A RADIO IN EVERY HOME AND A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT

Aren't you glad you live in America!  Our government takes care of us and wants to make sure nothing bad happens to us. 

That's why Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a Democrat from Indiana has introduced a bill that would require all manufactured homes to come equipped with a weather radio.  The bill has passed the house but is tied up right now in the Senate.

Why is he focusing on manufactured houses?  I guess because they blow away in tornadoes.  I've seen pictures of the aftermath of these storms and let me tell you something....these storms always go straight for the mobile home parks!   WHAT?

With this kind of logic, will he have laws passed prohibiting smoking in your own house to stop fires and no alcohol in your house if you have children under 21 to stop underage drinking?  Not likely.

Here is a suggestion I'd like to see made into law.  Require the manufacturers of mobile homes install sirens and flashing lights in their houses just in case the radio is turned off.  And what about us other folks that live in modular homes, are the factories going to be required to put in 42" plasma TVs and Tivo?  Now that might be a law I could get behind.

If the government truly wants to help save lives, it should spend its efforts making sure that all government warning systems are up-to-date and functional. It should be constantly updating the system that tells us that bad weather is on the way, and ensuring that the systems will work in those vital times they are needed.

Weather radios are a wonderful invention. Without question, they should be placed throughout homes. All homes.

I know I'm going to get one of those weather radios and make sure it's turned on all the time!