You're Not the Boss Of Me!

"This is a free country!" 

When I was a kid, that's what we told people who tried to boss us around. Well, I don't know what the kids say today, but that one sure as hell doesn't work. I guess it snuck up on us, like tequila shots, we didn't even see it coming. We just woke up, in a lot of pain, getting screwed by somebody that wasn't our date. I'm not sure when it dawned on me that so many people, were attempting to control so many aspects of my life; but it's pissing me off and I'm sensing that I'm not alone. An increasing number of people are getting fed up, but a lot of ignorant bastards are content to sit back and let it happen, especially when it's happening to someone else. Last week, we celebrated national "Eat Whatever You Want Day". WTF? How about we have national "Kiss My Fat White Ass Day" A few days ago, the genius that we sent to the White House "evolved" on the issue of gay marriage, and decided it was OK. Homosexuals and leftists responded by kneeling at his altar, as if he had just parted the Red Sea. Their response should have been "Screw you Barry, we don't need your approval." Regardless of how you feel about homosexuality or same sex marriage, why in the hell is anyone in America asking the government for permission to get married?

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

Does that statement ring a freaking bell for anyone? Here's the problem; far too many Americans love all that rhetoric about freedom and self government. They love to quote Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Freedom is awesome!, unless we're talking about the freedom to do something that annoys or offends them. OK, let's forget gay marriage, we'll agree to disagree on that. Let's say, I buy a building and decide that I want to open a restaurant. I go down to city hall and pay all the bullshit licensing and permit fees ( basically, buy permission from the government) and I'm ready to open. Since I know that a large number of people in my area are smokers, I decide I'll allow smoking in my restaurant. I know this will, likely, drive away some non-smokers, but I think it's worth the risk. Oh, sorry! The conservative, Republican ruled government in my state has passed a law that makes it a crime to allow smoking, a legal activity, on my privately owned property. See, smoking is bad for your health and some say that just being in the same building with a smoker is equally harmful; though there is no proof of that. Anyway, I wasn't going to force my customers, at gun point, to smoke or force non-smokers to patronize my business. I was just going to allow people to smoke, if they wanted; because I thought it would be good for business. The thing is, a majority of the people in my state don't smoke and they think it's a disgusting habit; they don't like the smell. Therefore, they've decided that no one should smoke, anywhere, ever. It's democracy, majority rule! The problem is, 150 years ago, the majority of people in my state thought it was OK for white people to own black people. Oh Shit! Maybe we need some checks and balances on this majority rule thing. Here's something scary; you know what else a lot of people, seemingly, don't like? Fat people! Now this one really pisses me off. I think the smoking ban is wrong, but I don't smoke. I am, however, one big fat bastard. Oh, I'm not fat like; "bury me in a piano crate", or I'm a contestant on "The Biggest Loser", by the way, I think everyone that goes on that show is a gigantic loser, but I could lose a few pounds. This get's a little confusing for me, as it pertains to majority rule. According to the, so called, experts, about two thirds of Americans are some big fat turds. Well, tell me where I'm wrong, but, if the majority of us are fat; shouldn't we force the rest of you to load up on the Blue Bell and pack on the cellulite; instead of you forcing us to eat bean sprouts and go to boot camp? What am I missing here? Now, the favorite justification for telling us not to smoke, and not to be fat; is the burden to society that it puts on our heath care system. Well, if society had kept their grubby ass hands out our doctor's offices and heath insurance, it wouldn't be costing them shit! Speaking of health insurance; in an effort to solve the problem of rising costs and people being uninsured, the federal government passed a law that forces me to buy insurance for myself and my family, and also forces me to buy it for my neighbor, if he can't afford it. But, I can't buy just the coverage I need, the law also forces me to buy coverage for things like maternity and contraceptives; even though I endured invasive surgery, to a very sensitive area, to ensure that I wouldn't need those things. The kicker is; the law also forces me to provide that type of policy to my lazy ass neighbor and his family. There are a lot of things that the govt. forces us to do, but what about the stuff they won't let us do? Now, I understand why they won't let me kill my worthless neighbor, but some of this other stuff is just ludicrous. I can't drive my car unless I wear a seat belt, can't build a fence around my yard unless I buy permission, can't put an alarm in my home or business unless I buy permission, can't pay someone to install a ceiling fan unless they buy a license, can't ride a bike without a helmet, can't send a coke and candy bar to school with my kid as a snack, can't put leaves or grass clippings in the trash unless they're in expensive biodegradable bags, and, just this last week, can't have a swimming pool at my business unless I install expensive equipment to lift disabled people in and out of the water. That new law, by the way, isn't just for new pools. It applies to businesses with pools that have been in existence for decades. The cost can be paid by business owners, or divided up among the customers. Government really likes to be the boss of businesses! I work in construction safety, which provides me with the privilege of dealing with OSHA, which is Latin for; "The Safety NAZI's". Their mission is to prevent businesses from heartlessly murdering employees because, as everyone knows, the only way to make a profit is to kill the people that work for you. OSHA requires employers to provide their workers with training and equipment to protect them from the hazards of their job, which seems reasonable, but it doesn't end there. Providing these things isn't enough. The employer has to force the workers to use them, all the time. The govt. doesn't force the workers to use protective equipment, they force the employers, to force the workers. If OSHA finds an employee grinding metal, alone in a closet, with safety goggles lying on the floor next to him, there is no consequence for the worker, but the employer gets a big ass fine. Yeah, that seems fair. Why don't I just buckle him into a stroller and wheel him around with me like an infant, so I can be sure his ignorant ass doesn't do something stupid? But the workers don't get a free pass from government parenting. In my industry, craftsman make about $20 an hour, so, in a 40 hour week they make $800, before Uncle Sam's mafia (the I.R.S.) holds out their "protection" cut. The company I work for has a lot of work, so these employees can put in another 20 hours a week whenever they want. For you Obama supporters, that's another $400; a 50% increase in pay! But, the govt. won't let them. That's right it's against the law for them to work for less than $30 an hour, once they've worked 40; even if they really need the money. How about this? My 16 year old son has never done any type of work and has absolutely no job qualifications. But, the guy who runs the diner down the street wants to pay him $5 an hour to wash dishes and take out the trash; not bad for a kid who doesn't know anything. Sorry, can't do it, it's against the law for him to accept anything less than $7.25 an hour. Damn, I thought this was a free country, surely I can decide what wage I'm willing to work for. No, you can't, you're too damn stupid! What the hell do you think government is for, just to keep prostitutes employed? These Democrats have sure screwed things up right? Not exactly, Republicans are just as bad, maybe worse. Who outlawed the incandescent light bulb? George Bush and a Republican congress. Who gave us OSHA and the EPA? Richard Nixon. Who legalized warrant-less wire taps and the indefinite detention of US citizens, without bringing charges? Republicans! Private citizens, who support Republican candidates love to hammer Obama about the regulation he's imposed. But, it's Bush's fault that we have to buy $30 LED light bulbs. The left screamed about civil rights abuses when Bush passed "The Patriot Act". Obama re-authorized it and not one Democrat said shit; the only people that bitched were Ron and Rand Paul. It's like, when you were a kid, and it's kinda funny when some bullies give a nerd a wedgie and thump his ears. But then, the next week, when you're the one digging your drawers out of your ass, with your ears glowing like Rudolph's nose; then it's not so damn funny. 

Fair Warning America! 

Put on some ear muffs and get ready for a wedgie from hell! Everyone wants to be the boss of us!