Is That A Whif Of Social Engineering I Smell?

Today, May 19, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that there would be a new federal fuel mileage regulation in place for year 2016. These new regulations were also coupled with a new emission standard for vehicles. In recent years, there were states trying to their make their own independent standards. This new federal statute will now allow those states to just follow the federal regulations instead. This is where the Federal Government has decided to go above potential state standards. The Federal Government is making the rules for the whole land on this one, instead of the states making their own seperate ones. Also, President Obama is trying to sell this as a fuel savings measure and a enviromental issue. Well, that may be a part of it, but I think there is also some social engineering involved too.

The American consumer is not buying these little cars that are currently on the market. At least not in the droves that the left wing element of the Democratic Party would like. These are the extremists that are bound to change the means and ways we live despite any cost to us. These tree huggers hide behind science that is questioned (Good Luck finding that in the MediaMachine, go online), try to appeal to the people's emotions, not their intelligence, and want everybody to live like we are in Bedrock or Walnut Grove. These people are using their influence in the new administration to push the Green Nazi movement on us. This is trouble.

In order to achieve the goals laid out today, the auto companies will have to go back to super small cars that were dangerous, poorly built, and didn't sell. In the early 1980's there was this huge effort to downsize cars to save fuel then. The automakers responded by unleashing really, really bad cars such as the Chevy Citation, the Pontiac J2000, Dodge Omni, and the ultimate shitbuckets, Chrysler's entire K-Car lineup. This is known as one of the worst times in U.S. auto history. Are we heading for this again? I hope not!!

But, why are we being forcefed small cars? To save a little gas? To help save a few trees? Think about it, there has been gas sippers such as the Prius, the Civic, the Corolla, and the Focus on the market for years now. In the next couple of years, more hybrids will hit the market, the electric Chevy Volt will go on sale, and the development of Honda's hydrogen car will probably be complete. These are all options that are available, or will be soon. So what's wrong with just letting the people go for these cars?

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT!!!!!!! Most people are not buying these small cars. People want room for their expanding families. People like comfort. People want storage and luggage space. And, people want looks to their cars. These are all things that most small cars cannot offer. So people are not buying them. Peple are buying bigger cars, SUV's, and still, trucks. People are exercising their right to purchase a safe, legal, for sale car, or truck, on the market. This is an advantage to our American way, the right to freely purchase what we need. This is great!

But, since we are not buying these cars, the Government, and the GreenNazi supporters, feel they have to do something to force the populace to do so. Hence, the new fuel and emissions rules. The majority of the new cars that will be built will be small, underpowered, ugly little things. Then, what about trucks? A huge segment of the population use these in their workplaces, and others just like the room and flexibilty that they offer. This market will suffer a huge blow! These new regulations will completely change the way our lives are. We will have less freedom of choice. We will have less say in this matter of our lives. We will spend more. All because our Government thinks we need these new rules. They think we should be forced to buy small cars. They are hoping that the only cars the automakers can sell will be small ones. That is forcing us to only be able to buy what THEY want. We haven't changed our ways, so they will change them for us.

Sounds like social engineering to me. The simple concept of the Government saying we know what is better for you, and we will make sure you only buy, or do, what we want you to . They can regulate us into submission in ways that we are not doing. It kinda reminds me of Ceacescu in Romania. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, he ordered all people to have a certain style in their dress, men and women to wear their hair at a certain length, live in apartments, and only read and see what he wanted them to. Social engineering! The same concept behind the Amish all being the same in look, in ways, in actions, except theirs is more based on religion instead of a political factor. Social Engineering!

Now, this isn't quite as extreme, but it does have a whif of it. Since we aren't buying the small cars, or the right decision as they'd call it, the Government feels it needs to force us to change for our own good. The "We'll make them do it despite what they may want" mentality. This is a slippery slope that I am not happy with. What's next? How about adding some nasty flavoring to ground beef because we won't stop eating it. Mandating music changes because we can't choose the right stuff. All, of course, under some other, made up guise Slippery slope indeed.

I'd say it's a whif if you ask me. And, I'd rather smell a pig farm next door than that whif!!!