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By Dave Hitt on Jan 20, 2010 in Big Brother, Junk Science, Nanny Nation, Politics | 1 Comment
Back in 1978 F. Paul Wilson wrote Lippidleggin’, a short story about a farmer bootlegging butter and eggs, which had been banned to improve everyone’s health. I’m guessing that back then most people thought it was entertaining, but silly. Back in 2007, with the author’s permission, I did a reading of the story for an […]
By Dave Hitt on Dec 18, 2009 in Nanny Nation, Political Correctness | 1 Comment
Just in time for Christmas, the British Medical Journal is featuring an article blaming Santa for obesity, speeding, drunk driving, extreme sports, smoking and reckless behavior. Dr Nathan “Grinch” Grills wants to rework Santa into a politically correct image, right down to wearing a helmet and seat belt. Using a variation of the nannies second […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 25, 2009 in Big Brother, Junk Science, Nanny Nation | 24 Comments
I recently received a link to the latest Nicotine Nazi handbook (PDF). It provides detailed, step by step plan these spineless goobers can use to coerce Big Brother into to imposing their will on business owners. I usually try to be witty and pithy in these columns, working in the clever metaphor or silly pun, […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 1, 2009 in Nanny Nation, Yeah - That'll Work | 1 Comment
If you’re attacked in the UK and defend yourself with a gun you will spend more time in jail than your attacker. As a result both criminals and decent people are arming themselves with the next best thing – knives. Britain is even more of a nanny state than the US, so it’s not surprising […]
By Dave Hitt on May 3, 2009 in Nanny Nation, Politics | 2 Comments
Lefties get very annoyed when their opponents refer to Universal Health Care as Socialized Medicine. This is because it is socialized medicine and the word “socialism” carries a well deserved stigma. In such discussions I like to ask the question: “Do you really want your health care to have the safety of Amtrack, the budgeting […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 28, 2009 in Nanny Nation | 5 Comments
This just in – using thick toilet paper is worse than driving a hummer or living in a huge house. According to this article: Future generations are going to look at the way we make toilet paper as one of the greatest excesses of our age. Yeah, no question. When examining all the troubles and […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 14, 2009 in Nanny Nation | 1 Comment
We’ve seen kids kicked out of school for having a gun charm on a charm bracelet, for having a tiny bat that fell off a baseball trophy in their car, for having a butter knife in the trunk of their car, and for drawing pictures of guns in school. But that’s not going far enough, […]