WHY WE NEED REGULATING

33 years ago, car aficionados all purchased car alarms. These alarms went off in piercing decibels until the car was tilted to be towed or the battery ran out. (Batteries would last long enough to blare the noise for 3 - 5 hours.)

At the time, I was living in downtown Berkeley, raising a toddler and a baby. The car alarms in the parking lot across the street would go off and howl for hours, usually during nap time. This was not because of robbers, but because children thought it great fun to set off the alarms.

Every time I heard that a friend was buying a car alarm, I would talk to them about how everyone seemed to just ignore the alarms. I pointed out that if the police were called, they would just order the car be towed so that the alarm would shut off. One and all bought the alarms anyway. Not a single person cared about the social costs of the loud alarms ringing for hours. They just cared about their own car.

Then California required that no car alarm could be installed in a car if the alarm sounded for over 60 seconds. 

We are still woken in the middle of the night by our selfish neighbor's car alarm. But at least the horrible sound only lasts for a minute.

I believe we need a new regulation regarding the word 'milk'. I am particularly concerned with 'almond milk', which is basically flavored water. At least 'soy milk' has protein.

It is an open secret that most children's cereal contains no protein, with REAL MILK (from a cow) providing that necessary ingredient.

It is easy for a mother to think that the supposedly healthy almond 'milk' is good for her children. Instead, the mother may be sending her children to school hungry for the protein necessary to learn and to grow.

I have reached the conclusion that if a movie/TV person recommends any diet, then that diet is almost certainly very bad for your body.