Sound Politics: Priorities of Government, Pierce County-style

February 24, 2010

Priorities of Government, Pierce County-style

What would happen to our civilization without Pierce County's Thin Blue Line?

Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday filed a misdemeanor charge of unlawful public exposure against a bikini barista spotted last year serving coffee while wearing only pasties on her breasts.

This raises the bar on Seattle's Hand Job Task Force.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 24, 2010 03:14 PM | Email This

Comments

1. I find it interesting that the same police/court/criminal justice system through which a Ridgeway or Clemmons is processed is used to process a case of partially exposed bosom in a coffee shop.

Even if we want to ban the bikini baristas, can't we find a better way to handle it (no pun intended) here in the enlightened NW?

Posted by: travis t on February 24, 2010 07:19 PM

2. Hmmm. Wearing only pasties on her breasts? Nothing else? No wonder... :-o

Posted by: Seabecker on February 24, 2010 07:52 PM

3. Wonder if it took months of investigating?

I'm sure they had to keep going back to make sure they had enough evidence.

Posted by: Vince on February 25, 2010 06:41 AM

4. Yeah... given the choice between taking on the Hilltop Crips or observing a semi-nude barista? Volunteers?

Posted by: Huey on February 25, 2010 07:21 AM

5. I feel so much safer now . . .

Apparently, the cops' budget needs to be chopped, too.

Posted by: srogers on February 27, 2010 07:59 AM

6. It's laudable for real conservatives to decry these heavy-handed, moralistic intrusions. Stefan is on the right track and of the right mind. Sadly, the GOP needs to play catch-up.

Case in point: why not drop the equally moralistic rhetoric/legislative action against gays? It can't reasonably be said that straights should have personal freedom and autonomy while also maintaining hardcore, obstinate opposition to committed gay couples, based solely (it seems) on a visceral discomfort with what they (may or may not) do in the privacy of their homes.

The GOP can be about freedom, or it can't. It's a binary equation. It's a simple choice (though hardly easy). Let's place our bets and go all in. No need to get moderate when it comes to freedom, right?

Posted by: AD on February 28, 2010 01:40 PM