Well, maybe I don't the the smells that come out his various orifices, either.
Posted on 01/10/2005 10:52:26 AM PST by aynrandy
Worm.
addict
SNICKER...........
"The argument is over. The bans are a done deal. I have the best of all worlds. A general smoking ban and your tax dollars.
I'm merely here to explain to you that if you want to stem the tide from further encroachments, smokers need to take more responsibility over their smoke and where it goes and find some other argument than the private property one."
Why are you on a conservative discussion board?
Boring, and lame.
I love using a little math and their own pseudoscience against them.
Worm-like response.
"A well trained dog causes no health problems in a restaurant yet LP's have no problem with restrictions on dogs ..."
Are you using one bad law to justify another bad law? Kinda like two wrongs DO make a right? What grade are you in?
"Was it when I said the best way to solve the smoking problem was to have smokers shot on sight ?"
Self admitted fascism. Your true colors (yellow) are showing.
I know exactly what you mean.
I dealt with it in Delaware, when not long after the smoking ban was implemented, there was a supposed budget shortfall (mostly because of lower tax receipts from businesses impacted by the ban) they decided the best way to cover it was double the cigarette tax.
I had already moved to Virginia before that increase went into effect.......but had to deal with the increase here.
But at least I can have a cigarette when I have a beer or a meal in a private establishment.
I don't remember it. I wouldn't be surprised by anything tho'.
Spot on post! With your talent to deliver a message I wish you would have never left these threads!
My premise is that they might actually think that they'll gain business with things like this; as did other owners/managers who are now in other lines of work. I was stationed in California when the ban was placed statewide. Of the little traveling I was able to do, I know of five places that had to either cut their hours, terminate employees or close down completely.
Well, maybe I don't the the smells that come out his various orifices, either.
Best response ever!
Seems like a pretty twisted, yet effective scheme:
1. Raise the tax of cigarettes.
2. Ban smoking everywhere.
3. Force smokers to go underground to buy.
4. Government loses expected revenue from cigarette sales.
5. Raise other taxes to make up for the loss.
*****a. Put the blame on the loss of revenue on the black market and internet sales.
*****b. Raise taxes on internet commerce.
*****c. Ban internet tobacco sales.
** * * *1. With door opened, ban internet sales of other items.
** * * *2. Place fees on what can be purchased.
Blame it all on EEEEEVILLLL TOBACCOOOO!!!! (Which is, by this time, an illegal narcotic
**Who here can say, "Slippery slope?"**
If you think your premise is not being contemplated, you're seriously deluding yourself.
Scary, isn't it?
I'm a Yankees and a Met fan.With the Yankees getting the BIG UNIT and the Mets getting Beltran,this is going to be a great year to watch baseball! :-)
No smoking at a NASCAR race? That's sheer idiocy!
It's definitely a "girl" book, not necessarly a "horse" book.
I made a point of buying the entire set for my daughter when we knew we were moving here because there is a lot of factual informatin about the area that is understandable to a child. (Marguerite Henry is the author)
I was never a Yankees fan, always a Mets fan.......probably because my grandmother was often able to get a hold of some of the tickets for the box seats the company she worked for had which were on top of the Mets dugout.....of course that was before the Amazin' Mets of '69. Baseball, unlike football, doesn't hold my attention on television.....only when I am there can I really get into it.
As to no smoking at NASCAR races...........Delaware did back off of that idiocy in the smoking ban........but only for the outside stands. No smoking is permitted in the PRIVATELY owned skyboxes at Dover Downs.............and that included all of the ones owned by RJReynolds....the original sponsor of the Winston Cup.
As bad as the Delaware smoking ban is, it's fairly low on my list of reasons why I am so thankful to no longer live there.
I was a GIANTS fan (my grandfather had followed them form when the were known as the HIGLANDERS),but when they moved,they lost me as a fan.
I hate football;find it boring and uninteresting. Baseball,now THAT is the game I love to watch in person and on T.V.!
Delaware is NOT a place I've ever thought about going to...it's just a state I've driven through,to get someplace else. LOL
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