So many things...

[Guest guest]

There are so many things in this world that I could do to really endanger my

health (and the health of others) that are perfectly legal.

I can walk into a liquor store (State of MN says I must be over 21 years of age

to do so) and buy enough legally produced alcohol to drink myself into oblivion

everyday, killing my liver, my brain cells, and, as long as I'm below .10% blood

alcohol level, I can drive a car, putting other lives and property into danger.

No problem. People get to do whatever they want.

Chemlawn can come to the neighbors' house every week during the summer. I watch

the turf technician (who wears no respirator or special protective gear) spray

the weed-killing juice willy-nilly on the lawn. I think about how all I have to

do is call and I can have a yard free of those nasty nasty plants that don't

look

like grass.

I can wander into Mega-lo-Mart and buy for cheapcheapcheap, supporting all

manner

of earth-polluting, low wage-providing, investor-pleasing companies.

I can go to any doctor and have prescribed for me stuff we know is quite capable

of making us sick with side-effects, all gov't agency approved, all nice and

neat

in a little amber colored vial. I can get the drugs that will help make up for

my lack of dietary control, my lack of exercise, my irresponsibility for taking

care of my self. Side effects including nausea, vomiting, sedation, dizziness,

headache, weakness, abdominal cramping, diarrhea and seizures may occur so I'll

consult my doctor if I experience any of that.

I can buy a car and talk on my cell phone while driving it being happily

oblivious to everything going on around me, including the car I'm about to ram

in

it's side cause I don't notice the stop sign. Important business I'm attending

to.

I can walk down the stairs in my house, putting into jeopardy life and limb, not

to mention the gin and tonic I'm carrying.

I can take an elevator, ride a bike, smoke cigarettes with my baby daughter

sleeping in her crib just feet away from me, go to the local salad bar and eat

pesticide-laden vegetables, tend bar, get on a plane, go to a hospital, breathe

the air in L.A., live under high-voltage power lines, sky-dive, take a shower

with chlorine-ridden water, play football, walk across a busy street, climb a

ladder and adjust my t.v. antenna.

I can wear all the petroleum-based perfume, hairspray and polyester I want, wash

my clothes with phosphates and dry them with scented dryer sheets (static cling

is a real bitch, isn't it?).

I can freely walk the aisles of the grocery store buying (raw) antibiotic-laced

meat, tainted greens, tylenol, pepcid complete, Doritos, a wheelbarrow full of

corn syrup, genetically modified foods of all ilk, trans-fats and processed,

nutrition-less " food " .

Hell, I can stick my finger into a light socket if I damn well please.

I can pay taxes and help pay for wars far and wide all while supporting good

peace-lovin' companies like Halliburton.

I can do all these things and more! I'm an American, after all!

*****But Heaven (and gov't) forbid I should dare to drink raw milk from a

lovingly raised, grass-fed, pasture-roaming cow.

I am soooooo very happy that someone is watching out for me

Preaching to the choir, with love to all,

Garret

" Help one another,

for we are all in the same boat. "