Good motto, "With every right and privilege there is a corresponding duty and responsibility." The liberal way, especially American Civil Liberties Union, is to stress rights with never a mention of responsibility.

Pioneer Press editorial, probably written by Mark Yost, talks about Mike Hatch threatening to sue pharmaceutical companies for producing a legal product. The product is pseudoephedrine a widely used drug as decongestant and is used to manufacture methamphetamine. This is akin to to punishing BIG tobacco because too many people chose to use a legal product to their own disadvantage. This is typically a liberal position based on class envy and they don't dare to challenge the trial lawyers, the Democratic party's largest donor.

When Chuck Norris does push-ups he doesn't push himself up. he pushes the earth down.
C.N. doesn't need a watch, he decides what the time is.
C.N. lost his virginity before his father did.
There are no WMDs in Iraq, C.N. lives in Oklakoma.
C.N. played Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun and he won.
When C.N. is in a crowded area, he doesn't walk around people, he walks through them.
C.N. has a deep and abiding love for human life....unless it gets in his way.
C.N. once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.
People wear Superman pajamsa. Superman wears C.N. pajamas.
When C.N. calls 1-900 numbers, he doesn't get charged. Money falls out.
Sceintists have estimated thst the energy given off during the Big Bang is roughly equal to one C.N. Roundhouse Kick.
C.N.'s house has no doors. Only walls that he walks through.
C.N. doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
C.N. can devide by zero.
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless C.N. has been there. In that case the grass is probably soaked in blood and tears.
C.N. invented his own type of karate. It's called Chuck-Will-Kill.
While urinating C.N. is easily capable of welding titanium.
When C.N. talks, everyone listens or else dies.
For some, the left testicle is larger than the right. For C.N. each testicle is larger than the other.
C.N. doesn't throw up if he drinks too much. C.N throughs down.
C.N. doesn't bowl strikes, he just knocks down one and the other nine faint.
It takes C.N 20 minutes to watch 60 minutes.

Regarding the smoking ban and champion David Thune. "Thune concludes that government intervention is necessary to protect people from a danger that he cannot define. Thune has no choice but to make policy decisions based on the credibility of business cards rather than the content of research."

President Bush intends to push asbestos litigation reform, claiming that asbestos lawsuits clog the courts and hinder economic growth. He is urging congress to change the method that people are compensated for disease supposedly caused by asbestos. He is expected to ask congress to speed up the compensation process and to find ways to protect third parties, companies that have nothing to do with asbestos ilness, from lawsuits.

The administration claims that 74 companies have been forced into bankrubtcy because of asbestos related litigation that has cost more than 70 billion dollars, most of which has gone to trial lawyers and processing fees. Mostly affected are the employees of these companies who have seen their pension accounts shrink by 25 percent and the loss of countless jobs.

Asbestos, used in insulation and fireproofing material until the mid-1970s, has tiny fibers that can cause cancer and other ailments when inhaled. Carl Carlton, spokesman for the trial lawyers, claims that danger was commonly known and that the companies should have known better. If this were so well known the employees and their unions were also aware, but took a calculated risk when going to work.

Legislation to control the trial lawyers is unlikely because they give 93% of their political donations to the Democratic party. You don't bite the hand that feeds you. The eigure of 93% can be demonstrated on www.opensecrets.org/pacs/topacs.asp.