How useless does Ted think you are?

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Last night as I was watching the late night news an alarming report caught my attention.  It seems Ted Lieu, California State Assemblyman, is proposing a law that would make it illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use a tanning salon.

Really.

No, I'm not lying. Ted Lieu who easily won his seat in the last election, wants to protect people under the age of 18 from the dangers of the tanning salon. 

I will at this point let it be know that I did not vote for Ted Lieu. 

Don't drink, drive, tan or run with those who do. I guess that's Ted's philosophy. That's the liberal agenda. No salt, no Happy meals, and no tanning. Ted seems to think that I, as a parent, can not make informed decisions with my children's best interest in mind. This is a perfect example of where liberal ideology links to socialism with an all-powerful state and ruling class acting as big brother. The liberal argument, under the guise of "well don't you think (fill in the blank) is bad for people?" is how the liberals take away freedom of choice, something they claim to champion.  

Now, I try to  monitor my salt intake, I don't let my children live off of Happy Meals, I don't smoke, and I have never used a tanning salon. But, if I want some more salt, if my I want to rip through  McD's and grab a few Happy Meals, if I want to light up a victory cigar, or if I ever get the hankering to look like a piece of toast, that is MY choice and MY business,NOT Ted Lieu's and NOT the governments. 

And by-the-way, why is Ted Lieu wasting time on tanning salons when his state needs jobs? 

Personal Conservative, Political Liberal?

I was talking to a friend/colleague of mine and she was telling me how she, personally, lived and made her choices very much conservatively, but, she votes as a liberal pretty much all the time. How can someone be personally conservative yet politically liberal?

Well, the usual explanation, which was hers, is that while she would never do some things it would be wrong of her to impose her beliefs on someone else. Which leads me to my next question, how can something be wrong for me but right for you, morally? Or is it the imposition of ones beliefs on someone else that liberals believe to be wrong? That seems to me to be the underlining argument.

For example, as my friend explained, although she would never get an abortion, she does not believe that she has the “right “to impose that belief on some one else.

Yet, it is the firmly held moral belief of the left that people with more money than someone else do not deserve it and are not capable of making choices for the greater good with said money. Therefore, they the benevolent left, as government, should tax the “rich” and “redistribute” the wealth to those they determine as worthy. I do not hold such a belief, but, I am forced to, no, my money is taken from me, involuntarily, and “redistributed” to others. Morally, I find that evil.

So, although I strongly disagree, with the form of wealth distribution ideals found among Democrats, liberals and leftists, I find no Democrat, no liberal, no leftist, with any concern over the moral conundrum of forcing me to live with their moral belief concern wealth distribution.

I find that a hypocritical, typical, and generally liberal way of thinking. What about you?