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San Francisco's Mayor To Impose Cigarette Butt Fee
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| May 19, 2009
| Julie Farby
Posted on 05/19/2009 1:47:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
05/19/2009 3:25:58 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
To: Churchillspirit
Strange how the British term for ciggies-”fag”-and queers are intersecting in this thread. I hate that they’ve appropriated the word “gay”, I unintentionally wince when the word is used in the old movies that I love. All the old-timers who were chided for bringing up the “slippery slope” IRT homosexuality have turned out to be correct, which I’m sure would give them no satisfaction.
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posted on
05/19/2009 3:27:33 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
To: maggief
Ahhhhh, he’s so cute. Isn’t that sweet?
To: mrsmel
A butt-pirate is not a man of the sea that steals cigarettes. Hence the term.
To: maggief
Oh gawd...He can't even give it away.<>sw
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posted on
05/19/2009 3:31:21 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: mrsmel
"...board you from the stern..."OR
--------------------------------------------------
RESISTOR
Swear allegiance to the flag, whatever flag they offer;
Never hint at what you really feel.
Teach the children quietly for, someday, sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still.
Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmändø (EMØØK)
66
posted on
05/19/2009 3:34:19 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Think Of It As Evolution in Action)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
You can't make this stuff up.
But I noticed they got the wrong butts...
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posted on
05/19/2009 4:13:35 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
“Microstamping.”
*SHIVER*
68
posted on
05/19/2009 4:16:59 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Political Junkie Too
I will admit that my pet peeve is watching someone on the freeway toss their butts out the window onto the road instead of dirtying up the ashtrays in their cars.I support, without qualification, the instant fine on those losers, on the spot. Same on any pedestrian who doesn't carry a personal ashtray. More honest than a blanket tax on everyone. Likely to raise more revenue, besides.
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posted on
05/19/2009 4:17:27 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Okay, somebody had to say it ...
Butthead.
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posted on
05/19/2009 6:20:09 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(GOP: Stop listening, start doing -- we need new leaders!)
To: Eric Blair 2084; Madame Dufarge; metesky; elkfersupper; Gabz
To: cyclotic
The young skank...Im sorry, teenage girl who got herself knocked up and spends most of her time laying around, getting fat and hanging around with her friends playing loud music and being generally obnoxious drove off the other day leaving her Coke glass on the street. I've got one of those next door. But she's in her mid-twenties, has two kids from different guys and drinks all day. Whenever I find a cigarette tossed on my property (lawn or backyard) from her or her friends, I collect all I can find on the block and grind them on her stairs with my shoe. Then her dad comes home and screams at her for the mess. Makes it worth doing the deed. When I find her beer bottles on my lawn, I smash them on their stairs. Animals like this require tough response.
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posted on
05/19/2009 11:23:41 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: fish hawk
leave the butts for the special Buttcrew.Hmmm... I wonder if there will be a Butt Pickers Union...
73
posted on
05/19/2009 11:35:27 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(It takes a (Kenyan) village to raise an idiot.)
To: The Ghost of Rudy McRomney
lie of the week pingYup.
As long as he's making up numbers, why doesn't he give the breakdown of the other 3/4 of the trash and impose taxes on each of these categories?
Newsom said the cigarette butts became a target after the city's annual "little audit" found that cigarette discards make up a quarter of all the trash in the city's public spaces.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
My city, state, county and federal governments spend at least 90% of what I send them on stuff I find bothersome and offensive.
I think I'll assess a government waste fee on them or just go John Galt.
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posted on
05/20/2009 7:58:17 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Political Junkie Too
I, on the other hand, love the lovely shower of sparks when I toss a butt overboard.
It's like a miniature Independence Day celebration.
76
posted on
05/20/2009 8:02:21 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Publius6961
I support, without qualification, the instant fine on those losers, on the spot. Same on any pedestrian who doesn't carry a personal ashtray. More honest than a blanket tax on everyone. Likely to raise more revenue, besides.I support mandatory plastic bag head coverings to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
77
posted on
05/20/2009 8:07:18 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: elkfersupper
To: elkfersupper
If you can make it bounce in the shape of a smiley face, you'd be onto something.
-PJ
79
posted on
05/20/2009 10:23:56 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
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