A Challenge to the Beastie Boys' Constitutional Interpretation, South Windsor BOE Budget Workshop

Good morning, South Windsor! Today is Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013; there are 329 days left in the year.

I’ve done extensive research on the issue, reviewing both the federal and state constitutions and I have come to the following conclusion:

Contrary to popular belief, there is, in fact, no Right to Party, as asserted by the Beastie Boys in their seminal hit, “Fight for Your Right (to Party).”

There is a freedom to assemble in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, which provides that there is a right for people to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests.

That, I would argue, is entirely different than what Mike D., Ad Rock and MCA were espousing when they stated, “Your pop caught you smokin’ and he said, ‘No way,’; That hypocrite smokes two packs a day.”

That does not mean, however, that the freedom to assemble doesn’t encompass a general right to party. I leave that argument for another day.

In an unrelated note, I need to get out more.

Here’s your Daily 5:

1. There is a South Windsor Board of Education budget workshop scheduled for 7 p.m. at Timothy Edwards Middle School.

2. Stress Management Class at Yoga Born at 10 a.m.

3. “A Lincoln Portrait -The Man who Painted Lincoln" (George Henry Story) will be on exhibit at Wood Memorial Library and Museum in South Windsor through Feb. 28.

4. The South Windsor High boys and girls basketball teams will face their respective Weaver counterparts at 7 p.m. The boys are home and the girls are away. Go Bobcats!

5. Greenleaf Pottery at 6 p.m. on Chapel Road.