Archive for January 6th, 2007
The war on terror is an excuse for government to intervene in the affairs of foreign countries and provides the means for intrusive social control and “illegal” spying on us. It is also a big business for the politically connected. It allows the politics of fear to be used to gain votes. A recent study shows that even after spending billions of dollars on Homeland Security only 4 cities have a program that is effective.
The menace of global terrorism has been labeled the greatest threat to western civilization since communism and yet swimming pools, peanuts and lost deer kill more Americans every single year. Why are our governments facilitating the terrorist’s agenda by hyping a peril that simply doesn’t exist?
The number of Americans killed as a result of international terrorism since the 1960’s gives us a benchmark from which we can correctly identify and target other dire dangers to our very way of life.
- Allergic reactions to peanuts
- Accident causing deer
- Lightning strikes
That’s correct - all of the above have killed an equal number of Americans since 1960 as terrorism. One could even categorize M&M’s, lost deer and the weather as an “axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world,” as George Bush famously once said.
Enemy Combatant: Fear the deer.
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I could probably write a list of the top 100 problems in New York State. I can guarantee you that needing a law to regulate what people eat is not on that list.
Feel-good legislation like this accomplished 2 things. First, it distracts voters from the real problems like excessive government and taxation. Second, it tramples on our individual liberty. I am sick of wasting my money on a dysfunctional legislature that is more concerned about social control than fixing real problems. Not only do we have to pay for morons, like Ortiz, we have to pay for the enforcement of these stupid regulations.
ALBANY - The author of the state’s ban on using cell phones while driving has set his sights on a new target: eliminating trans fats in restaurant foods.
Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, has introduced legislation modeled on a recent move by New York City that calls for banning trans-fat products in chain restaurants throughout the state.
