Bobby Jindal: Ball Ruiner

In just a few short months, Bobby Jindal, the new governor of my home state of Louisiana, has made a name for himself as a hotshot young Republican, a front-runner for second billing on the GOP presidential ticket, an exorcist/faith healer, and a complete moron. Now he's signed into law a bill that will allow for the chemical castration of all the state's sex offenders. He was disappointed that the Supreme Court ruled you can't kill a person for rape, so this is the next best thing. The only problem here is that the law doesn't make it clear what kinds of sex offenders would be subject to chemical castration. If you're an 18-year-old kid popped for having sex with your 16-year-old classmate, can the state now eliminate the use of your testicles? Also, and most importantly, chemical castration won't stop rape. As any social scientist could tell you, rape is not a sexual act; it's an act of power and aggression. Eliminating a rapist's ability to produce semen does nothing to protect the public. It's petty, it's useless, and it's treating human beings as political tools. Look for this law to be challenged in the Supreme Court in the near future. More details here.