Tea Party loses library appeal!

If you're going to sue a public library, make sure there's a damn good reason. For instance, if the library censors websites at its public Internet terminals that are used primarily by adults, one is entitled - nay, obligated - to go after the libe with a flaming pitchfork.

But if you sue a library just because you hate libraries, you deserve to be laughed out of the courtroom. And that's exactly what happened to the Tea Party.

The local Tea Party sued libraries in Campbell and Kenton counties, claiming the libraries improperly levied taxes for decades. This claim was absurd, because if you're going to go after any institution on anti-tax grounds, there's plenty of better targets - for instance, endless wars and the expanding prison state. Two local Tea Party judges had initially ruled in favor of the Tea Party, but if Team Tyranny had ultimately prevailed, it would have forced at least some library branches to close - not just locally but all over Kentucky. That was the real aim of the lawsuit. The suit is the modern American equivalent of book burning.

But now the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled 3 to 0 in favor of the libraries. See, that's what happens when the Tea Party tries basing a lawsuit on a law that was repealed in 1979.

You can bet your bizcream that the Tea Party will appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court - squandering an untold amount of taxpayer money in the process. As the case progresses, all the Tea Party has accomplished is to highlight their own stupidity.

(Source: http://rcnky.com/articles/2015/03/20/appeals-court-rules-favor-kenton-campbell-libraries)