You've missed the point. If once-cutting edge conservatives like Freepers don't kick up a stink about rank stupidity and waste like this, at the time it happens, seat belts will be the last thing on our minds by the time Bush runs for re-election. The message sent by suppression of concern is that we'll take any statist claptrap he cares to send down the pipe because of a collective fear of Dean. I think some of the Bush boosters around here need to make up their mind. If Dean's such a non-threat, then why can't criticism of the President's liberal tendencies be aired, for fear of 'Bush or Dean'? I'd like to see some of the Libertarians and Buchanan supporters who've been hunted off FR back on here, now. This seatbelt craziness is yet another vindication of their reservations about this president. FR should be a hotbed of outrage when something as stupid as this comes from the White House.