Oh Good Grief...

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This is an ax-grinding post (or chain-saw grinding--depending on how you look at it...) Forgive me in advance. Allow me one rant. (Do we do that in the blogosphere?) I may need one of those indulgences that Steve and Jeremy Weaver got. Some guys have all the luck.
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I recently read this article on wood burning in USA Today.

I had just spent some time cutting and splitting wood to get ready for winter when I found Traci Watson's piece. I don't have anything against Watson, but I did find myself saying "Good grief! What are they going to regulate next...I can see it coming."

It seems to me that some people (I'm not necessarily referring to the author of the article) who don't have anything better to do simply want to find a hidden crisis in the mundane. Let's see here... how long has mankind been burning wood?

This seems to be the spirit of the day: "Let's find people with initiative (people who get up, go outside, and get what they need for their families...)--and hinder them, blame them, and eventually regulate them. We can't have people just going out and doing stuff, can we? Where will that lead?

I mean, we can't actually have freedom. What will the environmentalists think?

When will it end?

Good grief.