All categories - 18 August 2006

2006-08-18 16:30:00 · 6 answers · asked by Sameer . 2 in Other - Health

Willys cynical thought for the day;

In my web research, Declaration of Independence, etc., I have yet to find where the government says they'll be my freaking mommy! So you goddamn politicians stay the hell out of my life and pockets AZZHOLES!

The Nanny State (I got this in a Biker email rag)

Worrying about bacteria, New Jersey banned restaurants from serving eggs sunny side up. The ban has since been lifted. Some New Jersey localities have a ban on people pumping their own gasoline. Policemen issue citations for driving without a seatbelt. By law new cars must be equipped with air bags. Federal law mandates that all new toilets flush using a paltry 1.6 gallons of water. Georgia's governor mandates that classical music be given to all new mothers so as to aid infant IQ development. California, and others, has banned smoking in bars. Clinton wants a law passed banning smoking within 100 feet of a federal building. In parts of Ohio, children going trick-or-treating must obtain a special permit. These intrusions and more were recently revealed by television journalist John Stossel on ABC's 20/20. The stated motivation behind this gross intrusion and criminalization of private behavior is to protect us from making unwise choices.

John Stossel asked Ricardo Martinez, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), why can't people at least have air bag on/off switches. Martinez responded by saying that society makes decisions about what benefits most people, and most people benefit from air bags. Stossel interviewed Yale University's Professor Kelley D. Brownell, director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders who thinks Americans eat too many hamburgers and French fries. Professor Brownell wants government to tax fatty foods and those with little nutritional content and use the proceeds to subsidize fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods. He's suggested that some of the tax proceeds be used to build bike and hiking trails.

I'm wondering just when Americans are going to decide that we've had enough government meddling in our lives. It is nobody's business whether I eat eggs sunny side up, drive without wearing seat belts, or pig out on hamburgers and French fries. I'd like someone to show me Congress's constitutional authority for government protecting me from making unwise choices. Those who believe government should be in the business of making us take care of ourselves, should tell us where does it all end? Should government decide what time we go to bed? After all sleep is vital to good health. Should government force us to exercise, read wholesome literature, and bathe regularly?

The people who advocate a nanny government (a better term is Nazi government) are cowards. You say, "What do you mean, William?" Take Kelley Brownell. If he doesn't want me to eat that Big Mac and French fries, let him walk up to my table and remove them from my plate. He wants no part of doing that because he doesn't want to meet his maker this year so he prefers using the brutal forces of government. "The rest is mine;

When I was young, bullies use to pick on me, take food off my lunch tray and otherwise harass me. That's until I followed the advice of my father who told me that if you let a bully get away with one thing, the next day it's going to be something else and the following day something else again. He told me that the bullying won't stop until I decide to stand up and fight. He said that even if I lose the fight, the next time I'm bullied, stand up and fight again. Let the bully know that when he bullies, win, lose or draw, he has a fight on his hands. Eventually he will stop. I think Americans should employ my Dad's advice. As long as we stand as lambs before the slaughter you can bet that there'll be no end to Congress's bureaucratic stooges bullying us.

This is still America, last I checked anyway, yes we have 'freedom' here but 'freedom' is, never was and never will be 'Free.' Those of us who like to eat hamburgers and greasy fries must take responsibility by a) walking around with a big butt b) doing exercise or c) (in my case) taking cholesterol lowering pills and *trying* to stay away from the greasy stuff.

If we don't want to wear seatbelts, or helmets, WE, not Congress, must pay in pain, time (in hospitals, rehabs w/e), or loss of body parts. I'm firmly convinced I would never have survived, some of, the accidents I was in had I been hog-tied to the seat. The insurance companies, and Medical providers, ALWAYS lobby for these laws but I haven't heard of a single case where after such a law was passed the insurance company says, "Oh with your 20 year perfect driving record (not mine) we've decided that your next ___ year's insurance is on us." Has a hospital ever said, "Now that our ER doctors and nurses won't have to be patching up all the accidents maybe we should offer breast enlargement at half price?" Now stop laughing and reread this paragraph in it, under sarcasm, is the point I'm trying to make. The answer to both is NO! And unless an insurance company or hospital administrator is reading this, and wants to prove me wrong, I don't think it ever will be!

The 'it's good for you' doesn't stop at the things listed above. What if a slimy politician took it in his, or her, head that tattooing is wrong? Or certain subjects can't be tattooed on anybody? Like large breasted blondes, skulls, flames, or spider webs? I hope I'm NOT giving them any ideas because I have all these. This can be taken as far as you want to go like; they pass a law that ONLY Army, Marine, Navy, Airforce w/e tattoos are kosher. Or just Democrat or Republican ink is allowed. How about the ONLY lower back, female, tattoo that will be allowed is a 'GodSmack Sun?' Okay tattooists stop salivating imagining how much business you'll get by people running out to get their favorite tattoo done. And remember the upswing will only last until enforcement duties are figured out, i.e., the local Police, County cops, State Police or help us all if the FBI gets the job. Actually help them I don't need any help!

And of course that's not the only thing 'good for you.' This has been tried but what if Congress actually passed a law banning Rock & Roll, Country, Blues, Rock-a-Billy or Rap music. Or what if they legislate pianos, Violins and Trumpets are the only acceptable instruments? No electric guitars, fiddles, Blues Harps or Saxophones? And of course subsidizing lessons is another way to do, almost, the same thing!

Americans are lucky the founding fathers came from Europe where Religion - a belief in their God - was considered 'good for you' so it was mandated in some places; which is where 'The First Amendment' came from. If European governments had mandated seatbelts on cable cars and horses, and or required at least 4 oz. of meat at dinner -- chicken, beef or fish -- there may have been another Bill of Rights. This one saying, something like, "Congress shall make no law requiring citizens to do anything somebody thinks will be good for them." Unless, of course, any of them made, or sold, seatbelts or had anything to do with producing, or selling, meat. In 1776 that was, almost, everybody. This was long before people either ate meat or were vegetarians. In fact getting enough to eat was more important than the cholesterol!" Now a few quotes;

"The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. It is the prolonged sacrifice of the rights of some persons at the bidding and for the satisfaction of other persons. The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them." -- Auberon Herbert

"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." -- Robert Heinlein

"The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best." -- Thomas Sowell

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2006-08-18 16:29:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Jokes & Riddles

Okay- I am way past my kiddie years- But I love chicken mcnuggets. A box of those id the pot of gold at then end of the rainbow for me.I like to dip once in sweet and sour and once in bbq. If they came out with a sause that was a mix of the two- I'd just have to move in!!!

2006-08-18 16:29:40 · 36 answers · asked by Lady in Pink 3 in Other - Food & Drink

Now that I have your attention, I'd like some opinions on a fight club that a friend and I are starting. We got the idea recently when we were purchasing some boxing gloves. It struck me like lightning, "Dude, we need to start a fight club." So now he and I have it in our heads to carry this through. Starting off we are going to recruit fighters in our circle of friends and later on, slowly gain new members. My friend posted a similar question to this one and no we are not 14 year old underweights trying to act macho. I myself am in it for the, fun, competition, and fitness that comes from boxing. But of course we'll allow more than conventional boxing, other styles and forms are acceptable. Also we will be concerned with safety as we will be wearing gloves and mouthgaurds, and will have a first aid kit on hand. After we get enough fighters we will train, have fights, and when everyone is ready we will have matches with spectators. Gambling will be allowed, but 10% goes to the club.

2006-08-18 16:29:30 · 10 answers · asked by Cyrus 4 in Martial Arts

2006-08-18 16:29:28 · 5 answers · asked by s f 1 in Celebrities

Here I am speaking of your ordinary corner bar/tavern that uses an under-the-bar open-air refrigerated cooler with the bottles of beer standing upright in a bank of ice and water.

What is the delivered-to-the-patron- just-opened "ideal" temperature of the bottle of beer as desired by the bar/tavern. (This is actually an "industrial" standard based on the beer remaining cold until the bottle has been consumed by a talky patron.)

Please use Fahrenheit degrees in your answer.

2006-08-18 16:29:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beer, Wine & Spirits

my heights 5 and i weigh 125, how can i lose 30 pounds in the time of six months in a healthy way without regaining that weight ?

2006-08-18 16:29:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

One of my friends confided in me lately that she's having breast tenderness for the past three days. She's worrying about what might have been causing that. Is pregnancy the only thing that causes that? and if it is caused by pregnancy, how long after the conception does the breast tenderness start? Thanks guys.

2006-08-18 16:29:21 · 10 answers · asked by smartie-006 2 in Women's Health

2006-08-18 16:29:18 · 5 answers · asked by collegegirl 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-08-18 16:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by Tobey 3 in Other - Pets

I want surgery to enlarge my schlong so I can go into porn. Does anyone know about how much it costs?

2006-08-18 16:29:16 · 20 answers · asked by ... 2 in Polls & Surveys

I'm a teacher at an inner city school and just trying to keep up. Besides the usual drugs I'm used to, I'm hearing more about "bars" amoung the students. Barbituate/sedative type drug would be my guess based on what I've seen already this year. I guess I need to keep current on this unfortunately.

2006-08-18 16:29:15 · 16 answers · asked by Teacher 1 in Mental Health

2006-08-18 16:29:07 · 24 answers · asked by michelle m 1 in Marriage & Divorce

My husband is looking for a state in which they pay for you to go through the police accademy. He has gone through it here in Michigan and there are just no jobs here. We are open to anywhere he can find a job.

2006-08-18 16:29:07 · 11 answers · asked by Drea 3 in Careers & Employment

My boyfriend and I have been dating for over 2 months and when I told him I loved him he didn't say anything back he just analyzed it and tried to figure out what I meant. He doesn't really call and when he comes over he has no respect for my things or my parents and he can't keep his hands off me. Do I stay or go?

2006-08-18 16:29:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

Take this:

4x + y = -8

And reverse it so it is in a Y-Form? Like y = ... I learned this before, but since it is summer vacation, I kind of forget how to reverse it. Right now, I'm like reviewing and getting prepared for school.

2006-08-18 16:29:02 · 15 answers · asked by Lola 3 in Homework Help

You know they act bad, and they got a story some kinda way.

2006-08-18 16:28:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Celebrities

I want to give this girl I like a note and a present, but i dun know where she lives so i cant give it her and i never really see her. i can ask her friends but i dun want to tell them i like her. wut shuld i do?

2006-08-18 16:28:47 · 9 answers · asked by aznfobboytly 3 in Singles & Dating

Can I have some ideas on foods that would meet all these requirements?

Keep in mind I'm a soon to be college student so I have a low budget, but I care about my body!

Regrettably, I'm a bit lazy, so quick and convenient works for me! So tell me what's on my menu?

2006-08-18 16:28:45 · 28 answers · asked by Andrew N 2 in Other - Food & Drink

We were experimenting.

2006-08-18 16:28:44 · 13 answers · asked by johnneedsaname3 1 in Women's Health

I heard a few people tell me they do to but mostly i get the headache when its over 90 degrees and im outside

2006-08-18 16:28:37 · 7 answers · asked by (((((K!NG))))) 3 in Men's Health

my husband is an army veteran of the iraqi war, why is it so hard for him to find a job? shouldn't he get the best job there is for risking his life. He was wounded over in iraq, what should he do?

2006-08-18 16:28:34 · 18 answers · asked by carissa t 2 in Military

does it turn you on more when white guys are really really sexually attracked to you? i mean when you can just see it on their face that they would just love to have sex with you,would love to eat you,and explore that sexy chocolate body of yours.does it or is it something you wouldn't do, be with a white boy!!!

2006-08-18 16:28:34 · 6 answers · asked by ccrider4u 2 in Singles & Dating

Blind animus for President Bush is insufficient to explain liberals' refusal to acknowledge the reality of a cruel and imperialistic jihadist push worldwide. Nor is it simply liberals' unwillingness to work with Republicans and conservatives that render them incapable of serious and active participation in the War on Terror. It is that by so doing, liberals would be forced to upend the world view and social philosophies that have animated them since the early '60s.

2006-08-18 16:28:33 · 13 answers · asked by dwh320 2 in Politics

i am a very shy person and i have no friends. i want a friend so i can hang out with.

2006-08-18 16:28:31 · 13 answers · asked by Allan101 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 16:28:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I have a party tomorow and I am making shredded chicken tacos. I have never made food for this many people (20) and I want to make sure it turns out. I made it two nights ago with 2 chicken breasts, I cooked it on low for 8 1/2 hours and it turned out awesome. I need to cook it on low since I am putting it in at midnight, is it generally the same cook time even when cooking more chicken? I am not a very experience crock cooker, this is only my second time actually using it. thanks

2006-08-18 16:28:24 · 9 answers · asked by mand74 2 in Cooking & Recipes

I did a system restore and it let me save some files to my c drive, I cannot access those files. I was wondering if anyone knew if I could restore those files. On my cdrive their is a folder that says my backup and it has all the information saved before the restore. I can see all my mp3s but when I try to burn them it says unsupported files in both real and media player. Somebody help please these are too many files to throw away, Help

2006-08-18 16:28:08 · 2 answers · asked by DuceDuce 2 in Other - Computers

omg who do u think is cuter channing tatum from step up movie or wentworth miller from prison break tv show?!

2006-08-18 16:28:04 · 6 answers · asked by misz_kellerz 1 in Media & Journalism

Do the terrorists remind you of the KKK with their heads covered and hatred for people without any consideration of that person or do you think the United States and other western democracies have fueled their anger and they are freedom fighters?

2006-08-18 16:28:02 · 9 answers · asked by MrPurrfect 5 in Current Events