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