The government and sepcial interests have been trying to tell us what to do for several decades through many administrations, not just republicans. Learn to blame the right people, the American public. It is the American public as a whole who bring all this down upon us by supporting things which they may have no personal stake in, like seatbelt laws, lower speed limits, smoking, helmets on motorcycles, gun control, adult material and more. When we allow the govenment to control something that has no affect on us, which we don't care about, we give them the power to control other things which we may care about. Personal choice has slowly been erroded away because the silent majority have remained silent and the vocal minority on all issues have been the only ones heard. You cannot put the blame on the people in power because it is their nature any more than you can blame a snake for being a snake. We put them in power and by our actions or inactions we give them more and more power. Wheather they are republican or democrat, they will gladly take all the power we give them. We as a people have become too lazy to raise our children so we ask the government to control what our kids are allowed to see and do instead of us as parents telling them no. I want to decide what to watch on TV, or where I shall smoke, or if I will wear a seatbelt, or if I will wear a helmet. When we allow the government to legislate these decisions for us on the ones we don't care about we give them permission to do it for everything else. It is not the republicans or the democrats, it is all of us who are too lazy or just don't care nough about something to write our congressmen and tell them what we think. It is all of those who say, yes let them make everyone fasten their seatbelts, I always fasten mine so it will not effect me. Think about it, what have you done to stand up for something you have no personal stake in? Remember, the next one to be taken away from us might just be something very dear to you.