SEMA Action Alert - CA

[EFI69Cam]

Exactly how is me getting offended because somebody (who writes for a living and should know better) compared the murder of six million innocents to a change in smog inspection from bi-annual to annual being political? I understand the point he was trying to make; the way he made it was offensive and I said so. FWIW, I'm not Jewish.

Frankly, this thread IS political.

You can make your case to the politicians involved that you think the smog testing shouldn't apply to your special interest (limited use) car, or you can be alarmist and just make a stink and watch them change the law with or without you.

In many areas of the state, we are out of compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act and the state is OBLIGATED UNDER LAW to get into compliance. This is not an attack on the aftermarket or the enthusiast car, but we will get sawed in half by putting the big old stall on this one. Federal law is not on our side and not likely to be changed with the Dems in congress.

Actually Steve's use of that quote is quite appropriate. The path to totalitarianism is not a overnight change, but a slippery slope. Once a line is crossed there is no going back. SEMA is doing for the old car hobbyist what the NRA does for gun owners, they are keeping us off that slope.

Many intellectuals from the cold war era are warning us that radical environmentalism is even more of a danger than communism was.
We do need to be mindful of the impact of our actions on others, but that is not something I want the goverment doing for me.