We should all be dead by now

This little homage to an earlier, less precious, less PC, less uber-sucky 'nanny state' comes via Laughing Wolf's blog. It originated with Jay Leno. I've seen it before, but it's worth repeating. I found it amusing that this province, which reaps huge revenues from tobacco sales has carried its oozing preciousness to the idea of banning smoking in cars carrying children. I want to know how they plan to enforce yet another encroachment on personal freedom. This is not to say that parents who smoke while kiddies are in the car shouldn't be horsewhipped, but I wonder what happened with those of us who grew up with parents smoking in the car with the windows rolled up? How come we're still alive?

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s!

First, we survived being born to motherswho smoked and/or drank...while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,tuna from a can... and didn't get tested for diabetes.

After that trauma, we were put to sleep,on our tummies, in baby cribs covered with bright, colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,locks on doors, drawers or cabinets...and when we rode our bikes,we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children,we would ride in cars with no car seats,booster seats, seat belts... or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup truck,on a warm day, was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose,not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,from one bottle...and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter... and bacon.

We drank Kool-aid, made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.

WHY?Because we were always outside, playing...that's why! We would leave home in the morning,and play all day, as long as we were backwhen the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us, all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-cartsout of scraps... and then ride down the hill,only to find out we forgot about brakes.

After running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve that problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendos or Xboxes.

There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,no videos or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs,no cell phones, no personal computers,no Internet... and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS... and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut,broke bones and teeth...and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms, and mud pies made from dirt,
and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls...and, although we were told it could happen,we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house,knocked on the door or rang the bell,or just walked in... and talked with them.

Little League had tryouts... and not everyone made the team.Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.Imagine that!!The idea of a parent bailing us out, if we broke the law,was unheard of.

They actually sided... with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,problem solvers, and inventors... ever.The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them...
CONGRATULATIONS!!!