U.S. Wants To Let Arsonists Drive Gas, Hazardous-Cargo Trucks
By LANCE GAY

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

The federal government wants to change its current rules to permit convicted arsonists to get special licenses so they can drive gasoline tankers and trucks loaded with explosives and hazardous materials.

But murderers and convicted racketeers will no longer be permitted to drive hazardous materials on the nation's interstates."

What I wondered first, after registering my nonsurprise at the illogic of the U.S. government, is why take the time to make it permissible for something so pointedly dangerous? It's like saying, the law will now permit convicted pedophiles to babysit. With special liscenses of course. The article goes on to say that arson is not necessarily terrorism, implying that it should be okay to loosen up on the restrictions concerning arsonists. What can be expected though from a government who aims to ruin the last untouched wilderness in its country while they know that oil is both limited and immensely harmful when refined and burned?