COMMON SENSE : ROADKILL

GOVERNMENT IS A COMPETITOR THAT ANNIHILATES WHATEVER COMES INTO ITS PATH. ITS FIRST VICTIM HAS BEEN COMMON SENSE.

LIBERAL (PROGRESSIVE) POLITICIANS WANT PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY. COMMON SENSE SAYS ACCOMMODATION AND WEAKNESS NEVER PRODUCE A VICTORY IN A WAR. BASEBALL TEAMS WITH MONIKERS LIKE MUD-HENS, SLIDERS AND PAINTS REPRESENT THE ELIMINATION OF REFERENCES TO VIOLENCE AND WAR. COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT NO COMPETITIVE SPORT TEAM CALLED THE 'PAINTS' IS INSPIRED TO TRIUMPH AGAINST ADVERSITY. A PAINTED WARRIOR MIGHT BE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS MANDATE 'MAINSTREAMING' STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND MEDICAL AILMENTS INTO REGULAR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT STUDENTS WHO DISRUPT THE LEARNING PROCESS (FOR WHATEVER REASONS) DO NOT BELONG IN THE NORMAL CLASS SETTING. PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGES FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ATTEMPT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE THOUGH WE HEAR DAILY OF OCCURRENCES OF MURDER AND HOMICIDE SUCH AS JESSIE DAVIS AND HER UNBORN BABY FOUND BURIED IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT PARENTS AND SOCIETY SHOULD TEACH RESPECT FOR LIFE; PERSONS THAT DO NOT, SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FREELY PURSUE THEIR OWN LIVES. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE UNVEILED THE MYSTERIES OF CELLS IN LIFE, GENES IN INHERITANCE AND GERMS IN DISEASE. COMMON SENSE ASKS WHY RESEARCH CONTINUES TO BE FUNDED WHICH DENIES THE BIOLOGICAL FACT THAT LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION. MANDATES AND SUBSIDIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE FUELS TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE UPON FOREIGN OIL. COMMON SENSE SAYS, WHY NOT DRILL FOR OIL WHERE WE HAVE IT, OFFSHORE AND IN ALASKA, AS WELL AS BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS FOR GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY? THE TRAGEDY EXISTS OF ABSENTEE BLACK FATHERS; 50% OF BLACK CHILDREN ARE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK. COMMON SENSE SAYS WELFARE PROGRAMS, GANGS, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND IRRESPONSIBILITY HAVE CREATED THE PARENTAL VOID. DATA PROVE THAT MARRIAGE IN TWO-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS HOLDS A FAMILY TOGETHER AND PROMOTES HEALTHFUL, PRODUCTIVE LIVING. ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING (BULBS) PURPORT TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. COMMON SENSE SAYS NEITHER THE LIGHT BULB NOR MAN'S FOOTPRINT CAN AFFECT GLOBAL WARMING BECAUSE LIFE ON EARTH DEPENDS UPON THE ENERGY OF THE SUN AND THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT AT NO LEVEL PROMOTES INDIVIDUAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH SAVINGS. RATHER IT ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO RELY ON RETIREMENT PACKAGES AND SOCIAL SECURITY. COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT IF FOUR MOVIES - OCEANS 11, SPIDER-MAN, SHREK AND PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - AND THEIR SEQUELS COMBINED CAN RAKE IN 3.5 BILLION DOLLARS DOMESTICALLY, AMERICANS ARE PROUDLY WASTING THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY AND DISPLAYING THEIR NEGATIVE SAVING'S RATE.

COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT ACTIONS ARE BEST WHICH PROCURE THE GREATEST HAPPINESS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBERS. THAT LEAVES GOVERNMENT OUT! GOVERNANCE BY POLITICIANS WITH THEIR FULL-BLOWN SENSES OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE, HAS GIVEN US POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, REALITY DENIAL, NARCISSISM AND MORAL MALAISE.