Billmon

Billmon: "A bill introduced Monday by Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) would prohibit the lungs of U.S. citizens from competing with companies such as Air Products Inc., which sell compressed oxygen to hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions. Under the proposed law, Americans would be required to purchase the air they breathe from a commercial vendor rather than inhaling it naturally from the earth's atmosphere.
'We believe this proposal will improve public health by ensuring the nation's lungs are exposed only to pure, 100% industrially manufactured oxygen,' explained Mary Byers, executive vice president for Air Products, which just happens to be headquartered in Santorum's home state.
The bill would also force the earth to devote its full attention to absorbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, rather than duplicating products already available from the private sector, Byers added."