"I find your ability to communicate disturbing."

On a Happy Happy Joy Joy note, I see that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says:

...using a cell phone while driving is so dangerous that devices may soon be installed in cars to forcibly stop drivers — and potentially anyone else in the vehicle — from using them.

“There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” said LaHood on MSNBC. LaHood said the cellphone scramblers were one way, and also stressed the importance of “personal responsibility.”

Uh huh. He just made that last part up. If he believed in "personal responsibility," he'd quit and go do something useful, like pick strawberries.

“I think it will be done,” said LaHood. “I think the technology is there and I think you’re going to see the technology become adaptable in automobiles to disable these cell phones. We need to do a lot more if were going to save lives.”

Since this is a right-wing site criticizing a left-wing bureaucrat, we get a bit of the other side of the story.

In 2009, however, the NHTSA found that highway fatalities were at the lowest levels since the 1950s. At the time, Lahood applauded the announcement but vowed he “would not rest” until the roads were even safer his personal power to disrupt lives was even greater.

Fixed it for you, Ray.