/or use of vibrators. (Of course if my Grandpa read this he would think I was referring to his hand-held electric massager - but that is another story.) Don't look for a strip club in Alabama either - they're outlawed under this legislation as well. Six women who either sold, or used, vibrators brought the lawsuit, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union
"(ACLU)". This story tickles the funny bone, but is also has a chilling effect. Imagine being told by the government that you are
forbidden from using something like a vibrator in the privacy of your own home? It's not like you can even get drunk or high off these things and go out and drive a car or commit a crime. Who is being hurt by the use of a vibrator? I can tell you who is hurt by this legislation. Small business owners. The women (or whomever) who owned the shops that sold these things. The owners of strip clubs. These people have had their livelihoods threatened simply because the Alabama legislature is made up of a bunch of stick-in-the-mud, wet blanket, puritans. I don't know about you, but I would sleep better in Alabama knowing that those hooligans who sell vibrators could be arrested for doing so. The crime rate should just plummet! I can see it now, I'm getting beaten, raped, or robbed, and the police are busy arresting some vibrator shop owner. Remind me, what country is this? China? Cuba? Perhaps we should refer to Alabama as the People's Republic of Alabama.
"Dial X For Sex In Brothel-On-Wheels" If you're frustrated about not being able to buy a vibrator in Alabama, try moving to Vienna where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. Looking to get a piece of you know what? Call Erotik Taxi. Careful though, no prank calls, because your call will be traced within five minutes and they'll call you back. For $250 per hour you get a black stretch Cadillac, porn videos, condoms, drinks, and a man or woman (aged 19-40) to suit your pleasure. The only rules are that clients must use a condom and no underage sex allowed. Want the limo for the entire weekend? You'll need to shell out $5,000. The entire service is completely above-board and legal. Escorts are registered with the authorities and "no illegal immigrants are employed" by the service. The US government should take heed. Legalize prostitution. Make it clean. Make it safe. And best of all from the standpoint of the government - TAX IT!!
