The Government Will Live Your Life For You

I suppose in many ways the Left, in concert with the Enviros, would have us all living our lives in ways similar to these:

• Clustered together in urban areas only;
• Stacked in multi-story vertical buildings with the smallest possible footprint;
• Walking only to our destinations or to Public Transit;
• Public Transit being the only way to move about in greater distances;
• No personal vehicles;
• No guns, no weapons, no knives, no sharp objects;
• No competitive sports for leisure;
• No competition in our jobs;
• No meat whatsoever in our diets;
• State-approved foods only;
• Only "natural" foods produced by workers in pre-approved working conditions in pre-approved nations and economies under stress-free and non-conflict agrarian areas;
• No liquor, no nicotine;
• Maximum number of calories allowed daily;
• Compulsory governmental healthcare, nothing privatized;
• Every public movement monitored by camera and microphone;
• Daily updated list of proscripted words and phrases;
• The general elimination of privatization;
• No outward or visible support of religion or belief system, particularly Christianity or Judaism, save for:
  

-- Atheism

-- Islam

-- Buddhism

-- Hinduism

-- Gaia

-- Wicca

-- New Age

-- Scientology

I could go on and on, but I'd be doing so at the expense of my point; to wit:

In the United Kingdom & Europe:

LONDON (Reuters) - A "fat tax" on salty, sugary and fatty foods could save thousands of lives each year, according to a study published on Thursday.

And:

Police officers in the UK are to be given head-mounted video cameras to film incidents and arrests, the footage of which can then be used in evidence.

And:

Fast, powerful cars within a few years may be outlawed in Europe, an idea that has been raised ostensibly because Ferraris and Porsches produce too much carbon dioxide. For those who abhor sports cars as vulgar symbols of affluence (along with vacation homes, furs and fancy jewelry), such a ban could be a two-fer: Saving the planet while cutting economic inequality.

In the United States:

(New Jersey- WABC, July 11, 2007) - A New Jersey senator wants to make it illegal to sell or give to anyone under age 18 toy guns that look so realistic they can be mistaken for a real firearm.

And yet, despite the Left wanting us to be crammed like hamsters into crowded urban areas, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a "Congestion Plan" or "Congestion Pricing" that would add taxes to residents,

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to charge motorists fees to drive into the most congested parts of Manhattan got a powerful boost on Wednesday from former President Clinton.

Or another plan:

One idea some lawmakers think should be fully examined is something you might call "first number keeps you out." If your license plate begins with a "1" you would be barred from the central business district on the first, 11th, 21st and 31st of the month. If "2" is the first number you are barred on the 2nd 12th and 22nd -- and so on.

Would it shock and appall you to think that many Leftists want it both ways: crush you into zones, keep you from traveling into those zones?

And, the Left wants you skinny and not fat, except when it doesn't want you too skinny.

We are well on our way to being coddled, manipulated, scolded, harried, nannied, "protected for our own collective good," meaned, averaged, feminized, milktoasted, monitored, watched, "managed" like a UPS package, hounded and arrested for things that we, now, take for granted.

Anyone remember Brave New World? 1984? The movie THX1138?

Guess what . . . ?

BZ