Drive This, Smoke This.

I have been rather quiet the past six weeks or so... I admit it, I have become slightly apathetic. I was becoming exhausted by my own disgust of the current administration. I left it alone when Cheney sparred with PBO and crew. I didn't touch it when his supreme court nominee was caught legislating from the bench. I didn't bite when crazy boy Kim Jong Ill and his cronies preformed tests on nuclear bombs. I hardly flinched when the govt. upped their share in GM to 72%.

So... What gets me?!?!?!

The govt. is now going to take over the tobacco industry. This is the proverbial straw that broke the camel's (no pun intended... yet a good one) back. Yes, that is right ladies and gentlemen, the FDA will now serve as big tobacco. Don't get me wrong, this industry is rather evil. I don't know how you sleep at night when you know you are peddling a product that is guaranteed to kill. But, the bottom line is this: This product is legal. It is an industry. This is a free market. I don't think the liberals who we elected understand this.

First it was the auto industry. We were told it was necessary for the government to buy them out to save them. Ok... What happens when the masses refuse to buy a GM car because it is government owned... will the government institute a "special tax break" for those who will purchase a GM? Not a free market, is it? Looks a little like something else to me.

What happens when the FDA replaces Phillip Morris? Will cigarettes and cigars be "safer"? No. There is no such thing as a safe cigarette, silly goose. Didn't you see the after school special? There is not a person alive who doesn't know that cigarettes kill. It is just another way for the government to extend its influence into places where it does not belong.

What is next the fast food industry? How about Coca Cola? Soft drinks cause cavities. Shouldn't they be regulated, too? Righty-oh... Righty-NO! Leave businesses to run themselves Mr. Obama. Stick to important things... like fixing my tax return. That would be a welcome Change.