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To: Road Walker who wrote (385883)	5/23/2008 10:53:12 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577025

"That's to protect the dumbasses like you from themselves." Actually its to protect the rest of us from them. But i dont fully agree with your point either. I am not a nanny-state guy. There is balance to these things and the left tends to go hog wild while the right relies on the free market even where the term doesnt apply. The govt sometimes goes off in peculiar directions when doing regulation as in tying energy bill to hedge fund tax treatment.

To: Road Walker who wrote (385883)	5/23/2008 11:04:21 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577025

>> The government already decides what you drive. Our government isn't telling me I can't drive an SUV. Obama said that it might not be okay with other countries if I drive an SUV. Clearly, he was indicating that other countries might not approve. So F*cking What? It is none of their GD business what I drive.

To: Road Walker who wrote (385883)	5/23/2008 11:18:23 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577025

The government already decides what you drive. There is a vast difference between OUR government telling me what to drive or how to drive, versus foreign governments telling me what to drive. "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." It is bizarre that there is no outrage over the statement. The implication is clearly, indisputably, that "other countries" should have some say in what we drive, what temperature we choose to keep our homes at, and how much we eat. You cannot rationally draw any other inference from the remark.