FREEDOM!!!!!!!!
Finally......our Michigan state Senate approved a bill to allow motorcyclists to ride without helmets! The vote was 21-13. You have to have been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least two years or have taken a safety course. They have been trying to get this bill through for two years now.
Republican Senator Bruce Patterson of Canton said “individual liberty trumps other considerations. People have died so that we can be free, to allow people to be free is a free land unencumbered by big government’s intrusion.” I can almost see the flag waving majestically in the background as large tears well up in my eyes as I repeat what Senator Patterson said.
FREEDOM!!!!!!!!
Wait a minute.....Are these the same people who brought us the catchy “click it or ticket” campaign? The same people who are getting $90 a pop when hapless car and truck drivers are caught driving without their seat belts? The same guys who changed the law to allow the police to stop a car simply because the driver isn’t wearing a seat belt?
Hmmmm.....Let’s see.....I can drive around on a motorcycle without a seat belt or helmet because “individual liberty trumps other considerations.” Man, I could race around helmetless on my Harley and be “unencumbered by big government’s intrusion.” That is, until I park my motorcycle and climb into my Suburban. Then, of course, the big hand of government’s intrusion comes and slaps me right upside the seat belt!
I don’t get it. Maybe I expect too much consistency from the guys who make our laws.....Come to think of it, these are the same guys who made writing a check on a closed bank account a 14 year felony and assault with intent to do great bodily harm a 10 year felony!
Well, at least I don’t have to wear a helmet as I’m driving my Suburban.
Blawgerman
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