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Reading Between the Lines 101, v2

By Jeff “Mario” Smith, Guerilla Reporter

December 30^th in the year of our Lord 2006

The following is an angry commentary by the Guerilla Reporter concerning the big brother seat belt law recently thrust upon the citizens of the Commonwealth. It seems that the sheeple have been sufficiently conditioned to look to big brother to “save them from themselves”.

Although this article is fairly factual and not the best example of the liberal slant of the mainstream media, it is exemplary of something the media do all the time, and that is to present the information absent of a viewpoint from the perspective of Liberty or Freedom. Where is the input from a free citizen who does not appreciate all this nanny-state mentality infringing upon his Liberty and happiness?

Now that we have all these new anti-small business and anti-property rights smoking ordinances and the anti-individual freedom seat belt law, the sheeple are also calling on big brother to protect us all from trans-fats. I wish I were making all this up, but it is true. Check your refrigerators and pantries folks because soon, what you have on your shelves will be considered contraband.

How interesting indeed it is that the biggest legally marketed killer and destroyer of families known to man, alcohol, has not been attacked yet? I think that is because all this socialist nanny-state legislation is coming from the left and we all know how much the left likes to “catch a buzz”, and of course, the left is not known for supporting pro-family legislation. This is not to say that the Guerilla Reporter supports the nanny-state telling the sheeple whether or not they can drink. Personally, I think that is between the individual, God, and the community at large.

Will the social workers show up at your door to place your children under the protective custody of big brother, AKA “the state”, if you are found to be smoking in your home, feeding the kiddies trans-fats, or driving without utilizing the seat belts in your vehicle? I just heard a special on television about “driving while distracted” and can think of loads of issues this brings up for big brother to monitor and save us from. Wow!

From the article below…

"Beginning Monday, police in the commonwealth will have the authority to enforce the new primary seat belt law, which means drivers can be stopped and fined $25 if anyone in the vehicle isn't wearing a seat belt."

-- It probably costs the taxpayers about $250.00 (swag) for each and every traffic stop, so big brother fines them $25. Hmmm, sounds like typical wasteful gubbament-cheese mentality to me, but big brother gets to pull you over and say...

"May vee zee youah papahs pleeeeeze!"

"It's safer to be in the car wearing your seat belt," Kentucky State Police Lt. Phil Crumpton said. "That's the bottom line."

-- Well duh, but it is also true that I am a free man and I have the choice whether or not to belt up. I do belt up by the way, but I do it voluntarily! Yet millions of kiddies are put on public indoctrination system buses, with no seat belts, each and every school day in America. Hmmm.

"May vee zee youah papahs pleeeeeze!"

"Our ultimate goal is to have our fatality rate reduced," Crumpton said."

-- So we can keep the fleeced federal tax dollars flowing into the state as big brother takes our money to the federal level and then uses it to control our behavior by giving a very small piece of it back to us IF we do as he wishes.

"May vee zee youah papahs pleeeeeze!"

"The big issue is children and that's always been (the case)," he said. "I don't see us getting out there and doing any more than what has been done."

-- Yes, we must protect the children. Soon, we will be breaking down doors in the middle of the night if we have rumors from neighbors that Bob and Alice next door smoke tobacco in their home with children living there, or if they are known to keep trans-fats in their refrigerator. And if we know that daddy has a gun or guns, we will bring in the heavy artillery like we used in Waco to protect those children. Didn't we do a good job there!

"May vee zee youah papahs pleeeeeze!"

As he is asked for his papers, John Q. Public replies, "What for officer, have I done something wrong?"

Patrolman Adolf H. Blackboot replies, "Are you threatening me? Out of the car jackass. Get on the ground face down with your hands behind your back. What's this, a Leatherman tool - are you planning on disassembling an airliner or something? Do you have a concealed carry permit for this Leatherman, sir? Are you a terrorist or do you belong to any organizations known to support terrorist groups?”

Then he says to the wife and kiddies, "Mam, does your husband yell at you? Has he ever threatened you or the children? Does he have any guns in the home? Can you tell us the names of his closest friends? Is he a member of any political group? Can you open the trunk for us please? Don't worry about Fido, he is harmless. Down Fido!"

"Are those tires under inflated? That's a safety violation and wanton endangerment with the wife and children in the car. Is that a tire iron in the trunk? Hmmm, that's carrying a concealed deadly weapon. This guy is going downtown for a long time. What's this, Fix-a-flat? Hey Barney, we have a huffer here! We will need a field sobriety test and the bodily fluids taken."

Sounds extreme doesn’t it? I am sure that mandatory seat belt laws, anti-smoking ordinances, and the suggested trans-fat bans would also sound quite extreme to our Founders, one of whom was Benjamin Franklin who said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” [Franklin's Contributions to the Conference on February 17 (III) Fri, Feb 17, 1775] Old Ben had it right!]

http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061230/NEWS02/612300350/1014  

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