I was flipping through the channels today and caught a fascinating debate on c-span about the creation of National Watermelon Week. Yep, that's our tax dollars hard at work. Ugh! Is it just me or does it seem to be a good idea to focus on solving real problems and eliminating wasteful and unnecessary laws. For example, why exactly is it illegal to commit suicide? I suppose it's not really good for the individual who chooses it and that perhaps they could benefit from some psychiatric help, but really, is this a social problem? In fact, if you want to be coldly logical about it, wouldn't society be better off without those individuals continuing to live and reproduce?

Years ago, a state representative sent a mailing to ask for suggestions for new laws he should propose, with return postage paid by the government, of course. So, I wrote in that he should work to repeal as many laws as possible and only keep those that make sense and do good.

Yep, I'm the crazy one!