What will they Ban Next?

Townhall ^ | 12/20/06 | John Stossel

[misharu]

This is EXACTLY what I have been telling people for the past few years. I smoke. Ok, I know its bad for me, but I do it anyway . . .free choice and all. I ask non-smokers who wholeheartedly support smoking bans . . "What's next?" I also tell them that when they come for thier french fries or thier soda pops, don't come whining to me.

There HAS to be a way to stop this insanity!!

[Total Package]

taco bell

[bws53]

coffee, tobacco, alcohol, exams in public schools, grade point averages in public schools, high school football, rat poison, bleach, mercury thermometers, ammonia, any ingredient in pesticides that actually kills pests, wood-burning fireplaces, salt, sugar, skateboards, two-story houses, ladders, cough syrup, table saws, lawn mowers, guns, hunting, backyard swimming pools, hang gliding, motorcycles, etc...

[Sgt_Schultze]

The government already considers your poor health a detriment to maximized tax receipts. Since citizens are clearly the main source of government income, anything that impedes the efficient use of the human resource is a bad thing.

[Gabz]

Don't give them anymore bright ideas.........

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I want to know what her plan is like for those who have chronic health conditions. The very thought of it terrifies me.

[unixfox]

I think investing in coffee, liquor, beer, wine, might be a good thing, in the short run.

[libertarian27]

''What will they Ban Next?

Foldin' money?''

Exactly - then they will be able to trace everything we do.
Regulate and Tax accordingly.
Golly-Gee - can't wait.....

[MissAmericanPie]

Democracy is the most dangerous form of government in which the rights of the individual can be totally stripped from him by the majority.

That is why the Founding Father's made the USofA a Democratic Republic. The Republic part was designed to
control and keep under foot the dangers of democracy, and the Electoral College was to keep smaller states from the totalitarianism of the most populace states.

As long as the power of the individual states remains sapped away into a centralized Fed what begins in NYC can spread via Federal Law to the rest of the states.

[John W]

As an example, on the news last night, the Fort Wayne Indiana city councilman pushing a very strict new smoking ordinance made it clear that THEY were exempting outdoors and private residences.Indicating to me that they assume they have the right to do either that or the opposite.

[Rockingham]

Trans fats are unhealthy, with an abundance of scientific evidence to that effect. Friedman would probably not have opposed banning them in most applications as he saw a role for the State in setting the "rules of the game," with public health a recognized basis for action.

[John W]

Assuming you are a conservative since you are here, do you really believe regulating trans fat is within the purview of a city government?

[from occupied ga]

As an example, on the news last night, the Fort Wayne Indiana city councilman pushing a very strict new smoking ordinance made it clear that THEY were exempting outdoors and private residences.Indicating to me that they assume they have the right to do either that or the opposite

I begin to wonder about Clair Wolf's comment that it's too late to do anything conventionally and too soon to start shooting the bastards.

[from occupied ga]

Doesn't everyone keep their clicker by their bed?

[SheLion]

John Stossel gets it!

Thanks for the ping!

A New York Times headline about the ban reads: "A Model for Other Cities."

Absolutely nuts!

[Gabz]

Indicating to me that they assume they have the right to do either that or the opposite.

You've got it right. They actually do believe they have the right.

[Husker24]

When they come for my Caffeine I will advocate open rebellion.

[Red Badger]

Oh, and ban Bungee Jumping and Para sailing.... Some people have been hurt............

[Red Badger]

Same as the secret for 3 card Monty......

[texaslil]

"If Hillary had her way with health care..."

Some of us are already there. For those retired on Medicare the rationing has aready begun.

this past August, alone on my ranch,I was bitten by a cotton mouth water moccosin in my vegetable garden. The bill came to 2700.00 at the hospital The ambulance 588.00. Medicare paid only 331.00!!!! And NOTHING on the ambulance bill. Medigap policy won't pay for anything Medicare disallows either. I'm afraid we're expected to keep paying and hopefully die if there's any chance we might run up a bill. Some are doing just that.
My neihbor was bitten in the face by a rattlesnake same time last year. She died sitting in a lawn chair on her front porch waiting for the ambulance. (same EMT guys who came for me.) Don't guess either was a true medical emergency.
Seniors need to be made aware of this rip-off. I've paid over 4,000 in premiums and never had a claim until now. I think everyone is going to love national health care!!!