Apology accepted.

For those who don’t know what i’m referring to; the Humanoids were the creation of the late SF writer Jack Williamson.

The Humanoids were robotic creations designed to improve human life; and instead enslaved humanity with the best intentions.

For all the hyperbole in this post the sorry state of US health will be the same in ten years.

I just saw that clip of Rush blaming America’s health crisis on all those folks who injure themselves while exercising.

Baloney, indeed.

You know, sometimes I am such an asshole. As soon as I hit the “submit comment” button, I realized that you were not being snarky, you were just suggesting I do a bit of research. So I am nasty, after asking everybody to be nice to me concerning my ignorance.

I apologize for the tone of my last comment. You did not deserve that, and I am a true asshole.

That’s the best apology I can offer, and I do it here publicly.

Thanks for that informative tip. Boy did that shed light on the subject! Wow… I am enlightened!

By the way, its called the “commerce clause” not the “interstate commerce clause”.

Of course, my comment specifically mentioned tobacco growing states, not INTERSTATE commerce. While not being a constitutional scholar like you, I was well aware of the commerce clause, as well as the federal funding clause, as well as the forced participation clause: I got all of that off Wikipedia.

And please don’t quote anything you read on Wiki about Wikard vs. Filburn: I’ve read it too. FDR’s liberal-packed Supreme Court had one of the best ass-reamings in the history of precedence in US vs. Lopez in 1995, which was described as “the most far reaching example of Commerce Clause authority over intrastate commerce”.

The biggest mystery of all is Scalia’s concurrence with the majority in Gonzales vs. Raich in 2005. Rarely have Rehnquist and Thomas voted opposite of Scalia, and my tiny brain does not comprehend the logic that is usually so clear in Scalia’s writings.

I think you’ve answered my question, James. Thanks for all that information. And thanks to you too, Wikipedia.

A question I can’t get answered is this: For years we were told that a lot of children’s asthma was caused by their parents smoking around them. So we went from nearly 70% of the adults smoking to 20% of us smoking. And children’s asthma rates are going up, up, up. Seems like they should be going down.

I know smoking is bad for the lungs. I know it stinks. I know it costs a lot. I know that I loved it and I will miss it until the end of my life.

Of course Missouri is showing the rest of the country that they are truely two faced on this issue. Big campain reminding us daily to wear a seat belt, millions spent, meanwhile the Gov. signs a law making it OK to not wear a helment on a motorcycle if you are over 20 years of age.

In the absence of either of these, doesn’t the 10th amendment allow the tobacco growing states to tell the federal government to shove it up their ass?

Be nice, ye constitutional scholars… I’m just asking a question.

Truly not my idea of a lifestyle.