Things Are Good In South Dakota

Things must be pretty good in South Dakota.  How else to explain the attention the legislature gives to petty and unimportant issues.  Our educational system and state economy must be so good that we can turn our attention to tanning salons, smoking in bars, massage therapy, and whether we should require people to be in child safety seats in cars until they are 42 years old (ok, 8 years old).  Let's just get this over with and pass legislation to envelope the entire state in bubble wrap.  That ought to keep us all safe from our own stupid selves.  Because if we are not capable of figuring out whether to get a fake tan, whether to go to the bar where people might smoke, who is a competent massage therapist, and how to keep our eight-year-olds safe in our cars, then we are not capable of self-government.  Dear South Dakota Legislature, what socks should I wear today?  I can't decide.