That’s how Uncle Sam Became our uncle.. see the US is our daddy, and as such, it’s his job to keep us safe.. Uncle Sam is that one no good relative we all have .. the guy always comin’ around to borrow cash and eat for free…
Laws where I live..
- Must wear a seatbelt.
- Must wear a bike helmet (16 and under, but our daddy didn’t think I was smurt enuff to decide that for my kiddies, so he took care of it for me.)
- Curfew for kids and teens.
- Cross the Street .. ONLY at the corner.
- Stop when the light is red, stay stopped until the light turns green, even @ 4am and when you are the only car within 40 miles.
- A stand up scooter rider cannot have an engine(on the street)that is 50 cc….Doesn’t matter IF you speed, Only if you can..
- It is illegal to place a container filled with human fecal matter on the side of any highway. (They had to make a law for this!)
- Babies may not be carried on the running boards of a car. (OOPS!)
- Drivers may not pump their own gas. (Mind you the attendant gets no special safety training or anything.. there’s no actual reason for the law.. but c’mon now.. you can’t just have any ole body pumping gas.. the result.. LadyH is in BIG trouble when visiting Washington!)
Anyway, there’s lots of them.. mostly common sense, we’re just not expected to have it (common sense that is), or make use of it, the rest are extreme, or other peoples morals, such as the stupid online gambling law.
On another note… I’m not really a slots player.. and I’ve never really found use for our constitutional right to ‘Pursue Happiness” … because the law doesn’t say we have any right to achieve it.. just to pursue it.. well.. while thinking this over.. I came to this conclusion…
This amendment was created FOR gamblers.. You have the right to pursue happiness, you may never achieve it.. but you can pursue it all you like.. You can keep shoving your quarters into the slot machine, in hopes of hitting the progressive.. however.. there’s no guarantee that you ever will. I imagine that hitting a progressive jackpot does provide most people with some amount of happiness.