Government Approved Conscience

Let me introduce Nora. Nora is my representative. She represents the wishes of people in her district. I may be wrong, but I haven't heard a large uproar to stop people from smoking in their cars if they are transporting a child or minor.

Shall we outlaw sharp knives in homes where children reside? What about all those life threatening stairways. Has anyone taken into consideration what all those electrical outlets, in our homes, could do to a child should they put one of those sharp knives in one?

Let's go back to our cars. Has Nora taken into consideration what a high speed impact could do to a child? Shouldn't there be reduced speed limits for people transporting children? Shouldn't they at least be required to wear Nascar approved helmets while the car is moving?

How about just the smoking issue? Is Nora going to decide that a law should be invoked on smokers state wide that they will not smoke in homes where children reside? How long is that smoke dangerous? Will people be required to stop smoking ten hours before a child is allowed to enter it? Will smokers be banned from sidewalks that children might walk on?

Nora, you're leaving a lot of unanswered questions. A lot of holes in your quest to protect children. A lot of laws unwritten. It's not only smoking Nora. What about driving children through an industrial area of town? What about driving children past a home with a wood burning fireplace?

I know the answer Nora. Let's make common sense law. At least require people to stay within camera shot of government video cameras at all times.

UPDATE = Turns out Nora didn't get her way this time, as her proposal was voted down. Some how, I don't think this is over.

R.U.I.

So this guy rides into town on his nag after doing chores http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/01/29/news/wyoming/26-ifyouwannaride.txt and gets pulled over by the coppers.

What's going on when a guy can't ride his horse into town without being harrassed by the government? Fer cryin out loud, it's Wyoming. This ditz Nora Slawik wants to make it illegal to smoke in our own cars if we have a minor in the car. When is the law going to get their noses out of my business?

You knew they weren't going to stop with outlawing smoking in a bar. SMOKING IN A BAR fer crise sake. Don't worry that most of the people they hurt are small town bar owners. Ya, it hurt some of the city parlors, but if you've got a large base to choose from you'll find a way to get people in your joint.

Now I quit smoking a couple years ago when I got tired of stopping in Wisconsin on the way home from the Grandkids', but smoking isn't the issue. It's people like Nora that just have to keep pushing their way into my life.

Granted, some people are just too stupid to raise children, but that's another show, but that doesn't give Nora the right to stick her nose in everyone's business.

The clown in Wyoming shouldn't have been riding his horse into town, especially in a snow storm, but what happened to just taking him home to bed and putting his horse up?