watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat

[ceagle]

I can hear it already in the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, "Now here's something I'll bet you thought you'd never see...!"

The No Emissions Car

is this for real?

(thanks to winchell for the link!!) *hugs*

Comments

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

Heh! While you and Richard8 might not think I do, I actually DO agree with you both, on many (if not most) of your points. My *main* beef is having the "nanny state" REQUIRE us to do things (be they belts, helmets, no-trans-fat cooking oil---whatever!) that go against OUR personal interests or beliefs.

Do I like *mandatory* seat belt usage? Nope! Do I think they save lives? You bet! Seen it with my own eyes countless times, where *before* they were required (here in Florida) a high-speed Interstate crash---*especially* a roll-over---was an automatic fatality.

But NOT after wide-spread belt usage started.

Same with motorcycle helmets. WITH them, yes, there were frequent head injuries. WITHOUT them...almost every crash is a *fatality*. Do the math.

Do I *like* being told to wear them? Nope! I rode with 'em for decades (quit riding 10 years ago) and now that the law was repealed, if I rode again---I'd *still* wear one. MY choice, not "Big Brother".

Same with little gas-sipper cars. Those who WANT them should have the choice to BUY and DRIVE them. Those who, for WHATEVER reason, want to drive a big, hulking SUV/TRUCK/Porsche/etc.---should have that choice, and not be *required* to drive a little tiddler-mobile just because some bureaucracy *demands* that they only drive what IT says they can.

And it's time for me to trade UP to a larger car, even though it'll require giving UP a few mile-per-gallon in economy. I'm getting old(er), and my back is getting *tired* of cramped, rough-riding little cars. };-)

Ciao!

8>

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Heh! While you and Richard8 might not think I do, I actually DO agree
with you both, on many (if not most) of your points. My *main* beef is
having the "nanny state" REQUIRE us to do things (be they belts, helmets,
no-trans-fat cooking oil---whatever!) that go against OUR personal
interests or beliefs. Do I like *mandatory* seat belt usage? Nope! Do I think they save lives? You bet!"

Sir purr!
That is preCISEly how I feeels... ^V^ *waggle*

...and the NEXT kooky thing they are dreaming up for us? Mandatory Neuter/Spay of ALL animals in the state. What geeeenius dreamed THAT one up? ;P

Re: 8>

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

"...and the NEXT kooky thing they are dreaming up for us? Mandatory Neuter/Spay of ALL animals in the state. What geeeenius dreamed THAT one up?"

And once THAT'S passed, look for the "mandatory neuter/spay" of all *less-than-ideal* CITIZENS (not, of course, the illegal aliens---that wouldn't be "politically correct", donchaknow). First this would affect those in prison, then it would be extended to those in "long-term care facilities" (nursing homes, mental hospitals, orphanages once the kids reach "breeding age", etc.) Think it can't happen "in America"? Take a GOOD look at how badly our Constitution's been gutted recently...and then try saying "it'll never happen HERE".

Big Brother's already gotten his "camel nose" completely inside "the tent" (our homes and personal lives), and once we allowed that to happen, we lost the ability to stop the avalanche of "nanny state" laws. }:-/

It's gonna be "interesting" when the State tries to enforce neutering of BIRDS--- }:-O