[xrp]

Yes, this has all either happened or will happen in the Orwellian world that has arrived.

Inappropriate label and comparison. Orwell's 1984 had to do with government. This is a private employer that wishes to set certain criteria on who will be hired vs who will not be hired, absent government interference. Any true conservative should support any employer who choses not to employ smokers.

[fizziwig]

"Any true conservative should support any employer who choses not to employ smokers."

How about if that employer chooses to fire a long time employee, or anyone for that matter, for supporting the Iraq war? Or just being a republican? Do you, as a "true" conservative support that too? If not, why not?

[RedStateRocker]

Big Brother will be outsourced to private industry. A whole lot of death and slave labor in Nazi Germany occurred in the privately owned factories of Krupp, IF Farben and the like. Or are you implying that if a Corporation does it to you it is good, by definition? Ha! my government serves ONLY to protect my rights from the infringement of others. And I curse any and all companies that poke their nose into what an employee does on their time off.