View Full Version : Police Bust Children's Lemonade Stand!
fearthereaperx
07-15-2011, 03:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKUUH7ytUo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKUUH7ytUo
fearthereaperx
07-15-2011, 03:18 PM
"Midway police bust none other than a lemonade stand, because the three girls running it didn't have a business license. The three girls thought if they sold enough lemonade, they could make money to go to the water park Splash in the Boro. Well they thought wrong. Midway police say, they're breaking city law and have to go.
“It’s kind of crazy that we couldn’t sell lemonade. It was fun, but we had to listen to the cops and shut it down,” 14-year-old Casity Dixon said.
The girls had only been opened for one day before Midway’s police chief and another officer cruised by and saw the stand.
“They told us to shut it down [and we didn't know why],” 10-year-old Skylar Roberts said.
“We had told them, we understand you guys are young, but still, you’re breaking the law, and we can’t let you do it anymore. The law is the law, and we have to be consistent with how we enforce the laws,” Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar said.
By a city ordinance, the girls must have a business license, peddler’s permit, and food permit to set up shop, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day and a total of $180 per year. City officials said it’s their job to keep everyone safe and healthy, and there can be no exceptions to the rules.
“We were not aware of how the lemonade was made, who made the lemonade, of what the lemonade was made with, so we acted accordingly by city ordinance,” Chief Morningstar said.
“It’s almost like they don’t have anything better to do. I’m going to let it go. I’m trying to teach them good. I don’t think if I keep on, it’ll teach them a good thing,” Amy Roberts said.
So the law wins, and what started out as three girls’ dream of a fun summer business is now just a piece of plywood.
Since the lemonade stand was shut down, the girls have been doing extra chores and yard work to make money for the water park."
Andrew-Austin
07-15-2011, 03:21 PM
Now you know little girls, don't dream of becoming entrepreneurs, the state will just slap those dreams upside the head.
SWATH
07-15-2011, 03:22 PM
What a great lesson they learned. The state will squash your entrepreneurial aspirations and you will be forced to work a menial job to makes ends meet.
dannno
07-15-2011, 03:26 PM
Since the lemonade stand was shut down, the girls have been doing extra chores and yard work to make money for the water park."
Wait, you mean you don't need a lawnmower operator's license and a landscaping permit for that :confused:
Danke
07-15-2011, 03:27 PM
What a great lesson they learned. The state will squash your entrepreneurial aspirations and you will be forced to work a menial job to makes ends meet.
They should have reinforced that lesson with Tasers.
JK/SEA
07-15-2011, 03:28 PM
Hmmm...sooo, say they jump through all the hoops, set up the stand and people start getting sick and dying. Then what?
someone please tell me what planet is this again?
brushfire
07-15-2011, 03:29 PM
That'll teach those little f'rs... You dont circumvent the government!
Next time they should put a midnight SWAT raid on em... /sarcasm
ronpaulitician
07-15-2011, 03:32 PM
Could they even have gotten a permit for that? I mean, there's child labor laws to keep them from working, too.
Echoes
07-15-2011, 03:35 PM
the young girl summed it up nicely....."they have nothing better to do".
These cops need to get a life, i dont know how they sleep at night.
Revolution9
07-15-2011, 03:38 PM
Another example of the swinest in flaw reinforcement. It's like we can never get enough.
Rev9
Humanae Libertas
07-15-2011, 04:40 PM
No SWAT or guns drawn? These girls are terrorists.
UtahApocalypse
07-15-2011, 04:44 PM
These girls had hopes and dreams.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcpCB7Wls8
aGameOfThrones
07-15-2011, 05:05 PM
Damn criminals. Selling lemonade in front of your house is an "outmoded" American tradition that has no place in today's society.
AZKing
07-15-2011, 05:10 PM
Land of the free, home of the Whopper.
enjerth
07-15-2011, 05:17 PM
A little regulation hurts competition and can stop the little (literally) guy from entering the market place.
fearthereaperx
07-15-2011, 06:20 PM
These girls had hopes and dreams.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcpCB7Wls8
only to be crushed in this alternate reality.
Napoleon's Shadow
07-15-2011, 09:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26hlpBnc20o
http://pecuniarities.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/calvineconomics.jpg
mport1
07-15-2011, 09:58 PM
I don't understand why this is even a news story anymore. This happens all over America all the time. And that is just the news stories I've seen. I'm sure the actual amount of times this occurs is at least 10x what is the news actually covers.
Anti Federalist
07-15-2011, 10:02 PM
I don't understand why this is even a news story anymore. This happens all over America all the time. And that is just the news stories I've seen. I'm sure the actual amount of times this occurs is at least 10x what is the news actually covers.
Because it generates outrage and readership for the MSM outlets that cover this.
See, there are millions and millions and millions of Americans out there that still think, for some absurd reason, that this is still a free country.
In spite of stories like this, and much worse, every single day.
kah13176
07-15-2011, 10:09 PM
Someone needs to contact the sheriff and say "The law was the law in Nazi Germany as well. Those harboring Jews were breaking the law, and they just couldn't do it."
Kregisen
07-15-2011, 10:09 PM
We've seen lots of these lemonade stand-busting stories. This is good because since 80% of americans use emotion instead of logic for politics, this can help win them over.
The cops are correct when they say they have to be consistent. The problem is NOT that the "culprits" are little girls, it's that we need licenses to sell lemonade...or food at all for that matter.
This is just another one of those unintended consequences. This is equivalent to the war on drugs and then suddenly governments banning alcohol again. It's being consistent, and being consistent is what helps people see the absurdity of some of these laws we have.
aGameOfThrones
07-15-2011, 10:40 PM
We've seen lots of these lemonade stand-busting stories. This is good because since 80% of americans use emotion instead of logic for politics, this can help win them over.
The cops are correct when they say they have to be consistent. The problem is NOT that the "culprits" are little girls, it's that we need licenses to sell lemonade...or food at all for that matter.
This is just another one of those unintended consequences. This is equivalent to the war on drugs and then suddenly governments banning alcohol again. It's being consistent, and being consistent is what helps people see the absurdity of some of these laws we have.
You need to pay the city for a permit to sell your crap in a garage sale too.
Kregisen
07-15-2011, 10:54 PM
You need to pay the city for a permit to sell your crap in a garage sale too.
It depends on the city but yes, where I live I believe we get 2 "free" garage sales per year before buying a permit. lol.
kpitcher
07-15-2011, 11:05 PM
They should re-open it and give it away for free, with a donation jar in plain site. A local church has dinners every friday night. It's always free, but donations are welcome. This way they can get around the huge variety of rules. It's a lot of good food and they even have togo containers.
Carehn
07-15-2011, 11:05 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbEkQBYZPQ
heavenlyboy34
07-15-2011, 11:13 PM
I sold lemonade (badly) once when I was about that age. Who would've guessed I unknowingly set myself up for a life of crime. /sarcasm
Dark_Horse_Rider
07-16-2011, 02:16 AM
now if they had each been cradling a double barrel shot gun while sitting there selling lemonade, i bet the cops wouldn't have even stopped.
Lothario
07-16-2011, 07:34 AM
I posted this on my facebook, and of all the endless Ron Paul videos I've ever posted, this is the first one that has gotten a comment like this:
"somehow your video got me to clicking through other videos, and ended up watching some Ron Paul goodness...."
and then looking at his facebook page I find this update 1 hour later:
"Dear --,
Thank you for your generous donation to the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee. Your contribution to Ron will help fuel the fight to return this country to the principles that made it great."
He's a military guy overseas right now - my first (confirmed) conversion. All thanks to these girls' failed lemonade stand :)
They should have shot one of those little girls' dogs. That'll teach 'em.
acptulsa
07-16-2011, 08:58 AM
How did we get to the point of hard time for soft lemonade? This is a question Americans really, really need to ask themselves.
Tom Vilsack is head of Agriculture. How can we not find this outrageous?
Danke
07-16-2011, 09:11 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQUlr4Xc3s&feature=related
Napoleon's Shadow
07-16-2011, 09:25 AM
respect authority video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pJuedzzLXE
aGameOfThrones
07-16-2011, 09:50 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pJuedzzLXE
He was being sarcastic. The respect my authority video wasn't.
Anti Federalist
07-16-2011, 10:11 AM
“We had told them, we understand you guys are young, but still, you’re breaking the law, and we can’t let you do it anymore. The law is the law, and we have to be consistent with how we enforce the laws,” Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar said.
What a good little Hausfrau turned Gauleiter.
"I know you're young, little Juden, but the law is the law, so up into that boxcar you go."
pcosmar
07-16-2011, 10:13 AM
This would have had a totally different outcome had they resisted.
:(
Pericles
07-16-2011, 12:37 PM
What a good little Hausfrau turned Gauleiter.
"I know you're young, little Juden, but the law is the law, so up into that boxcar you go."
I like to think of it as what happens when a person who might have been qualified to be a school teacher is given a badge and a gun.
acptulsa
07-16-2011, 01:19 PM
'We don't make the laws, we just enforce them.' The same cop out (sorry about the pun) as juries who refuse to consider jury nullification.
But, you know, in the end it really is the lawmakers we need to fix first.
mczerone
07-16-2011, 01:36 PM
now if they had each been cradling a double barrel shot gun while sitting there selling lemonade, i bet the cops wouldn't have even stopped.
Wow, you're a violent one, aren't you?
No, If they so much as had an aluminum bat or a Golden Retriever "guard dog" chewing on toys next to the table, they would have been DEAD.
You have the right to bear arms, but you need to think about some things pragmatically and stop resorting to the threat of force.
Dark_Horse_Rider
07-16-2011, 05:44 PM
Way to throw veiled accusations around !
I will usually at least check someone's post history to see if maybe I might be misunderstanding where they are coming from with their post and see if they were maybe making an attempt at humor, before making such a remark.
Wow, you're a violent one, aren't you?
No, If they so much as had an aluminum bat or a Golden Retriever "guard dog" chewing on toys next to the table, they would have been DEAD.
You have the right to bear arms, but you need to think about some things pragmatically and stop resorting to the threat of force.
BlackTerrel
07-16-2011, 06:38 PM
“We were not aware of how the lemonade was made, who made the lemonade, of what the lemonade was made with, so we acted accordingly by city ordinance,” Chief Morningstar said.
Whew. Thank God for Chief Morningstar saving us from the perils of bad lemonade.
Since the lemonade stand was shut down, the girls have been doing extra chores and yard work to make money for the water park."
What? Without a license? Second offense - 10 years.
Napoleon's Shadow
08-21-2011, 04:51 PM
Doing this in DC will lead to arrest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04MNf1YdNxI&feature=player_embedded
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