Constitutionality be damned

First it was the huge Auto Bailout. But now again the Government, in the form of presidential proclamation, steps in with aims of questionable constitutionality: "…said …Arizona...Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko, "And so government shouldn't be telling employers…and…businesses to do something against their moral beliefs." ("Employer could inquire about contraceptive use in Arizona," March 16).

In the former case, in spite of my own sinister proclivities (pun intended) I'd agree with the dexter contingent that regardless of jobs saved, when a large organization such as GM engages in dubious business practice it should be allowed to experience bankruptcy. The bailout gives it an unfair advantage over the more prudent carmaker like Ford that didn't fold when things got tough. In the case of contraception however, I'm not so sure.

A quick Googling shows that folk who care about our future estimate that we're overpopulated by a factor of 5 to 20 times so emergency measures of however dubious constitutionality are necessary for our very survival. Consider the state of humanity today with a declining standard of living, worldwide deforestation and pollution….

…...loss of vegetation (over 2 billion hectares of arable land have already been lost, with 16 million more hectares being removed each year) some of which might someday have proven valuable meds; wipeout of already 90 percent of our potential seafood; violent struggles for Lebensraum with hundreds if not thousands of deaths every day; our excretions regularly keeping us off our beaches; even the shortage of potable water in which to bathe so now we're even supposed to turn of the faucet when brushing….