The politicians of Wasilla, Alaska, making people around the world happy they don't have to live there.

I found this quote the other day from an Alaska state senator who hails from Wasilla, over at Crooks and Liars who posted it under the headline "What In The Hell Is In Wasilla Water, Anyway?"

Sen. Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, offered what he called a “completely seat of the pants” observation at a Senate State Affairs Committee meeting during the introduction of a criminal justice reform bill. 

“With some degree of confidence, I think that by the time particularly young men, but maybe young men and women, are in middle school, we can already predict the ones we need to get their DNA samples,” Huggins told a room that included the state’s corrections commissioner, Ron Taylor. “Because they’re going to go see Mr. Taylor in a few years. That’s unfortunate but it’s all too true.” 

It appeared that he thought DNA samples from the suspect middle school students should be taken so that they can be compared later with samples taken at crime scenes or from crime victims.

Yeah nothing like rounding up a bunch of Middle School kids and taking a sample of their DNA, without permission from their parents, and stomping all over their constitution rights in order to save a little legwork if they someday become a suspect in a crime, right?

Of course this is not at all surprising for those of us familiar with the people of Wasilla. After all Sarah Palin is certainly not the only moron to emerge from that batshit crazy environment.

I particalry like the title of this article as it reminds of something that Dennis Zaki used to say when he lived with his son out in that area.

Dennis was convinced that there was something in the water that was making people stupid and decided to uproot his family and leave before his son, who tests at the genius level, became too dumbed down to tie his own shoes.

Looks like he might have been on to something.