Third Carseat

We just bought a new carseat since our old one was in rough shape. We expected to put Gabriel in the rear bench seat in his booster since he can operate the seat belt latch on his own now. Then Asher and Isaiah would go in the middle row buckets, right? Then each one can be easily accessed from outside the van using the sliding doors on each side. Well, it looks like that doesn't work so well anymore. The new carseat has a handle that protrudes farther than the old one, and it is illegal to leave it up and not fold it back while driving. In order to fit it into that middle bench, the front passenger seat has to be so far forward that it would be uncomfortable for most adults. This carseat stuff is getting ridiculous. We have one of the largest minivans on the road and we still have space problems? The only reasonable solution looks to me like removing one of the middle row benches. This allows easier access to the rear bench where Gabriel and Isaiah will go. Then Asher will be in the lone middle row bucket.

This is typical liberalism at work. They want gas to be $4 per gallon so that we will be forced economically to conserve it and use alternatives. They want everyone to ride a moped or drive a Prius. At the same time, however, they legislate Big Brother laws that require monstrous carseats for babies and cumbersome boosters for kids until they are old enough to drive themselves. You'd think that in this technological age there would be superior performing carseats that would be smaller than the old ones. You'd also think rear seat access in cars would have improved. So here we are with Big Brother trying to figure out why we won't drive our families around in 1/2 scale cars with carseats that barely fit through doorways. Maybe the real problem is that liberals rarely have more than one kid, and they drive their Lincoln Navigators to their tree-hugger rallies anyway.