Ah, the good old days...

I couldn't read this article without getting a little melancholy for the good old days in Montana. The New Hampshire legislature was considering a bill to install robotic traffic cameras at busy intersections.

So when a bill came up in early April to consider allowing robotic traffic cameras at the busiest crossroads, mocking laughter from the gallery preceded the measure's demise.

"The idea that we were going to be photographed [by the government] was anathema to most of us," says Neal Kurk, a Republican from Weare, N.H.

I remember when Montanans were proud of the tag "fiercely independent," and a few years ago I could have imagined something like this in our state. Now?

Well, now the goodie goodies would tell us how it would "save lives" and "generate revenue for children's' health insurance programs" and "make life safer." And the wussies in the legislature would vote for it.