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NY Department of Health Considering Ban on Happy Hour
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Posted on 04/29/2012 2:52:27 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

NY Department of Health Considering Ban on Happy Hour

Party Poopers Eye Unhappy Hour

By GARY BUISO

Happy hour in the city could end if Department of Health policy party-poopers go ahead with a proposal to outlaw beer and booze specials at bars and restaurants, sources told The Post.

“It’s absolutely been discussed,” confirmed a department source. “It goes to show you the spirit with which they operate. Everyone is a child.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...


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The nanny state of all nanny states..........
1 posted on 04/29/2012 2:52:31 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Those people are smoking crack! Happy hour is the shnizzle..


2 posted on 04/29/2012 3:01:44 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Sub-Driver

They should call it Bloomberg induced Prozac stupor. That’s where they’re headed anyway.


3 posted on 04/29/2012 3:02:45 PM PDT by Track9 ("Strength through peace.. oh wait, I mean.." Mit Romney)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m pretty sure M. Stanley Dukakis beat NYS by almost 30 years, banning “Happy Hour” in MA shortly after his triumphant return to the Governor’s office in the 1980s.


4 posted on 04/29/2012 3:02:53 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Sub-Driver

Then have free-food hour and everyone will get fat,
then they’ll ban that.


5 posted on 04/29/2012 3:04:40 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Sub-Driver
We need to fight fire with fire.

Pass a law saying that all government bureaucrats, elected or appointed, need to wear webcams wired to the Internet 24/7 so we can make sure they aren't accepting bribes or engaging in other corrupt activities.

For the children. If we can save just one life, it will be worth it.

6 posted on 04/29/2012 3:05:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: Sub-Driver

We’re not Secret Service agents.


7 posted on 04/29/2012 3:06:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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BAN NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION IN TIME SQUARE TOO!
8 posted on 04/29/2012 3:06:43 PM PDT by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: Calvin Locke

MA is looking to lift that ban - with the casinos getting lined up to build in the state the bars/restaurants want equal footing with the casinos on ‘gifts to’ patrons.


9 posted on 04/29/2012 3:12:14 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs

It’s been illegal here for years.

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2012/01/edina_legalize_happy_hour.php


10 posted on 04/29/2012 3:12:14 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Sub-Driver

Remember! Professional politicians and their government knows what is best for you. You should never attempt to think for yourself at home.


11 posted on 04/29/2012 3:23:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life. - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
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To: Sub-Driver
Thank God I live in Texas


12 posted on 04/29/2012 3:25:14 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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It worked out s-o-o-o well the first time.


13 posted on 04/29/2012 3:27:45 PM PDT by Bratch
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Call it 0bama hour and the regulators will approve.


14 posted on 04/29/2012 3:29:57 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Calvin Locke
I’m pretty sure M. Stanley Dukakis beat NYS by almost 30 years, banning “Happy Hour” in MA shortly after his triumphant return to the Governor’s office in the 1980s.

Correct. I believe 1984 was the year it went into effect.

Bar owners did come up with a clever way to circumvent the ban however. They started putting free appetizers at the bar like chicken wings, mini-egg rolls, meatballs on sticks, even shrimp cocktails. So while they had to charge full price for the drinks, they were still reeling in after-work customers with the free food.

15 posted on 04/29/2012 3:36:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 20 days away from outliving Phil Hartman)
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To: mylife

Sure wish I did...


16 posted on 04/29/2012 3:37:21 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1195 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still...])
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To: mylife

mmmmm...I love me some Kellers.

So many of the older burger places have flamed (no pun intended) out.

Everybody I know that has left Texas still begs for a Whataburger care package!


17 posted on 04/29/2012 3:38:05 PM PDT by berdie
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Hey, let's ban early-bird specials.

Those seniors are a terror on the roads during commute time.

-PJ

18 posted on 04/29/2012 3:40:02 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: berdie

We had an old time burger joint here that was from the 40’s until about 2 years ago.

They had malts and car shows
I loved that joint.

They tore it down and built a DQ

I screameed... WWWHHHHHYYYYyyyyy!!!!!!


19 posted on 04/29/2012 3:46:56 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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To: null and void

California has good food and watering holes.

To bad you can light a cigar anywhere in the state anymore.


20 posted on 04/29/2012 3:48:46 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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