Posted on 10/20/2007 1:52:53 PM PDT by Wheee The People
Well, time to take a break and watch a movie. See ya. BTW, been on the local news two days in a row that opposition to the OheilO smoker ban is heating up among small business owners.
Exactly. And I was very shocked by it.
I still can’t figure out his statement about the 1st Amendment.
For all that, though, I’d never seen his name before, and I’m fairly active on the board.
Keep up the good work in shutting him/her down.
If there is an on-line link that you know of, send it to me or post the article.
??? What statement about the 1st amendment?
Oops. Not the First. The Preamble. Reading too many things at once.
I’m a little slow...why don’t you post the section of the 1st amendment that you are alluding to and you think I’m talking about.
No worries...I've done the same myself...
Unfortunately, not one of our FOUR local tv stations has a WORD about it on their websites. Figures. Too bad, some of the people interviewed gave excellent points (One bar owner: “If there was an advantage to having a non-smoking bar, you’d think someone would have tried it over the last-what?-one hundred years?”).
Of course, all four had THIS on their sites:
http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=59699
Still more unneded big brother-passed by a republican legislature and signed by a democratic governor. Can’t have any other form of legalized gambling...gotta protect that lottery, don’t ya know. This state is rapidly approaching Michigan for first place in the midwest government idiocy department. It’s almost like the two ruling bodies are at war to see who can totally destroy their state first.
My brother-in-law just told me about this this past weekend. I wasn’t even aware of it. Most of my sisters (I have three) and brothers-in-laws are fed up with this state and want to get out. Ohio used to be a really great state. I don’t understand what’s happening. I suppose the state’s constitution is the constitution and, therefore, will have to be amended (talk about being picky though). I suppose the people of Ohio will have to continue to go out of state. I see so many people wasting money on the lottery. You have better odds playing slots. At least most times, you can win enough to keep playing for a little while. Ohio used to have such a good government. We’ll have to keep pressing on. :-) I voted against the slots issue last November (even though I enjoy playing them) for the sole reason that I did not want people to count on that for education dollars.
I dunno about that statement we used to have a good government-at least not where the governor is concerned-they’ve been getting progressively worse in my lifetime, regardless of party-Rhodes, Gilligan, Voinovich, and, to top it all off, Taft, the absolute worst one EVER for the state, and he and his Rockefeller ‘country club’ group-Petro, sweaty Betty, Noe,etc; have screwed the party here for probably decades. But, guv aside, I agree the REST of our elected officials were better, for the most part, because other than taxes, they pretty much left you alone at least. Taft got more left wing crap passed than any democrat could,including outrageous taxes. Engler started putting nails in Michigans’ coffin, and Grandhole is finishing the job.
The problem is once you give the inch, and allow a ban in a business.
Then it’s on to apartments.
Then own house, and if you have kids they take them away for child endangerment.
Then another wack-o group comes along, and does the same thing about meat/religion/guns.
I’m pretty sure they didn’t stand outside bars, or convenience stores when the poll was taken.
I think I’m going to start my own poll, and walk up to as many smokers as I can find.
I couldn’t agree more.
I live in Cheyenne, I absolutely hate the smoking ban. Right now I drive about 5 miles out of town just to have some place I can sit down, and smoke in.
I know these polls are false. I could produce a petition where 90% of the people thought smoking should be up to the owner.
If I could find a group that was working on a petition I’d do it.
“Wyoming would absolutely support a smoke-free Wyoming” that right there is a lie. I know that. It’s not absolute support. It’s faking the polls. Go to Jackson WY, and do your poll, ask people everywhere, not just outside non-smoking restaurants in Casper.
That’s texas not wyoming.
I do think there’s some truth to that arguement. It’s important that the public at large let the government know that they aren’t going to sit still for that kind of crap. I don’t support the no-smoking effort going any further than it has, and I’ll join any of you opposing attempts to add more classifications to the no smoking efforts.
Prove it lift the ban.
Thanks that was interesting.
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