The Constitution: Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
By The Republican war on labor is reaching a fevered pitch in Georgia, where the Constitution is being shredded in order to protect employers from inconvenient protestors. This effort is supported by Waffle House Vice President and Georgia State Senator Don Balfour, in case connections between large corporations that pay very low wages and the Republican Party were not clear enough to you. As Zaid Jilani notes, the bill would ban the actions of the Founding Fathers in protesting against the British:
Prior to the Revolutionary War, Sam Adams and other Founding Fathers formed a group called the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act and similar oppressive legislation. The Sons of Liberty regularly protested outside of the homes of British colonial officials, including the homes of tax collectors. If Balfour and Georgia’s Big Business titans have their way, these protests would be illegal, and Adams and many of the other Founding Fathers would’ve been arrested.
Think about that next time you dig into those delicious Waffle House waffles.
I was always more a fan of the eggs and hash browns myself, but the point stands.