February 28, 2008
Freedom's Ring Hard to Hear in Nanny State America
My article over at Pajamas Media today:
Let’s face it: government employ is the perfect haven for liberal know-it-all busybodies who believe that they know better than you do how you should live your life. This is how we end up with legislators who think they can tell fat people where and when they can eat. Our founders realized that humanity is not a “one size fits all” condition. Everyone has different needs, experiences, resources, and talents — and so cannot be categorized as neatly as the bean counters would like.
Read it all here.
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The think that irks me about the obesity bill STILL in our legislature is that the three reps that submitted the bill did it to point out how silly our laws are becoming regarding healthcare. Little did they know, that our legislature was actually going to take up the bill. They were trying to point out the universal healthcare had consequences and PUNISHMENT, their tactic backfired miserably because of legislature is run by exactly the folks of whom you are speaking.
Our Mississippi lawmakers are so stupid, they think voter id is bad. And more than half of our state politicians are currently embroiled in a bribery of judges scheme reagrding Hurrican Katrina money. Yes, they are ALL Democrats. And John Grisham is one of them.
Posted by: Two Dogs at February 28, 2008 11:31 AMUh, the second word is supposed to be "thing." I blew it.
Posted by: Two Dogs at February 28, 2008 11:32 AMI fully agree with your premise, Pam. I do have two major quarrels, though.
The first: I do not believe that a single payer healthcare system is a nanny-state issue like obesity laws, seatbelt laws, drug laws, etc. Everyone in this country should have health insurance (whether we like the plans set out or not is another story.)
The second issue: it bothers me greatly when conservatives say that nanny-state issues are a liberal thing; I think the laws passed by Republicans are far more harmful than those passed by Democrats as far as personal autonomy. We're talking about a party that advocates for lying to kids instead of giving them the truth in their sex ed classes, passing laws against sodomy, telling adults in committed relationships that they aren't allowed to get married, banning the sale of sex toys, criminalizing drug addicts (unless those drugs come from big pharma), and, of course, stripping women of the ability to make their own reproductive choices. Republicans: making the government small enough to fit in your bedroom since 1980.
Sorry, one more thing that stuck in my head as the day wore on: Isn't Dr. Lyle Rossiter the one whose testimony in court cases was repeatedly thrown out due to his tendency to make sweeping generalizations with no scientific merit? The quote you put in your article is pretty comical, really.
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