Fixing Things That Are Not Broken

I feel a rant coming on, so here goes. ( A small break from the Bible project)

There is a trend in society that is disturbing. As government increases in size and more regulatory bodies are created, and more environmental initiatives are implemented, we find that many of the things we use and enjoy are being meddled with, eliminated, or just broken by those who need to justify their high salaries. These are the do-gooders who want to make our world a better place and in the process try to remove all risk from our lives. (An impossibility!) I will not talk about camp fires, as I have already done that, so I will give two other recent examples.

The microwave oven is now deemed to be an energy hog because it has a clock running 24/7. The new ones, in the not too distant future, will have no clock in the attempt to make them more energy efficient. The free market system is always innovative in trying to develop new products that the consumer wants, but so far have not come with a microwave like this because nobody wants one. So Government will do it. Now, those who need a clock in the kitchen will have to buy a seperate clock and the power consumption will remain the same while the microwave oven will devolve. Brilliant, as the net power usage will remain unchanged.

The second example is even more assinine. In the state of California ( the state full of fruits and nuts) the powers that be have mandated that all gasoline jerrycans can no longer have a vent hole. Apparently, folks sometimes leave the vent hole unplugged and all the nasty gasoline fumes escape and cause global warming. Have you ever tried to pour gas from a jerrycan with no vent hole? Let me tell you that it chugalugs out, gulping and splashing away as much of it misses the target and the spillage ends up on the ground, evaporating and causing global warming anyway. (As if!) Add to that, the frustrated owner now punctures his own hole for venting, but has no way of plugging it after pouring the gas, so now the evaporation is continuous and so much more. Brilliant! The original problem has just now increased. The do gooders of the world should be required to have brains at least, and common sense at worst.

How much longer are we going to roll over and let things like this pass?

Is it just me, or have you noticed that our freedoms are leaving us at an ever increasing pace ever since the global warming industry began, and the Twin Towers in New York City were destroyed? Global warming is bogus and 9/11 should be put behind us.

Once a freedom is taken away, it is almost impossible to regain it.

And once a tax is implemented, it will never go away. Today is the second day of the increase in the carbon tax on gasoline. Did you notice how the climate is settling right down since we are now paying 7 cents a litre extra? Funny, I didn't either.

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