<The fact is half the time people don't know what is good for them. Sure they think those SUVs, minivans, and trucks are a fundamental freedom, but there is a larger issue that the average joe doesn't know about. That larger issue can hurt him, and millions of others.

The elitism just drips out, doesn't it? The "average joe," for God's sake. Where the hell would we be without our rulers to see the "big picture" for us?

Do you really think the environment has anything to do with this? It's the hatred of independence. The left has had a bone in its throat about freeways and the private automobile since they still called themselves communists. Do you think they'll stop with SUVs? In California these people are trying to funnel transportation funds away from highways and into mass transit. They have said, in so many words, that if they can make driving hellish enough, they can get us out of our cars forever.

At what point will you tell the busybodies to get the hell out of your life? When they decide that no one should be allowed more than two kids? I've seen that proposal floated. How about crippling taxes on meat? On fast food? On sugar? Seen those proposed too. You would be amazed at the stuff that the leftist "ecologists" discuss among themselves.

We in California are very close to making it illegal to smoke outdoors. It never stops. The people behind these proposals are deeply psychotic, with a hatred of freedom, capitalism, and humanity in general.

I need a car large enough to do what I need to do with my family. So do one hell of a lot of other people. The government passed laws year ago that mandated that the only large cars allowed would be trucks and vans, which is why those of us who need large cars now have to drive trucks and vans. If that finally becomes a crime, we may be in for a revolution.