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I'm in my early 30's and I know that things will be a lot by the time I'm a "senior citizen." I can picture myself along with a few of my fellow "old farts" (I'll wear the title as a badge of honor when I get that old!), sitting on my deck, telling stories of how things were in the "Old Republic" when the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th and 14th Amendments still applied and actually meant what the Framers meant, not what the sheep-like public begged the legislature and the court to strip us of for safety and "for the children."

Sad thing is that the soccer moms and their husbands have gutted the Bill of Rights over the past 30 years with the War On Citizens Who Use The Drugs That Some People Don't Like. So they drugs cause crime...okay. How much crime would Jack Daniels cause if whiskey was illegal and cost $150 a bottle? How about a six pack of Budweiser that cost $75? Or a pack of cigarettes that goes for $30? Well, the rights we have lost in the war on drugs can make all of this happen. The government passes a law that creates a criminal who otherwise was harming no one but himself. The price of the newly illegal product skyrockets due it being made illegal, creating more crime by the users who are driven into the underground economy. The cry goes out to get tough on these criminals and more rights are offered up as tribute. Welcome to America in the Third Millenium.

Well summed up my friend. I'm just entering my thirties and I know I'll be singing a slightly different tune! Pushing up daisies 'cause I am not going to stand for a whole lot more than this (semi-idle threat for the edification of my ego).

EBUCK

Or a pack of cigarettes that goes for $30? Well, the rights we have lost in the war on drugs can make all of this happen.

Shortly, we will see a new War -- on smuggling cigarettes, don'cha know. Government at work, creating the "problems" that it will then "solve", by massive new initiatives costing massive $, and imposing even greater control over the sheeple.

How come we are not on to the game?

It is a small jump from having a bicyclist carry "papers" to having a stroller carry "papers" -- same justification.

In California, do they arrest tricyclists for not wearing a helmet yet? Do they beat them over the head for carrying on in such a reckless fashion?

Do they shoot smokers yet?