Re: WTC Towers: The Case For Controlled Demolition

Gene Ward Smith wrote:
> John Schilling <schillin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> news:6a2gt3l53lhkfo04gdih3cjgdkbv7167ch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> Indeed. And if someone can explain why what he did had a Federal
>>> law against it, I'd be interested.
>>
>> Same reason there's a Federal law against buying a handgun outside
>> of your state of residence.  Different states have, legitimately,
>> different laws and policies about that sort of thing; it's a
>> monumental pain in the ass to have States trying to individually
>> regulate interstate commerce with their own border checkpoints, 
>> etc,
>> so if the issue is im****tant enough to bother with, it's generally
>> the Feds who do the bothering.
>>
>
> Are you honestly of the opinion that it's rational to have the 
> Federal
> government investigating call girl operations? Good grief!

Well, how else was Bush going to get rid of Spitzer?  The New York 
judiciary isn't nearly as accommodating as the Alabamans are.