[Just another Joe]

This weeks smoking related threads.

Florida's Proposed Anti-Smoker Amendment
Advocates target food chains, seek 'fat tax' - Tactics resemble antismoking effort
Maui may be next to ban smoking
Draft of W.H.O. Treaty Would Ban Cigarette Ads
Smoking taxes burn some holes
Less Than Zero: The Real Cost of Smoking
Where Did Tobacco Settlement Funds Go?
Smokers: Take Back Your Dignity/Sign This Petition/FREEPER Action Alert! . . . This is THE must read thread!
Study Says State Cigarette Taxes Deter Smoking
Brooklyn Tobacco Party: Smoke-Filled Rooms ["Irv, you haven't kissed me in ten years."]
Study Says State Cigarette Taxes Deter Smoking/I KNEW THEY WOULD SAY THIS!
NYC COUNCILPROPOSES MORE SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
Abnormal action -- Plan to slur tobacco pushers Orwellian in the extreme
Maine ranked first in nation for anti-smoking programs/More spin and lies
Health Groups Urge Congress to Pass Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
Stop the Great American Smoke-out! . . . Ironic thread of the week

[Just another Joe]

The Lounge is open!

Did everyone sign the petition?

[doubled]

How about a cold one, Joe, anything good you have on tap. I came across this and thought the folks here might like it:

"In a brave and decisive move, disregarding the counsel of many of his conservative advisors, President Bush asked Congress to increase the penalty for corporate malfeasance from not going to jail for 5 years to not going to jail for 10 years."

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody!

Roe vs Wade

A blonde was sitting in class when the professor asked her
if she knew what the Roe vs Wade decision was.

She pondered this weighty question and finally answered "I
think that is the decision that George Washington made prior
to crossing the Delaware".

[kcpopps]

I didn't see this thread linked above Joe.

Ailing Man Sues Fast-Food Firms (Want a class-action lawsuit with that burger? An Even Dumber Fast

I've been shouting out to the non smokers that the attack on smoking is only a starting point for the busybodies - so this thread jumped out at me.

I was going to flag a lot of you from the lounge to it, but you bloodhounds were already there when I read it!

I'm against banning things in general, but maybe we can hang this sign in the lounge, if it is not too, you know, intolerant

Hey Jow, how bout a Corona with a slice of lime?