The AP article begins like this:
“The state Supreme Court has dealt with gay marriage, education funding and abortion rights – and now, it can add “inflatable rat” to the list.
The case is about whether a town can ban a 20-foot inflatable rat…..”
Read on. (Hell, who can resist?)
It seems that rats are a favorite union symbol, and the things seem to run afoul of law on a regular basis.
(Don’t blame me, I got this story courtesy of legal scholar/blogger Howard Bashman.)
The rat is so necessary!
I have been to dozens of strikes sans rat and they just don’t pull the same punch. I mean really, what better way to express the historic destiny of the working class than through a inflatable rodent?! Seriously though, the rat is an awesome tactic polarizing, forward, dramatic and it will be such a blow to see it forever baned.
Hey why not ban Jimmy Cagney while you’re at it!
(“You dirty Rat!”)
This is a job for Reggie!
Good point, Natasha. I was unaware of the rat’s noble history until I was posting last night. There are loads of great inflatable rat photos all over the web. (Who knew???!)
I’ll help fund a 60 foot inflatable cat to loom over the rat. (Not Garfield.)
I like to eat rats, especially big fat juicy rats. Rats kind of taste like chicken, yum-yum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDkBfuOj_ZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJitYgm6O-Q
I was looking at the categories under which you posted this. Bears and alligators make more sense that civil rights. Were you sleepy when you did that or do you consider that civil rights includes being able to block employers from hiring non-union labor and requiring workers to join unions?