No, not the one referring to technology… the one referring to the Michael Moore’s of the world:

Short, fat people may get rights

BOSTON — Ellen Frankel stands just 4-foot-8 inches tall, a size that allowed larger co-workers to playfully scoop her up at the office and make remarks about her height. Some even patted her on the head.

Lawmakers are considering complaints such as hers as they review a bill that would make Massachusetts just the second state to bar discrimination based on height or weight.

We just keep sliding down that slippery slope, don’t we? Of course, lawmakers eager to pat themselves on the back for carving out yet another protected class to which they can pander for votes on ridiculous issues, ignore the law of unintended consequences… that employers may actually discriminate because of the law. Fearing reprisal for firing someone for reasons unrelated to their ‘protected status’ may result in employers not hiring said person in the first place. Just another ‘card’ that employers have to fear being played when they make legitimate decisions to release an employee…

Republican analyst Todd Domke sums it up best:

‘’We might as well add colorblind, left-handed, allergic-to-cashews, and get it over with.”

In due time, Todd, in due time…

I just wished liberals would get as concerned about protecting us from terrorist enemies as they are about protecting us from hurt feelings…

This is a new feature I’m going to try. I’m going to pick a topic relevant in today’s political arena, give my point of view… and ask those who feel differently about the topic to convince me their position is right and my position is wrong.

My position: The federal government has no business setting arbitrary minimum wage requirements on private sector employers. Market forces, employee skill and employer/job/career choice should drive wages. In America, if you’re not satisfied with your current income, job or employer, you have the ability to get more education, more training or seek a different employer or line of work to improve your situation. If you choose not to, so be it. But the federal government shouldn’t be telling those who take the initiative to start their own businesses and employee others they deem qualified for the job, how much they have to pay employees. Not to mention, many jobs are different and thus pay should not be set to the exact same level for all. I especially don’t think there should be a minimum wage for those in tip-earning positions. The whole concept of tip-for-service is to incentivize the service provider to provide a quality service and increase the amount of gratitude (in the form of a tip) from the customer. Sure, some people will not tip appropriately, but the employee is free to find another line of work if they’re worried about it. Along this line, if the federal government can mandate the minimum wage and employer pays the employee, what’s stopping the federal government from mandating a minimum tip for waiters and bartenders? Bottom line, where we work, what we do and for whom we work are choices we can freely make. Because of this, we are free to find the job that compensates us as we feel adequate. This is not the place for arbitrary regulation by the federal government.

Convince me that the federal government should be setting (and raising) a minimum wage.