For a bit of irony:
http://www.snopes.com/autos/accident/seatbelt.asp
Instead of regurtitating other's ideas, this one pretty much sums up what I feel:
http://www.reason.com/news/show/32805.html
For a nice summary of why this is such a viceral issue:
http://www.reason.com/news/show/33169.html
In your riddle, Mommy dearest would make sure Daddy stays in line. But here is a reason why you should not equate seatbelt laws to helmet laws: if you are NOT wearing a seatbelt, your ability to control your vehicle could be significantly compromised, putting other drivers and people in your path at risk. Now there is a compelling reason for the State to make you wear your seatbelt. Lastly, as a father, how could you not make sure you do everyting to not only keep your kids safe, but also to keep yourself alive and functioning? But again, those are my values. Your mileage may vary.
P.S. The riddle part....http://forums.newsleader.com
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I listened to a speech from a former congressman where he preached how bad the Republicans are in communicating there message to their base and to the public, and how the public does not know anything about what the republicans got done in the 109th congress. And while he was going on about the issues that the Republicans got done, he was also talking about the "earmarks". He explained to the conservative crowd, that "earmarks are les than one tenth of a percent of the federal budget" witch is a stunning fact that makes me wonder why this is the concern of our time in the conservative community.
As he finished his speech, I walked up to him and told him "Mr. Congressman, I might be wrong but I recall reading an article in the Wall St. Journal, about an official in CO criticizing an earmark that Sen. Allard (R-CO) inserted in a spending bill, saying that it takes away the money the State gets from the federal government." So I asked the Hon. Congressman "Is it true that when a congressman or senator inserts an earmark in a spending bill, he does not raise spending? That he just takes away the liberty from one bureaucrat to decide how to spend the money and decides himself where the money should go?"
The answer was yes.
So if earmarks do not raise spending and it's not more then one tenth of one percent of the budget, why is there so much noise about it?
Because we do not communicate, and nobody amongst us is aware of the facts. We have to start communicating, and shouldn't be afraid that someone will slam us, because if you fight back, you have a chance of winning, and if you don’t fight you don’t even have a chance of winning.
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