A Good Rant

Here's a really good rant from Bill Maher about a Florida county that, for some bizarre reason, decided it was important to institute mandatory drug testing for library volunteers.

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Dear lord, if they tried to mandate drug tests for library volunteers in my county (Multnhoma, home to Portland OR), they would rapidly run low on volunteers.

That really was a good rant though, gotta love Bill Maher. . .

Good thing I read that at work. If I'd read the second graf at home, I'd have scared the cats.