| After successfully being passed through the Senate, | | | | Movies such as, "Super Size Me," serve to educate |
| and the House of Representatives, Congress has | | | | the public and actually made McDonald's take a |
| now forwarded the Gun Liability Bill to President Bush | | | | second look at their menu. This is a good thing, but |
| for his signature. There is no doubt that President | | | | foolish liability lawsuits serve to cripple our court |
| Bush will endorse this bill, which gives limited | | | | system and strain small businesses' pocketbooks. |
| protection to firearms dealers and manufacturers | | | | Pay attention McDonald's: You need to land a lot of |
| from liability lawsuits. | | | | defense contracts to have "Big Brother" in your |
| This will not protect gun dealers, who are negligent in | | | | corner. However, McDonald's might be able to |
| background checks, or who knowingly pass guns to | | | | improve the taste of rations. |
| criminals. Whatever your opinion of the second | | | | It's too late for the cigarette industry to recover |
| amendment, this seems to be common sense at a | | | | from their losses. However, was it morally right for |
| time when the U.S. legal system is backlogged with | | | | them to be exposed to an onslaught of liability suits? |
| ludicrous liability suits. | | | | I am not in support of smoking, tobacco |
| If you are sick and tired of foolish lawsuits, the gun | | | | consumption, or the cigarette industry's sales tactics; |
| lobby, Pentagon, and the National Rifle Association, | | | | but again, this is a matter of choice, and no one |
| have finally demonstrated how to stop them in their | | | | forces you to smoke cigarettes. The price of |
| tracks. You need friends in high places, a highly skilled | | | | cigarettes alone should be enough to scare you off. |
| lobby, and a letter from the Pentagon will be a big | | | | Something is wrong with a legal system that allows |
| help too! | | | | the public to pass responsibility onto others. People |
| Lately, the U.S. fast food industry has been under | | | | have to claim responsibility for their own mistakes |
| legal scrutiny for contributing to obesity. Don't people | | | | and quit "passing the buck." |
| have any willpower? Everyone knows fast food | | | | This might hurt the legal industry a little, but the |
| should be a rare treat, and some of us should stay | | | | present system is breaking the back of U.S. citizens, |
| away all together. It's a freedom of choice. You have | | | | small businesses, and some of the larger industries, as |
| the right to drive by the drive-thru and make a meal | | | | well. |
| at home. | | | | |