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We all know that talking on a cell phone while driving could be a distraction. Except in extremely rare instances I choose not to use my cell when I’m driving. That would fall along the line of using common sense, correct? Most people I know pretty much have the same rule when driving.

We hear the big government nannies whining about cell phones and driving, claiming it causes lots of accidents and fatalities on the road, and Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood, former Republican and current Transportation Secretary wants jamming devices in all cars to render the cell phone useless. It’s a “public safety” issue. After all, thousands upon thousands are dying because of cell phone usage. At least that’s what the nanny’s tell us.

Some Nanny States have actually banned cell phone use in cars:

Handheld Cell Phones: 9 states, D.C. and the Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving. Except for Maryland, all laws are primary enforcement—an officer may cite a driver for using a handheld cell phone without any other traffic offense taking place.

That comes from the Governors Highway Safety Association.

So we are led to believe by big, nanny state government that cell phones in cars causes many fatal accidents and something needs to be done, right? Well, why is it then that Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood’s very own U.S. Department of Transportation’s statistics show this:

Since 2005, fatalities have dropped 25 percent.

It’s not a “public safety” issue, it’s just an excuse for another big government nanny state power grab that takes away yet another quickly vanishing liberty.

How about that wonderful Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood!

This guy is as much an asshole as Barack Obama is. Ray “Gimmie More Power” Lahood who fits right in with this regime by telling everyone, “do as I say, not as I do,” and leading by example is for other people. How dare you question my authority.

Those of you that have kept up with Ray, the ultimate embarrassment of the Republican Party, know exactly what I’m talking about. Those who don’t… you need to start paying attention.

Ray “Gimmie More Power” thinks like Obama. Everybody should drive those crappy little sardine cans, you know, lousy pieces of crap like the Chevy Cruze, Prius, and whatever other garbage that belongs in a landfill is out on the market these days. With that in mind… “do as I say, not as I do.”

via jalopnik.com:

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled new fuel-economy window stickers for cars and trucks, saying “we’re not just sitting around waiting for high gasoline prices to come down.” His ride of choice to the unveiling: The 12-mpg Chevy Suburban SUV.

Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood keeping true to the Obama regime motto that, “All men are created equal, but some are more equal than others.”

Obama wants new tax to fund 62% increase in transportation budget

That would be Ray “Gimmie more power and money” Lahood’s department. NO! No more money, no more taxes.

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to task Thursday for the Obama administration’s call for a massive increase in transportation spending.

Given the record deficit this year, Sessions said he was surprised to see Obama’s 2012 budget call for an 11 percent spending increase and a 9.5 percent increase for the Education and Energy departments, respectively.

As usual, he does it again. You’ve seen me write about these two boondoggle waste of money bureaucracies before. I’ve said they both need to be eliminated. We don’t need the Dept. of Energy which was a Carter created bureaucracy, and the Dept. of Education, another Carter created bureaucracy to appease the teachers unions. Both of them should be eliminated. But not in the funny little world of Barack Obama. Oh no, they need to be expanded! Is he still doing cocaine? He’s got to be because something isn’t right with how he thinks.

The new tax would be necessary, in part, because the gasoline tax used to fund the highway trust fund is collecting less revenue than projected due to increasing fuel efficiency.

And who’s fault is that? Once again, Barack Obama and his new CAFE standards, not to mention the failure to be drilling for our own oil. This is all his failed policies, everything like this is happening just like I told you it would two years ago. Every single time the government sticks its nose in to something, there are always consequences that affect all of us.

To solve the problem, lift all CAFE standards, and start drilling and building nuclear power plants. It’s so simple, it really is.