Senate Pork and Fast Food Lawsuits

President Bush had the courage to reject a $5.1 billion spending package approved by Congress. It was supposed to be for emergency spending for several homeland security projects. The President rejected it because the tax-and-spend Congress included totally unrelated projects such as $200 million for the UN Global AIDS Fund and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to build a new facility for its collection of bugs and worms.

The President asked for a homeland security package. Instead, Hillary Clinton and the other tax-and-spend senators gave him a package of pork. She then had the nerve to call the President irresponsible.

The President has indicated he will consider the financial needs for other projects when and if the Senate has the courage to present them on their own merits—not as pork attached to a bill to fight terrorism. Hillary and her pals should be embarrassed by their self-serving political rhetoric.

Sue Fast Food Companies

It's about time someone sued those fast food criminals for making us fat. Why, for years they have tricked us into thinking we could eat a quarter pound of beef with salt, high cholesterol dressing and a truckload of greasy French fries without having any health problems.

They were so clever some folks ate the fat meal five or more times a week without ever noticing that their cholesterol was off the charts, their blood pressure was higher than a 747, or that every other week they had to buy larger clothes. These innocent people are now striking back and asking those fast food people to pay the medical bills while they try to recover from the health problems associated with obesity.

I hope this is only the beginning of companies being sued for forcing dangerous products on an unsuspecting, innocent public. I am surprised Ralph Nader didn't think of this first. His party must be green—with envy, that is.

I suggest shoe manufacturers should be next on the list for selling high heel shoes to unsuspecting women. Of course, most women want to be six to eight inches taller. So, of course, when the shoe fits, they walk around on those spikes. Tripping, breaking ankles, foot and knee and back problems were never once on a warning label in the shoes—so sue!

Then get the motorcycles. Not one manufacturer has a warning label alerting the buyer that driving one at 95 mph into a bridge abutment can cause severe pain—why not sue?

Another product that can cause severe psychological problems is ketchup bottles. How many times in some high class eating place has someone had trouble getting that darn stuff out of the container? Finally, in desperation, you give the bottle a good hard shake and out comes the ketchup—on the white evening gown of the lady at the next table. You try to get by with a light-hearted "You look good enough to eat," but her boyfriend rewards you with a fist in your face. Of course, you'll sue the boyfriend, but what about the public humiliation brought on by this defective product—maybe you should sue.

I thank that sick, obese fellow who never noticed he'd gained over 50 pounds eating greasy burgers for suing the food company. He has made us aware of hardships that companies cause because they just don't want to be responsible for what they are doing. Sue—it's the only responsible way to avoid being victimized.