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The Nanny State Strikes Again
Fox News ^ | 12/26/03 | William A. Niskanen

Posted on 12/27/2003 3:13:33 PM PST by jimkress

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:38:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, who must have little else to do, has recently urged state governments to pass "primary" seat-belt laws, which allow police to stop and cite motorists solely for failing to wear a seat belt.

And the Bush administration has proposed a $400 million incentive to reward state governments that pass such laws.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cato; nannystate; nutjobs; seatbeltlaws
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To: jimkress
i don't agree with the law and very seldom ware one. some times on tne highway to town (75 miles) but it is a way to pull a "bad guy" over and check him out.
21 posted on 12/27/2003 3:48:12 PM PST by camas
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To: mvpel
No, they're just the ones who are going to pass it again and make it permanent this time. If this passes a GOP controlled congress and a GOP president, it's going to be interesting to see the party loyalists try to down play this as "not a big deal"
22 posted on 12/27/2003 3:56:28 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: bigfootbob
"What an IDIOT position to take for a conservative. I guess you'd prefer Pres. Dean's policies. People like you make me ill."

No, I'm no idiot. I simply see things as they really are...not a dimes' difference in the two parties. Dean, Bush....both are BIG government. It's people like you that support the status-quo. You think that conservatism and belief in the Constitution are solely owned by the republican party. I suppose that the latest in entitlements (prescription drugs) are moves in the right direction simply because GW signed the bill making it law. I bet you support the latest Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance also. How's you stand on immigration...should we go ahead and open the gates and provide illegals amnesty. Don't be surprised when GW endorses that move also It appears to me the republicans are simply mirroring the democrats. No, I'm not a "party" man. I can think on my own.
23 posted on 12/27/2003 3:57:32 PM PST by politicalwit
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To: mvpel
FYI, I was refering to the AWB...I hit the post botton to quickly on my reply to you.
24 posted on 12/27/2003 3:58:10 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: jimkress
Election 2000

Republican- 50,459,624
Democrat- 51,003,238
Green- 2,882,995
Reform- 449,120
Libertarian- 384,440
Other- 232,922

I hate Bush, imagonna(imagoner) vote for the "Other" party.

25 posted on 12/27/2003 3:58:53 PM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: FairOpinion
...if you don't support Bush, who do you think you are going to get as next president, probably Dean...

Why not support a Republican alternative?

26 posted on 12/27/2003 3:59:08 PM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: bigfootbob
Ditto your #18.

As well, considering how many people drive without automobile insurance, seatbelts do reduce medical costs for ALL of us when there is an accident. There is no denying that fact.

27 posted on 12/27/2003 3:59:44 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach
As well, considering how many people drive without automobile insurance, seatbelts do reduce medical costs for ALL of us when there is an accident. There is no denying that fact.

I deny it.

28 posted on 12/27/2003 4:01:53 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: Orangedog
You are flying in the face of all evidence and not informed. Ask any EMT driver. Ask any doctor, nurse, etc.

29 posted on 12/27/2003 4:03:20 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach
Prove it.
30 posted on 12/27/2003 4:04:34 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: Orangedog
but i drive a 1979 GMC pickup..seatbelts were not mandatory until 1980...prior vehicles did not have to be retro fitted...i cut the shoulder strap off and use only the lap belt...

had a little young punk deputy sheriff stop me during the click it or ticket campaign...was going to cite me for not wearing a seat belt...I took great joy in asking him if i were required to wear a seat belt in a vehicle older than the law?? he said sure..everyone has to wear one..i offered to call state police troop hq and let him speak to the commander there...he didn't want to do that..

he got really flustered and threatened to take me to jail and i asked what for..he said...not wearing a seat belt and interfering with the duties of a police officer...i then lifted up my shirt and showed him the lap belt...and said oh you mean wear one of these??

he looked very puzzled as if he had never seen just a lap belt before...I then asked him how old he was..he replied that's not important but i'm 23...i told him son, I have been driving a truck cross country since 1974 and just because you went to a 13 week class you think you are qualified to tell me how to protect myself on the road??

well that's my job..that's what i'm trained to do" he shot back...I told him son, you ain't trained to do anything but harass honest law abiding citizens and try to generate money for the parish (county)...you are just a puppet with a big ego and bad attitude with a 4 yr job..what if the present sheriff loses next election?? you will be begging for a job as a night stocker at wally world.

he didn't like that very much, but he knew he had engaged in a battle of wits and his gun was only half loaded.
31 posted on 12/27/2003 4:05:00 PM PST by cajun-jack
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To: Orangedog
All this does is give more of our tax money to the states as an incentive for police to write more tickets and have yet another reason to harrass the public.

Well, that is conservatism. At least as I understand conservatism as of late.

32 posted on 12/27/2003 4:05:45 PM PST by templar
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To: Drango
Support the US Constitution Party

Support nutjobs...

You're right, it is nutty to think Americans want a constitutionally limited federal government. That's why the Republicans ladle out the largesse just as fast as the Democrats. It's what the voters ask for.

33 posted on 12/27/2003 4:06:19 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: Orangedog
Like duh man, call your insurance agent.
34 posted on 12/27/2003 4:06:23 PM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: Orangedog
You are so ill informed. If you want to prove your point, go ahead. And don't give me links to some crappy web site to support your point. Give me medical web sites.

VERY few informed people take your position. There is a reason for that.
35 posted on 12/27/2003 4:06:53 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach
Sorry. I'm typing faster than I read tonight...

Seatbelts MAY reduce medical costs...seatbelt LAWS do not. I should have been more specific
36 posted on 12/27/2003 4:08:10 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: Peach
You made a gratuitous assertion. Any such assertion can be equally denied.
37 posted on 12/27/2003 4:09:35 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: bigfootbob
What an IDIOT position to take for a conservative. I guess you'd prefer Pres. Dean's policies. People like you make me ill.

At least when the Democrats are expanding the welfare state it isn't done in the name of conservatives.

38 posted on 12/27/2003 4:10:27 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: Ben Ficklin
And you're going to believe the insurance industry for every excuse they come up with to raise your rates? They want these seatbelt laws because it fattens the wallets of the government and their own bottom line. More seatbelt tickets means another reason to raise rates.
39 posted on 12/27/2003 4:12:18 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: Orangedog
Unfortunately for you, my gratuitous assertion has been backed up by the medical community for over two decades.

Your assertion is one that is rarely if ever taken by anyone, and has never been backed up by medical or forensic science.
40 posted on 12/27/2003 4:12:36 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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