Who does, or does not, get to keep bees (see the last item on the
list) is beside the point.
Organization is the main point.
DRIVING was mentioned on this list. You wouldn't have interstate
highways, for example, without a coast-to-coast government ORGANIZING
the thing, to get it built in the first place. And, of course,
making regulations about how to do it (e.g. standards for the
concrete that goes into the road) and what to do with the project
when it's finished (e.g. you can't get totally wasted on alcohol and
drive on it, you can't drive at 100 mph, etc.).
Get rid of government organization, oversight and regulation and just
see how long the interstate highways last.
I could cite more examples all day, but I've got other things that
have to get done this weekend.
Yes, sometimes government goes overboard with laws and regulations,
but, hey, this isn't the Garden of Eden. And, ultimately, We the
People can ultimately fire the politicians who have made the bad
regulations and hire new ones who are more responsive. At least
there's that possibility. (Just try making Verizon or Exxon change
because you don't like what THEY'RE doing. People have tried, and it
hasn't worked yet.)
Oh, yes, and alcohol: you can thank government regulation that the
next bottle of whatever you buy at the liquor store won't poison you
with lead residue, blind you (because it's really methanol), or make
you really sick (with some adulterant that nobody suspects could be
in a drink)--not to mention that it actually contains alcohol, and in
the concentration that's listed on the label. (All those things used
to happen, and probably still do, in the underground market for
potables.)
And has anyone ever heard of somebody busted for keeping illegal bees?
--Constance Warner
On Mar 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, John Mealey III wrote:
What I don't want is the government making the choice about who gets
what.
Government in the United States does decide who gets what:
Government decided when, what, where you buy, how much you pay,
content of
Alcohol.
Government decides what you can and cannot smoke...legal tobacco,
illegal,
well, other stuff.
Government decides if you where a motorcycle helmit or not.
Government decides if you fly or not.
Government decides if you drive or not (possibly the most begnin
reasons
here)
Government decides what words you can hear or not hear on the TV
and radio.
In virginia, I am prohibited from receiving all of the electromagnetic
spectrum (Radar detectors
at the state level, and cell phone scanners at the federal level)
At the State level, I do believe you need to either have a license
or be
registered to have bees.
And god forbid you swap out an electrical breaker or add on a deck,
the
county will have your head.
John Mealey
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