Nag, Nag, Bitch, Bitch

Seldom watch television but caught a news broadcast about e-cigarettes at an awards show, and politicians getting face time on air by being shocked, appalled, and determined to “do something”. From MSNBC.

 A group of Democratic senators are asking NBC Universal and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to avoid the “glamorization” of smoking e-cigarettes in future broadcasts of the Golden Globes.

In a letter from Senators Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, and Ed Markey on Thursday, the senators wrote, “Unfortunately, this year, many young viewers saw notable displays of e-cigarette use through the awards show… We are troubled that these images glamorize smoking and serve as celebrity endorsements that could encourage young fans to begin smoking.”

Note the key words, “Democratic Senators”. The same asshats that are working to dismantle the 2^nd Amendment, and otherwise run our lives. Strictly for our own benefit, of course, as we are too dumb to take care of ourselves. Isn’t it nice they care so much for us?

I smoked a carton a week for better than twenty years. Unfiltered Camels and Pall Malls. Quit cold turkey in 1984. If you choose to smoke, that is no business of mine. I prefer not to be around cigarette smoke indoors, and don’t like to see butts scattered around, but don’t see it as my place to tell others what they should do.

What is worse? These arrogant assholes who assume they hold the moral high ground or the lame stream media that gives them a podium?

Train Wreck Coming

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
― C.S. Lewis

Daily I’m getting more pissed about these moralistic Republican men with their abortion/personhood/birth control mania trying to impose their views by legislation. Not by the force of their persuasion, but by force of law.

Yes, I get it. They equate abortion with murder. They think birth control, other than abstinence, is a sin. At the very least, they don’t want to pay taxes to facilitate what they oppose. They spend enormous time, money, and political capitol on the defense of marriage.

I have no problem with anyone pushing their point of view. Picket abortion clinics? Fine. Billboards along the Interstate with graphic messages? 1st Amendment. On the airways? 1st Amendment. Focus on the Family? Knock yourselves out. Occupy movement? 1st Amendment.

Where they cross the line is when they try to give their views the force of law. I see no difference between them and the gun grabbers when it comes to these tactics.

Homosexuals? Why should I worry about how 5-10% of the population get their rocks off? None of my business. How they live their lives is not my business.

I’m opposed to abortion in general. That said, I don’t think any man should tell any woman what she will, or will not, do with her body. Roe vs. Wade was exactly right. It is a privacy issue.

What these fanatics are doing is insuring Obama gets a second term. Women are angry. While they might not vote for Obama, they won’t get out and work for Romney. As someone who is more than casually involved in politics, at the local level, I can state women make up the bulk of volunteers.

Romney is, rightfully, trying to make the economy the focal point of the election. The Progressives will make the “Woman” issue the focal point. It will be a winning strategy.

Yes, Sometimes the System Works

The State Senator from my district is on the Appropriations Committee, that is, they write the state budget. She was approached about a proposed spaceport to be located East of Denver. The deal will cost the taxpayers zilch. One problem, state liability laws. Change the law so those riding on the craft assume their own personal liability. Her response, to paraphrase, “If they want to get in a rocket, ok, then they should assume their personal liability”.

She, and her counterpart in the House,  got the law changed, and today the governor signed it into law at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

Heard the trial lawyers weren’t fans.

Will it bring jobs to Colorado? Who knows. The project is at least five years out.

For all we complain about politicians, we should also recognize them for good work.