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The Georgia House of Representatives followed the Georgia Senate yesterday in giving the nanny state more control of your life. They passed SB 458 requiring seatbelt use in pickup trucks. According to its sponsor Senator Don Thomas "I am thankful we could all work together to ensure the passage of legislation that will prevent unnecessary deaths and injuries while saving money."

Now that we have taken this one more step toward giving the state even more control of our lives let's ask a simple question; if they can give the state the authority to make you wear a seatbelt in a pickup truck what other parts of your life can they take over? Substitute "high fat diet" for "seatbelts in pickups" and see how you'd like that passed. There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the two issues as it relates to government control of your life.

If the goal of a bill is simply to control your behavior to save money then why shouldn't the state be able to control your diet as they're already trying to do by limiting salt in food? Poor diet causes heart disease and diabetes and kills millions more people nationwide every year than not wearing seatbelts so why not save some real money and start telling citizens what they can eat? "No more Big Macs and Whoppers for you fatso, you're not eating responsibly and you're going to cost us money so we're going to control your diet. "

Fix this by not voting for people who think they know how to run your life better than you do. Ask anyone running for Senate or House seats how they would have voted.

Thanks to Representative Martin Scott for voting NO on this hideous abuse of our freedom. Shame on Senator Jeff Mullis for voting in favor of it.

Well Ben, I have to agree... Having been stopped just last week (for no seat-belt) I am amazed at the way it was passed. Funding depending on more control by the State. We have been missing out on Federal Funding because we stood up to the Federal Goverment about Trucks. I told the State Trooper (who was very nice) that if God called me home, with or without a seatbelt I was gone. I guess now that it is LAW the death in an Auto Accident should not happen at all. Is that what we are working for or was it the Federal Funds... You make up your mind... I think we have someone who listens to the voters and someone who gets on the radio talking to his buddie and gives out his number but NEVER calls you back.... Wanna guess which is which.. Man me and Ben AGREE??????? Now that is scary.....................

If You Cling To God With One Hand, And Your Gun With The Other, Better Have
Icarus
One of the most memorable lines of the last Presidential campaign was that Republicans were bitter people clinging to God and guns.
Maybe we’re bitter because we can’t figure out where our alcohol is supposed to fit in this equation.
We can’t summon the strength to allow local voters to decide if community standards tolerate alcohol sold on Sunday.
Yet, with SB 308 nearing passage in the House, we’ll soon have the option to be, as Ron White would say, drunk in Pub-lik, with our trusty firearm strapped to our side.
So, alcohol at home on Sunday = bad.
Alcohol plus firearm at bar on Sunday = YOU CAN HAVE MY GUN WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD DRUNK HANDS!
I’ve really got to lower my expectations of logic from legislative actions during an election year.
http://www.peachpundit.com/2010/04/28/i ... e-to-pour/

Can we get the Republican Liberty Caucus to remove his name from being a member?