I've been warning people of the coming of the health police for a couple of years now, but never have taken it quite seriously... I knew it was coming but so many other things seem to fill up my plate... (and the fat guy says yummy).

It wasn't until this past week that I realized just how much I could have been touting about the coming of the health police when I had to do more research to find the stories I already knew about. Stories seem to evaporate from the internet somehow, some way.

While doing my research on the health police, I came across this scary site by some fanatical health zealots... self appointed health zealots... at least, I didn't ask them to protect me from every little dangerous thing on the market.

While many people think that it's not that big of a deal that they are going after smokers, I do think it's a huge deal. There is no rest for the wicked (health police) and we should be ever vigilant in the defense of freedom. People may think they are merely going after smokers to "clean up the air", as the no smoke zealots would have you believe that...

But if it were merely just cigerettes they were concerned about, why then infringe on people's freedom of speech? Or of the press? I'll bet these anti First Amendment health zealots also hate the second Amendment too.

What am I talking about here? Glad you asked.....

Despite EU legislation brought in during the summer, Ferrari, Honda, Jordan and Renault continued to run tobacco advertising in 2005 and this has created problems for some French publications. According to TSN three newspapers have now been fined for publishing images showing tobacco branding.

Le Point, Le Monde and Les Echos faced charges in Paris from 'Rights of Non-Smokers' who took action against the papers and were fined between 800 and a 1000 Euros each plus costs and damages. While the fines themselves are relatively small, it is clear that publications need to be careful when selecting images that accompany relevant articles. Banzhaf.

According to TSN three newspapers have now been fined for publishing images showing tobacco branding.

Fined for publishing images because some auto makers had tobacco advertisements of tobacco products on their cars and the newspapers inadvertently picked it up...

And these people celebrate it like it's a victory?

While the fines themselves are relatively small, it is clear that publications need to be careful when selecting images that accompany relevant articles.

The fines are relatively small? For people that aren't even smoking? For exercising free speech and free press? The self appointed health zealots are so afraid that just the sight of a cigarette brand will force you to smoke, but some how all the signs along the highway that encourage people to quit cigarettes, that actually serves to remind smokers to light up, is going to encourage people just the opposite?

Subliminal images- horrible, a huge cigarette on a billboard- good. Let's fine these anti smoking advocates for each billboard they put up that shows a cigerette, smoke, or mentions smoking as well....

I know it's France, and nobody expects much from them anyway, but the point is clear... The anti smoking movement isn't about health, it's about freedom. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Oh Micheal Moron, meet with him

Since so many people wanted President Bush to meet with Cindy Sheehan more than once for whatever blah blah blah she had... You know, who is Cindy Sheehan anyway? Just some self righteous nutcase who plays to the camera by putting on a sad face as if she just lost her son yesterday, but really is doing all this for attention. She's a woman that needs a straight jacket, not more media attention... much less any more face time with the most powerful man in the world.

Yet, these left wing nuts out there raised a fuss that the President did not meet with a "Gold Star" mother, Cindy Sheehan a second time. Now, these left wing nuts out there, who supposedly supports our military, won't insist that Michael Moron meet with a soldier that Moron featured in his talking points flick "Propaganda 9-11"

It seems as though Michael Moron completely misrepresented Sgt. Peter Damon's request to meet with Michael ^theMoron, in fact, ^theMoron wouldn't even return Sgt Damon's phone calls.

In fact, ^theMoron won't even talk about it... but Sgt. Damon will get to meet ^theMoron, it'll just be in court...

If ^theMoron was so supportive of the troops, why won't he actually listen to them?