Posted on Wednesday, 4th March 2009 by Bruce
“The dolls, please. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. It’s your call.”
A West Virgina lawmaker (a Democrat, go figure) wants to make it illegal to sell - are you ready for this? Barbie. Wait, not just Barbie. From the verbiage of his bill, introduced yesterday, it would become illegal to sell any doll which “promotes physical beauty” in West Virginia.
“Democrat Jeff Eldridge introduced a bill in the House of Delegates on Tuesday that would ban the sale of Barbie dolls - and “other dolls that influence girls to be beautiful” - in West Virginia.
His bill, HB 2918, would make it illegal to sell Barbie dolls “and other similar dolls that promote or influence girls to place an undue importance on physical beauty to the detriment of their intellectual and emotional development.”
Kids need to know that “beauty from the inside” is just as important as outer beauty, Eldridge said.”
Now that the “party of equality and fairness” is power-drunk with its perceived national “mandate,” prepare yourself to see more and more fecal legislation like this thrown at the wall. And some of it may actually stick.
Remember the words of John Adams: “Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
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March 4th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I prefer Jefferson’s assertion:
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
Funny thing is the Democrats wouldn’t dare ban Hollywood celebrities, television programs, and movies that “influence girls to be beautiful” (as well as promiscuous and self-centered).
But, hey, let’s go after Barbie!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I once mistook a Virginian as a West Virginian and he took offense and made it clear to me that there is a big difference. If he’s reading this, he’d probably say to me, “See what I mean?”
March 4th, 2009 at 10:08 am
My dad’s family is from the hills of West Virginia and I happen to know quite a few lookers. If they don’t have Barbies to play with what will the dogs (the barking kind) have to bury in them thar hills.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I’m fascinated by this belief Democrats have that everyone in America is too stupid to raise their own children without the government telling them what to do every single minute of the day. (I’ll grant that many people are that stupid, you can read about them in the J-S every day, but that doesn’t justify intrusion into everyone else’s life.)
Anyway, if you want to talk about children and “toxic body-image messages”-promoting the concept that there is a single ideal body shape and those who aren’t genetically predisposed to it are bad people-be sure to talk about the HHS and their relentless drive to make sure all elementary schoolchildren worry they’re not thin enough.
Oh, wait, that’s OK because it’s government intervention “for your own good.”
March 4th, 2009 at 11:50 am
HeatherRadish, I can guarantee that our sons and daughters are going to find out who the HOTTIES are and who the HOTTIES are NOT. It’s called hormones. Fat chicks and pimple faced nerds don’t get the hot date for the prom. It’s called REALITY. If your child feels bad about him/herself, because Barbie is perceived to be hot, then you are not raising your child. Barbie is.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I’m fascinated by this belief Democrats have that everyone in America is too stupid to raise their own children without the government telling them what to do every single minute of the day.
I agree that some parents are too stupid to raise their kids properly.
However, the purpose of all these Democratic Nanny State proposals (and things already legislated into law) is ultimately NOT because they care about kids (if they did, they wouldn’t condone or advocate the wholesale slaughter of them in the womb)…but because they fear parents who DO raise their children properly and who DO NOT buy into the Democrat’s platform or politically correct thought.
Parents like me, and most conservatives, for example.
We just found out #2 is coming in August. A friend of my husband’s offered his congrats and his regret that our kids will grow up in a socialist state. My husband simply replied, “We will raise them to be dissidents.”
If this means buying a truckload of Barbies, so be it.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Amy P,
Congratulations on your news!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I have two daughters, my older one is already starting to feel the effect of society on her body image. However, this pressure is most certainly not because she played with Barbie. The most toxic influence on girls is the pop culture - the Disney “tween” shows, the magazines, Hollywood, etc.
I actually have had to block the Disney Channel because I tired of fighting with her about wearing her pants/shorts/skirts at the hip or waist-line instead of the “top-of-the-buttcrack line”. Try having a conversation with a tweenie about respecting the sanctity and preciousness of her body when every picture she sees is of a wanna-be floozy and the clothes on the market are for miniature prostitutes. Even Stride Rite has kiddie clear heels. Thank God for uniforms at our school.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Some info on Barbie: http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/40381612.html
March 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Congratulations Amy and hubbie. Let me guess, if it’s a boy it’s BARAK and if it’s a girl it’s HOPE. Tell you hubbie it’s time to CHANGE HOPE’S diaper.
I’m hopeful for my 8 year olds future. He’s got a huge advantage over the current crop society is raising. He can read and write and he knows wrong from right. He’ll be needed in society after the coming revolution.
March 4th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
They’ll have your kid denouncing you Gus, and voting for Lena Taylor before you know what hit you.
March 4th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
It could be worse Bhb, my son could grow a pony tail buy birkenstocks and move in with Foust.
I’ll tell you this my friend. There will be CORPORAL punishment if my son starts getting “hinky” on me.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Well, My wife and I actually named our son Barak(BEAR-ek NOT Barack) and he is quick to correct anyone who dares to pronounce it the same way as the idiot in chief’s first name.
Believe it or not, they are not the same root origin.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Buy birkenstocks? Don’t they grow on trees over at Madison? Get Bruce to throw a few extras in his trunk for you. And pick up some ribbons for that ponytail at the softball tournament.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Congrats, Amy!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Bhb, you’re scaring me.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Let me guess, if it’s a boy it’s BARAK and if it’s a girl it’s HOPE.
Um, I don’t think so. We’re dissidents, not liberals. Besides, a first name like Barack with OUR surname constitutes child abuse in at least a few states.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I haven’t felt this conflicted since Barbie told me “Math is hard,” and implied that I wasn’t skinny enough. Thankfully, my GI Joes were waiting patiently for me to return to them and blow up some Cobras.
This bill is ridiculous. It says more about West Virginia than it does about the Democratic Party.
Reminds me of that time that guy in Louisiana wanted to ban saggy pants. It failed, as I suspect this will.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/22/20080422saggy-pants0422-ON.html
March 5th, 2009 at 1:11 am
“It says more about West Virginia than it does about the Democratic Party.”
No it doesn’t. The Democrat party is all about control over one’s personal life and all about taking away liberty. It’s in their DNA. They do not trust their fellow citizen to make independent choices.
March 5th, 2009 at 5:31 am
What’s fascinating to me is that a man is so offended that he is introducing this bill yet Barbie is the creation of a woman. In the words of that famous philosopher Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?”
March 5th, 2009 at 5:56 am
When I first heard this guy from WV wanted to ban dolls that represented an unrealistic standard of beauty, I thought he was talking about dolls with teeth.
That was before they went on with the rest of the story (Barbie).
If he doesn’t get re-elected, he can probably get a job at DPI or MPS.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Congrats, Amy!
And thanks for the congrats. I’m happy, if not incredibly tired.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I wonder if inflatable dolls are covered under this law.
Just looking out for my fellow IQ-challenged citizens.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Maybe they make a doll after this Mexican Police officer: http://www.elpasotimes.com/juarez/ci_11839520
You have to scroll down.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
We just found out #2 is coming in August.
Congrats Amy! I would offer you some hand-me-downs from my twin girls, but my best friend had triplets that are about 6 months behind mine…too early to know what you are having yet, eh?
March 6th, 2009 at 9:45 am
As for this Barbie issue…I want to share with you all my experience growing up:
My favorite “doll” growing up was Baloo, the bear from Jungle Book. Being forced to play with this stuffed animal engrained the image on me that to be cool you have to be hairy, overweight and have a deep voice like Phil Harris. Being that I am none of these things, my self-esteem has suffered ever since.