A New Plan

I see Ed of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/blog/citylights/index.php" target="_new">City Lights</a> fame is talking about how <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/03/build/local/45-city-lights.inc" target="_new">"Licenses can easily verify competency."</a> The article is Ed's usual tounge in cheek look at things on a Sunday morning but I do find his proposal at the end interesting.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>While we're at it, why not require a license of those who think they're qualified to spout off on any and all subjects at any time of the &#8230;</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, he wants to license politicians now. It might be a good idea to help keep thier opinions to themselves and let us people make up our own minds. Sounds like a plan.<br />n<br />n<b>Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. Klemens Wenzel Neponuk Lothar Von</b><br />n<br />nUPDATE 6:00 a.m. : My Darling Wife informs me she doesn't think Ed meant politicians when he was talking about new licenses, she thinks he means smart-aleck journalists. That puts a little different light on it. License his own job? Not many people advocate that.