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The Nation's Pulse
Don't Want to Buckle-Up for Safety?
Let's say you prefer not to "buckle up" when you drive.
Yes, I know that seat belts save lives and that your chances of being injured or even killed in the event you have an accident go up if you are not wearing a seat belt. Not gonna argue the point.
But it's equally true that eating right and exercising regularly saves lives. I'm guessing you'd still prefer to decide for yourself what to eat and whether you'll hit the gym today.
Right?
Yet we don't apply the same standard to the decision to buckle up or not. Many states have laws on the books not only requiring that you wear your seatbelt -- very much in the manner of a Big Momma scolding you about eating your broccoli -- but also, increasingly, empowering police to pull you over for this omission.
Since it's probably a losing battle to fight this creeping nannyism head on, one must adopt guerilla tactics of evasion and obfuscation to assert one's right to make decisions about personal matters for oneself.
That's where Buckle Off! comes in.
MOST STATES THAT HAVE mandatory seatbelt laws also have exemptions to those laws for medical reasons. Some people, for physical or other reasons, cannot use seat belts and thus are eligible for an exemption based on medical necessity such as neuropathy and orthopedic problems.
For example, Washington's seat belt law contains the following provision: "This section does not apply to an operator or passenger who possesses written verification from a licensed physician that the operator or passenger is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons."
Buckle Off! (see www.buckleoff.com) is there to serve this need.
What happens is this: You fill out an online medical history/questionnaire and submit it for consideration by Dr. Bob, a licensed, board certified physician.
If the good doctor determines that your need to drive unbuckled is medically necessary, he will issue you a certificate that so states -- and which is "legal tender" in all states that have mandatory buckle-up laws.
Keep the laminated certificate in the glove box; if Johnny Law pulls you over for a seatbelt ticket, show it to him.
That ought to end the transaction, but if the cop persists and issues you a ticket anyhow, go to court and show the judge. He will have no choice but to throw out the ticket, because, after all, the law's the law.
THE COST IS $49.95 -- not cheap, but less than the cost of a single seatbelt ticket. And if you routinely drive unbuckled, Dr. Bob might save you hundreds of dollars over the years -- not to mention the satisfaction of having successfully evaded Big Momma's rules.
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A| 10.19.09 @ 1:49PM
re: Effective Action
Hello,
I happened upon your web site and saw that you advocate using the elective process to correct political abuse of rights.
I would suggest a more effective tool for you all to add.
Search for the term "Jury Nullification" this is a much more powerful tool and the spread of this knowledge is feared by most politicians and judges alike.
There is one site called (I believe) The "Fully Informed Jury ????" or something like that (???? = I forgot the last term in their name).
Since we are only allowed to pick "Corrupt Politician A" or "Corrupt Politician B" during an election the elective process is usually a waste of time for now.
Our country was founded upon the RIGHT to "Jury Nullification."
To require a jury to follow the "instructions of a judge" negates the need and true function of a jury.
Case in point:
Pre-WWII Germany was and still is a Democracy (we are a Constitutional Republic). The German courts did not and still do not have a jury system.
Judges are bound to ENFORCE the laws set forth by the politicians (in Germany's case Hitler).
Without Juries to check the balance of power between the people and the government Germany fell under the control of Hitler.
Our RIGHT to freedom of Religion, Press and many more were founded by the Juries not politicians or their police or military.
I have found that just the publication of this knowledge striks fear in the hearts(sic) of government officials!
Recap:
Our form of government is a Constitutional Republic not a Democracy!
Our elections are Representive not Democratic!
Only by protecting the individual is the greater good protected!
Do the Math:
CO2 is 2/3 Oxigen bury it and we die!
Plants convert Co2 to O2 and Wood (over simplified I grant you but you get the picture?)
Lower Taxes (not likely) and you lower the need for people to commute sa far.
Stop land speculation (not likely) and you reduce stripping land of trees to make TaxRateble developmentation.
After all would a politician Lie?
And it would be good to note that "Money" is a measuring device. Like the Yard or Meter it can not be allowed to change "Size" or it's relationship to other country's mesurements. The power to set "measures" is vested in congress, not some private corporation!
I just thought you might have found some of this interesting.
PS.
As a side note:
Not disrespect intended but many have offered as proof, that the Jewish community (lots of lawyers and accounts, etc.) would be fighting to stop any one who used of the word "Democracy" and to stop anyone who prevented "Jury Nullification" had the "Holocaust" actually happened. Hitler came to power via a "Democratic Election" and there was not jury nullification to stop his "LAWS!" For me this just raises too many unanswered questions.