Smart Bombs: Take America way back

(Saw this question posed at the New York Times website: “Is America ready for more old men?” The life span between men and women is narrowing, so the Times asked some experts about the ramifications. I fear it will mean more rants like this):

Have you seen this cockamamie idea for phasing out good old-fashioned light bulbs? It was even signed by President Bush. Jeebus! Just when you think you know someone. Those bulbs were good enough for Tommy Edison, a true AMERICAN!!! patriot, but not good enough for the so-called progressives who want to “SAVE THE PLANET.” What have they invented – aside from the bottomless glass of whine?!

This got me to thinking about all of the choices we’ve been robbed of in my lifetime. If the tea party is going to take back America, we gotta go way back, because the FOUNDING FATHERS wouldn’t recognize this joint. So let’s all hop into freedom’s Wayback Machine.

We used to able to choose whether to get car insurance or not. Now the government tells me I GOTTA BUY IT or I can’t drive. Jeep has a model named Liberty. Hello, IRONY!

Remember when we could roll down the car windows and toss out our trash? Try that now and a police officer will write you a big, fat ticket. And if you toss that on the ground, he’ll write you another one. Trust me. Sure, you can call your congressman and complain, just make sure you pull over first.

The freedom to “litter” has been lost, and Uncle Sam swiped it without firing a single shot. Why? Because the liberal media bleats and the “sheeple” dutifully follow. Same deal with seat belts and bicycle helmets. THE TYRANNY NEVER ENDS!!! It won’t be long before they start charging people for ripping up the roads with studded tires. Mark my words. That freedom will be lost.

You saw what happened when we dumped raw sewage into rivers. Now we have to “treat” it, like it was a mental patient or something.

All of this “progress” makes me pine for the days when you could choose a car without a catalytic converter. Now they’re required to cut down on “smog.” Same brainiacs who thought of that also took away my choice of leaded gas. They say that lead was bad for our brains. I’ve seen no evidence of this. Now, I gotta pump that unleaded swill and wrestle with those “low emission” sleeve thingies they mandated for all the pumps.

Last time I checked, this was a FREE COUNTRY!!!! But obviously I haven’t checked in a very long time.

I get so enraged when I think of all the freedoms we’ve lost that I gotta light up a Marlboro. But, of course, I gotta go outside first. Wouldn’t want to “bother” anyone with my smoke. That is, if you can afford a pack of cigarettes, what with all the taxes they put on them. They say it’s to get people to stop. That should be a choice between me and my oncologist. That is, of course, if you can find one who takes Medicare. Why can’t we go back to the good-old days when “seasoned citizens” got to pay their own bills? Now the government is BUTTING IN on my prescription purchases, too.

Did you see where that judge in Oregon says the feds need to give serious thought to tearing down OUR dams to rescue salmon? Leave our dams ALONE!!!! If people want salmon, they can go to the supermarket.

All of this nanny nation nonsense makes me want to head into the woods and live off the grid, but the government now tells you when you can start a fire and when you can’t. Plus, if want to shoot an animal for food, you have to buy a license. Heck, we’re lucky we still have guns. It’s all a part of the “SISSIFICATION OF AMERICA!!!”

Now the “newspaper” tells me this is too long to run as a letter to the editor. Hello, CENSORSHIP!!!! What happened to the days when newspapers weren’t afraid to report the truth? What happened to the FIRST AMENDMENT?

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But HURRY!!! Before the government takes away the Internet, too!