Email Friend | Print Article | | Share Share  May 24, 2006  The
55 Mile Per Hour Question  By Andrew Sumereau  In late summer of
the year 1912, after much heated debate, Congress finally passed
the comprehensive 'Aquatic Safety Law.' The legislation was
developed in response to the horrific sinking of the British
steamship Titanic after it collided with an iceberg in the North
Atlantic. The bill outlawed all icebergs in the shipping lanes
between North America and Europe. Thereafter, thanks to the
efforts of heroic lawmakers, safety on the high seas was assured
for all subsequent trans—Atlantic voyagers.  Just kidding.  My
historical jest is an illustration I often used with my children
to describe how liberals, and surprisingly, not a few
conservatives, think the world works.  Pages and pages and pages
of laws are produced by legislators each year to provide the
illusion of decisive action. To serve the public, to fix
problems, to, above all, do something, is the call of all
elected representatives. Lex prom