A LITTLE LATE, BUT STILL ...

THEY DID IT FOR YOU. NOW DO IT FOR THEM.

These men [our Founding Fathers] signed a document knowing that was their death sentence, should their ramshackle collection of farmers and brewers and smiths fail to prevail against the most powerful military force the world had ever seen. A death sentence. They did that, not because they craved money, or social position, or political power – as with all revolutions before or since. Most of them had that in abundance. This was a risk they took not to gain everything, but to lose it.

They did it because they believed that men should be free: free from the petty tyrannies of other people telling you what to do for your own good.

If you couldn’t be there in person, there will be more.

And think about this (from the comments): “I’m going to the one in Washington D.C. I’m doing it for my children. I want them to know that I didn’t sit back while my generation passed on massive debt to theirs.”

My thoughts exactly.

SMALL CARS AREN’T SAFE?

Who’d’ve thunk it?

In crash tests released Tuesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that drivers of 2009 versions of the Smart "fortwo," Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris could face significant leg and head injuries in severe front-end crashes with larger, mid-size vehicles.

The institute has raised questions about whether stricter gas mileage rules, which are being developed by the government, might lead to smaller, lighter vehicles that could be less safe.

Well, of course they’re less “safe” -- higher mileage implies smaller and lighter, and smaller and lighter don’t do well against bigger and heavier. Why do you think there are weight classes in almost every one-on-one sport? Why are women’s sports separate from men’s sports? Where is common sense? Oh, never mind ....

The real question is when (if) the Nanny-State Liberals will realize that there is always a trade-off between benefit and risk. To put it bluntly, to get the benefit of increased mileage, one is going to have to accept the additional risk of getting creamed in a crash.

Face it, folks – semi-trailers, box trucks, buses, delivery vans, concrete barriers, and trees aren’t going to vanish in the forseeable future, and to misuse an analogy, it really doesn’t matter if the hammer hits the light bulb or the light bulb hits the hammer, it’s the light bulb that’s going to take the beating every time.

Frankly, the best way to solve the safety “issue” is to immediately disable all the safety equipment on every car in America – no seat belts, no air bags, nothing – and issue a stern warning to every driver that his/her survival is wholly dependent on two things: (a) driving skill, and (b) undivided attention to the road.