Save the children

Well, it appears there were enough signatures gathered recently to put a fluoridation vote on the next ballot here in good ol' Anytown USA. As usual, instead of having a substantive discussion about the matter we are left with a plethora of statistics and the age-old encyclopedia salesman ploy of leaving the only possible explanation for rejecting the idea as disdain for our children. The statistics are there to allow a vague semblance of thoughtfulness but the real "gotcha" is the exploitation of our children. If we spent as much time actually loving our children as we do using them to justify our political wants our country would not be falling into moral depravity as it is. As far as fluoridation goes it looks like another chance for the ruling class to force its poor ignorant citizens to do something they aren't smart enough to do for themselves. Compact fluorescent light bulbs anyone? Or maybe toilets that use so little water they can't even do their jobs? Or how about shower heads that require extended time in the shower to get yourself clean. The electric car is quite the success story too. And don't forget all that "clean" solar and wind power whose companies bankruptcies are sweeping the nation after spending billions of taxpayer dollars.

    If you're into statistics lets figure out how many people have died in car wrecks because the car they were driving was too small and light to protect them. Or how many people in third world countries have died from malaria due to banning DDT. War is not the only way to kill people. Political correctness has had a certain deadly effect on our world in a lot of ways. The bottom line is that we can't be trusted to "love" our children so the government must do it for us. So now, to circumvent our disdain for our children we have an organization collecting signatures to force yet another government entry into our already government-controlled lives. So we are on the verge of fluoridating our water supply so that the 1/10th of 1 percent of the water that actually comes into contact with our teeth might do a little good. Good that any citizen can achieve for himself by using fluoridated toothpaste or mouth wash. Seems like a waste of money to me. Fluoridate the water that commercial entities use, (100's of thousands of gallons I suppose),and the water we dump on our lawns and in our bath tubs, and the water that goes into our dishwashers and on our dirty cars, just so that minute bit that comes in contact with our teeth might do some good. I have a better idea, lets assume people are resourceful enough to take care of their teeth and the teeth of their children without the government taking another bite out of our precious freedom pie. But then that might set a dangerous precedent threatening their hopes of making politics a career rather than an opportunity to serve.