Mary Lou Dickerson is Watching Ballard Die While She Protects Pets From Domestic Violence

As the flavor and character of Ballard disappears, what is Mary Lou "Nero" Dickerson doing as our own lutefisk flavored Rome burns?

She's modifying important and necessary legislation about domestic violence to protect animals from perpetrators of domestic violence. Umm. OK. It's already illegal to hurt animals, right?

Quote from "State Government Declares War on Toys"

From the Naked Loon

“Kids these days have way, way too much fun,” said Representative Mary Lou Dickerson, one of the bill’s sponsors. “We must put a stop to the out-of-control enjoyment of today’s babies, toddlers, children, and youth,” she explained, “what better way to do that than under the pretext of safety?”

“I’m really proud of what we have been able to achieve with this bill,” said Dickerson. “We face a lot of basically impossible challenges in the legislature, like fighting global warming and balancing the budget, so it’s nice to head home with this win against childhood merriment—I mean unsafe toys.”

(Yes we know they're fake, but we like to think the author just did a good job reading between the lines.)

I thought I recognized her from somewhere!

We've found actual audio of Mary Lou Dickerson defending her poorly written toy bill AND her attack on the first amendment banning certain video games...

Click here to listen 

Her stupidest law

Mary Lou Dickerson's stupidest law (read the comments on that link for how the world sees our district) was her attempt to make video game makers liable for violent crimes carried out by the people who played them. Because, as we all know, it only takes a single violent video game to turn a well-adjusted, well-parented child into a heartless killer.

It couldn't be the responsibility of the parent. No way.

Not only that, but she doesn't think video games should be covered by the first amendment. Here's a quote from an NPR story:

MARY LOU DICKERSON: I don't believe that when we're talking about ultra- violent video games where players get points for decapitating people or beating people to death, I don't believe that's covered by the First Amendment.

She was wrong. They most certainly are.

She even passed a law making it a crime to sell a video game with violence against police to a minor. This, of course, would mean that police would be wasting their time running stings against video game sellers instead of protecting them from actual violence on the street.

If Mary Lou had been in office in the 1950s, you can bet she'd be leading the charge against rock and roll music and Elvis Presley's hips.

To this day, she runs a yearly sting to show that businesses will still sell "adult" games to minors without checking ID.