Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just rope and throw and grab 'em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
devolve mentioned RAWHIDE!!
Posted on 01/10/2007 2:58:14 PM PST by RWR8189
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is snuffing out one of Congress' enduring prerogatives, still cherished by some lawmakers -- the right to smoke near the floor of the House.
Pelosi, D-California, announced Wednesday that effective immediately, House members would no longer be able to light up in the ornate Speaker's Lobby off the House floor where lawmakers mingle during votes.
The room is often hazy with smoke, as it was Tuesday night as the House voted on anti-terror legislation; Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, often has a cigarette in hand, for example.
"The days of smoke-filled rooms in the United States Capitol are over," Pelosi said. "Medical science has unquestionably established the dangerous effects of secondhand smoke, including an increased risk of cancer and respiratory diseases. I am a firm believer that Congress should lead by example."
Smoke-filled rooms won't be gone entirely -- lawmakers will still be allowed to smoke in their own offices.
Smoking is banned in most federal buildings, and the District of Columbia recently banned smoking in public areas, as has Pelosi's home district of San Francisco and a number of other cities.
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I thought smoking was always legal where they served alcohol?
Well, I for one, support the banning of disgusting butts near the House floor. I vote to have Pelosi's butt be the first one banned.
Hitlery banned cigs from the White House
Well isn't that special.
Just goes to show that some people are better than others.
Come on Nancy! Dissing smokers is soooo yesterday. Get with the program. When are you going to ban trans fats in the congressional dining room?
No one can say that the Speaker doesn't have a firm handle on the important issues of the day.
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But, remember, it is a "touchy-feely, feel good" thing and that is why it has priority.
There's no tyrant like a leftist tyrant. They just can't wait to order everyone what to do.
*picture of FAT TED here*
devolve mentioned RAWHIDE!!
Her Majesty the Nanny In Chief has spoken.
Hmmmm ... then it's a fact, Nancy, that your brain and its ability to function has been long term affected by the lack of oxygen? (repiratory diseases)
It's a fact then, that your jud - jjj - ment is altered permanantly by all that second hand smoke you've been forced to breathe?
It's a fact then, that every decision made by this Congress can be questioned on the basis that all your cranial synapses have been seriously and permanantly affected?
C'mon Nance ... the truth is ... you and the hitlery have decided to take your penis envy and angst towards your inability to write your name in the snow out on anyone and everyone around you.
I mean ... "Pelosi said. "Medical science has unquestionably established the dangerous effects of secondhand smoke, ... "
Isn't this special....this old hag is worried about smokers filling the air with cancer-polluting smoke...too bad she's not worried about the unborn childern she condones killing by abortion....I'm sure they'd like to live just to breathe air....
What happens if you smoke anyway?
Looks like she missed a few cigars.
Was Obama slinking over there for a smoke?
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