[Steel Wolf]

Earlier this year, the State of Illinois began regulating certain kinds of farmers as commercial motor vehicle drivers, a move that caused a lot of consternation in the Illinois farming community, seeing as it would require stiff new driving tests, periodic drug testing and other hurdles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stepped in to clarify whether the states had the right to do what Illinois had done, and on May 31, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a public notice asking for comment on the commercial licensing of farm equipment.

Okay, so the rule did exist, then was struck down? And commenting on this as an example of a dumb rule is a major gaffe?

I guess they don't make gaffes like they used to.

[lquist1]

“Earlier this year, the State of Illinois began regulating certain kinds of farmers as commercial motor vehicle drivers, a move that caused a lot of consternation in the Illinois farming community, seeing as it would require stiff new driving tests, periodic drug testing and other hurdles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stepped in to clarify whether the states had the right to do what Illinois had done, and on May 31, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a public notice asking for comment on the commercial licensing of farm equipment.

Okay, so the rule did exist, then was struck down? And commenting on this as an example of a dumb rule is a major gaffe?

I guess they don’t make gaffes like they used to. “

Boy, are they ever grasping at straws! This goes right up there with “Perry owned stock in a video store chain in the mid-1990s that happened to have an adult video section”-proving I guess that he’s a hypocrite? Pervert? Something like that. The establishment (represented by the WSJ in this case) must really be afraid of this guy.