Or feel free to call me something else. Quite frankly, I'm not real thrilled with being pigeon-holed into a catagory, like the cans on a grocery store shelf anyway. I always thought of myself as conservative but when I hear idiotic plans like this, the idiotic arguments for the death penalty and even dumber ideas for immigration, I have to wonder if many of the right-wingers are just as shallow and unable to think something through as the left-wingers.

Miss Bud - The difference with truck drivers is that they are driving a several thousand pound vehicles, down the interstates at high speeds. The effects of not testing drivers would be tragic! And driving is not a constitutional right. It is privilege granted by each state and can/should be regulated for the saftety of all. It is not an infringement on anyone's rights to be required to take drug tests, in order to maintain the privilege, especially in light of the consequences...

Nontypical - your argument is the same one used by deadbeat dads. "She just uses the money on..." It falls apart when you consider that the recipient has to provide the basic needs of their kids, regardless of how they spend the money. We already have laws in place, if that is not happening properly. This new law flies in the face of conservative principles, for those of you that like to preach about less government regulation, fewer laws passed, less restrictions and a smaller government. This law will only make your taxes higher and create more government. Why not just demand that your government enforce the laws already on the books? Don't we have drug laws? Don't we have child abuse and neglect laws? Do we really need another law that will just create more government and not solve one single issue?

Carry on...