Here's what I'm sending out to the Legislators this AM
As the parent of six, soon to be seven children, I can assure you that this bill is a burden for your constituents with larger families, as well as an unreasonable intrusion of government into a decision best left to individuals.
It is not based in sound logic, because if it were, all persons regardless of age who didn't meet certain height and weight criteria would be forced to use booster seats, whether they were 7, 10, or 30 years old. In this instance one needs to ask oneself - at what point does government's role in our lives become overreaching? At what point are we no longer allowed to exercise our own judgement or free will?
It's easy to ban something because someone says "it's dangerous" or "it's bad for us." But absent a public outcry, should a legislator's personal objections give a legislative body the right to impose a law upon the rest of us? I think not.
I've always believed our manner of government is rooted in the freedom of the individual. As we chip away at those freedoms because someone, somewhere, thinks something is bad for us, we get away from government creating freedom and opportunity, and we enter into a realm where government serves as an agent of social engineering.
Let me assure you, social engineering is not what the residents of South Dakota are looking for. We're looking for freedom, and leaders who will protect it.
I would urge you to vote to uphold Governor Rounds' veto on HB 1189.
I'd urge you to also get on the horn and let them know they need to vote to uphold the veto.
Comments
Way to go. Up Veto i stand with you on this and hope our State Government does the same!!!
Of course unless is involves making sound medical decisions such as using medical marijuana. Then, Pat prefers arcane and unprincipled logic.
Is one of them more valuable than the rest?
I sit them all very safely, thank you very much.
The point is, I don't need my government telling me how to do so.
Maybe you should tell me what freedoms (or vices) you're willing to give up because someone in Government doesn't think you should have them - Your hunting rifle? Riding without a motorcycle helmet? Smoking? Cooking with Trans-fats? Even Barbecuing outside?
Each of those has been under assault at one time or another because some legislator thinks "they're bad."
I prefer to make up my own mind.
Again, once the baby is born, we don't care.
Not using a booster seat is not going to cause an accident. The driver just has to watch out for those driving while using medical marijuana.
Since you are all about freedom of the individual, gays and lesbians should be free to marry the same-sex partner of their choosing and woman should have the freedom to choose.
You DO support freedom of choice, don't you?
And there is a considerable amount of difference between a two-inch embryo and a living child. If there isn't, why don't we hold funerals for embryos that are miscarried?
The same people that want these rediculous laws are the same that will have their kids strapped in watching a movie in the back seat while they are yacking on the phone holding up traffic.
Tell ya what put a spike in the center of your steering wheel and see if it changes your driving habits.
Which South Dakota are you living in?
They can't post on blogs to tell their story because they are dead or disabled.
Life wasn't wonderful for everyone in the years before people became more safety conscious. That is why these laws are in place now.