but then all the idiots doing 60 in the left lane would have to learn how to drive. basic rule- stay right unless you are passing.
On 12/12/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > perhaps we should abolish all health care subsidies, all smoking laws, > > all product safety laws and all automotive safety regulations. > > > > I like the way you think, I agree. Let's take 'em one by one: > > (1.) Trans-Fats. It ain't trans fat that's bad it's saturated fat > which is where trans fats came from in the first place! It was the > same group that used to push trans fats because of saturated fats > that's now pushing a trans fat ban. > > It's eating and health habits that are the problem whether there're > trans fats or not. I doubt a guy who eats pork rinds and bacon every > day is going to magically health because his margarine is taken away > .... in restaurants. > > (2.) Smoking. A legal product should be legal everywhere. A gov't > building can be smoke free, a business can *choose* to be smoke free, > but the government shouldn't be able to force a business to ban a > legal product. > > (3.) Product safety laws. Buyer beware. The gov't should be able to > mandate that a manufacturer build their products within a "reasonable" > safe usage limit, but that's it. > > (4.) Health Care subsidies. Consumer driven health care with gov't > provided HSAs/HRAs to those who qualify. > > (5.) Automobile safety. Nothing that's not a danger to others should > be illegal. I shouldn't have to wear my seat belt if I don't want > too. Left lanes should have no speed limit or a ridiculously high > one. Even moderately high, say 85, would be a big improvement. And > no trucks in the left lane during rush hour. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222134 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
