Congress Reaffirms Fake Hate Of Smoking
The Senate today sent a tobacco-hatin’ volley back to the House of Reps. Beware smokers, the government is about to light you up as the FDA takes more control of your lives. EduClaytion readers got a big whiff of this governmental stink bomb back in April in Smoke Em If You Got Em, one of the most read posts ever. 
The current version is new and improved by which I mean even worse. If the House drops its rubber stamp President Obama will sign on with glee. He must you see. The future of America’s children is at stake. I know because Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois told me. Durbin continues to help Illinois rise in the ranking of America’s stupidest states. Here’s what Dick had to say:
“This is a bill that will protect children and will protect America. Every day that we don’t act, 3,500 American kids — children — will light up for the first time. That is enough to fill 70 school buses.”
As I say, if you want to know what’s wrong with this legislation in the first place, just read the original article. I’ll even ignore the various problems with these stats about kids smoking and the hypocrisy of our leaders. Don’t get me started about how much Durbin and his pals want to “protect America.” Quite a bang up job they do passing dozens of laws to increase their power in the name of our good.
I’ve got a few ideas about who I’d like those busses to drive over but I better be careful before Congress passes another law to “protect me.”
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Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
