What happened Wheezer? Did your children help you to write that post? That was actually the most lucid point you have ever made here.
You are such a good little liberal progressive aren't you. Go save the whales and leave your fellow citizens alone.
Posted on 10/20/2007 1:52:53 PM PDT by Wheee The People
I resent that comment. I'm still very ill also. LOL
You folks take care.
There clearly is a schism in the right side of the spectrum. Libertarians don't want a ban at all. Value voters march to the voting booth and routinely vote to ban smoking.
It 's funny. For years conservatives were asked to care about kids graduating from high school who couldn't read their diplomas. Welfare queens. Homosexual marriages. Abortions. Immigration. Social issues one and all. And we did care, and voted.
But if anyone here says they care about the number of kids smoking or the damage smoking causes society...The libertarian side tries to stop the debate. Sad.
Can’t argue with that at all. Thanks for the comments.
OK, Dr. Feel has an appointment today at 4 PM. Does that work for you?
What happened Wheezer? Did your children help you to write that post? That was actually the most lucid point you have ever made here.
You are such a good little liberal progressive aren't you. Go save the whales and leave your fellow citizens alone.
Wheee, as a woman, I RESENT your placing the same “value weight” on smoking as abortion. Your way of thinking is so far out that I will never comprehend it. (Shaking head.) Are male cigar smokers at that same “value weight” of yours (equivalent to abortion)? You’ve posted that you enjoy cigars (or is it just the smell of them and you don’t smoke them? You seem to think the same as Hillary — it takes a village. It is the parents’ responsibility to raise their chilren.
< Libertarianism argues in favor of private property rights; socialism argues “equality.” >
How one cannot comprehend that is beyond this person here. Very well stated. Have a socialism-free day!
< It ‘s funny. For years conservatives were asked to care about kids graduating from high school who couldn’t read their diplomas. Welfare queens. Homosexual marriages. Abortions. Immigration. Social issues one and all. And we did care, and voted. >
I, myself, don’t like beer and alcohol, so I don’t go to bars. The only adult beverage I enjoy is sippping on champagne (with a strawberry, of course). Alcohol does much more damage to our society than most things — I’ve seen it — we all have. Do I want to ban it? No.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916153/posts
Since you seem to care so much about the “children,” don’t you think alcohol should be banned? You have to be consistent, Wheee, in your values. You just can’t pick and choose.
In an attempt to please both sides, restaurants would designate these tables smoking and those tables non smoking. The smokers were happy as clams because it was smoking as usual for them. There was nothing but air between the tables so very soon it was just like it always had been, a smoke filled room.
The smokers want to go back to the old days but it’s not gonna happen until they out number the non smokers and I don’t think that is will be anytime soon. Keep whining smokers and pining for the good old days. It makes me chuckle out here reading it.
< Keep whining smokers and pining for the good old days. It makes me chuckle out here reading it. >
Hubby and I were in Vegas at the beginning of the month, where it was nice (almost heaven) to be around happy adults — no whining. :-)
Yes, smoking permitted on the casino floor only. We stay at Paris where they have a cigar bar. There are bars that are actually on the floor where you can smoke as well (hubby can have a cigar if he wishes). And, of course, if you have a smoking room. Enjoy yourselves. We always meet some awfully nice and fun people there. It’s the people, I suppose. :-) Nevada law permits smoking in bars that do not serve food (what percentage of revenue, I don’t know) as well. They just have signs that say, “No Smoking” or “Nevada law prohibits smoking in this area.” Nevada’s no-smoking signs does not have a “snitch” line phone number for reporting your fellow citizen to the State Department of Health. Nevada’s law is at least SENSIBLE, which is what everyone wants. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. I want to go again. :-)
In case you are not familiar with the PBR it is Professional Bull Riding. The finals are in LV every year. My husband raises rodeo bulls and some of his (bull) boys buck there every year. We don’t go for the gambling or the shows OR the smoking. Most hotels are arranged so that you cannot get anywhere without going through the Casinos so there is no way to avoid the smoke but I do expect to maybe have a meal without breathing smoke this year. We usually spend almost 2 weeks there, this year I begged off to one long weekend.
PBR — wow and very cool. I’d be afraid to even get close to bulls! Lots of luck and have fun. Yes, you can enjoy a very nice smoke-free buffet. In fact, some casinos started that before the law was even voted on.
LOL, I think you’re on target there.
No whining, but I hope there was some winning...
The closest I get to the bulls is to roll the truck window down. LOL
Thanks.
I hate Smoke Nazis....they never stop.
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