(Video) Huckabee Calls for National Smoking Ban in Public Places

Stop The ACLU ^ | 30 Aug 07 | Jay777

[jocko12]

Sorry Huck but I cannot vote for a nonsmoker Bye.

[Gabz]

Nanny State Oing — yet again........

The fact there are FReepers who do not understand this will not end with smoking totally baffles me.

[GOP_Lady]

Yes, he’s very immature with his childish posts. I’m sorry to say that he insults and instigates his fellow Freepers. He is incapable of having a legitimate debate/discussion.

[spectre]

So what is Huckabee's claim to popularity? He lost weight because he had type two diabetes, and wrote a book about weight loss. Never mind, he had one of Arkansas best Chefs to privately cook his slimming meals for him at the Governors Mansion.

Next, he eliminated smoking State wide..in the work place and in Restaurants.

Next, he made it a State priority to Offer and actively Solicit Prenatal care for Illegal Alien Mothers to be..so they could have "healthy" and happy" Anchor Babies. Welcome to Arkansas..Hola!

He is responsible for the Opening of a Mexican Consolute, which serves Arkansas and the surrounding States. With that, we are now faced with the real prospect of our Airport offering Direct International Flights from Little Rock to Mexico, via Mexican Airlines.

He's a Republican "Carter" waiting to happen..

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[GOP_Lady]

Gabz! Welcome wonderful lady! :-)

[elkfersupper]

Poll after poll, and vote after vote show that conservatives believe in regulating cigarettes.

When do we get to vote on speed limits?

[Gabz]

As of approximately 3-6 months ago, that phone number has received over 30,000 calls (reported by the Ohio Department of Health in the news).

How many of those calls were people calling to complain about the entire idea.......I seriously doubt they have received that many calls in regard to "violations" of the smoker ban.

[P-Marlowe]

What a moron. Well, I won't be voting for Mr. Nanny-State.

And I hate the smell of cigarette smoke. But I hate the smell of tyranny more.

[patton]

You still playing that piano?

LOL

I changed my mind about the sudden change, BTW.

Oh, and you know our rule - we don’t patronize non-smoking places. Rather eat at home, and bowl in the living room.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

CANDY~BOOZE~UGLY~FAT~SKINNY,,,ONE SIZE FITS ALL!!

[Eric Blair 2084]

OK, Wheee Wheee on the Sheeple, put your money and vote where you mouth is and pimp for Huckabee then instead of Fred.

[GOP_Lady]

The ODOH quoted that figure, but did not say exactly what they were. I got the impression that a lot of them were complaints about people smoking. I would also say that a small amount of them were people expressing their opinion on the law (they did have a short amount of time before the law went into effect for people to call with their comments). I’ve heard stories where people didn’t hesitate to call. Hope your day was a good one. Mine was. :-)

[GOP_Lady]

Good evening, Mr. Eric. :-)

[weegee]

They COULD push for a Constitutional amendment banning the sale or use of tobacco...

[Gabz]

Wheee, either act like an adult or don’t post.

Yeah right.......like that will ever happen.

Mr./Ms. Wheee needs to look at his/her own addiction to determining what others do before looking at what others do.

[elkfersupper]

Smoking bans need to remain the province of state and local government.

Wrong, smoking bans have no place in a country that was founded upon the premise of individual liberty.

All you people that enjoy travelling about in your own automobiles, eating rich or non-PC food, or whatever is the next target better get accustomed to doing without.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I support a smoking ban but it’s really a state matter.

Hi Drango, I'm here to help you and provide a public service for a fee. I am a fully trained psychologist specializing in Nanny State Behavior Syndrome (NSBS). This liberal, left wing, social engineering disease is horrible and can strike anyone at anytime. It can even strike Conservatives like you who believe in free markets and limited government.

Thankfully, Dr. Feel (a wholly owned subsiduary of Dr. Phil) is here to help them work through their problems.

Please answer the questionaire below, so I know how best to treat you. And please have your insurance card ready for the wallet biopsy. This is a Capitalist country and I don't work for free. No SCHIP cards accepted.

I discriminate against smokers because:

A. The smell of smoke is icky and yucky, it makes my hair and clothes stink and I hate walking into a bar/restaurant where people are smoking. So rather than take advantage of the free market and go somewhere that is voluntarily smoke free, I would rather use the power of the state to impose my personal preference on my fellow citizens.

A1. My __________ (choose one: Dad, Mom, Uncle, Aunt, Grandfather, Grandmother, older sister, brother, babysitter, next door neighbor, mailman) abused me by smoking ________(choose one: Marlboro, Merit, Kool, crack, Camel, Kent, marijuana) in the __________ (choose one: house, car, bar, juvenile detention center) when I was a kid.

B. My beloved ___________ (choose one: husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, maid, dog, cat, goldfish, gay lover) died from _________(choose one: cancer, heart disease, emphysema, car crash, train wreck, terrorist attack, sting ray) because of their smoking.

C. I smoked for _____ (years) and now I am ________ (choose one: missing it, sick, dead, born again, enlightened, ashamed of myself, if I can't do it, nobody can) and want to share my experience with others.

D. The Big Tobacco companies are lying scumbags and must pay! (you're not coming down off the mountain with the tablets there)

E. I represent Big Pharmaceutical interests that benefit from the anti-smoking movement because it increases the sales of our Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products.

F. I am a deeply caring individual in the mold of Mother Theresa and I am speaking out due to my benevolent, philanthropic, altruistic concern about the health of my fellow man.

G. I am a research scientist and grant junky, and if I don't tow the party line my grant money will disappear.

H. I'm just a garden variety Fascist and Totalitarian and get a ______ (choose one: cheap thrill, natural high, erection, orgasm) by imposing my will on other people.

I. I am a retard who believes in bogus studies, junk science, the Easter Bunny and the Toothfairy. I fear that because I walked into a bar on Spring Break in 1987, and was exposed to Second Hand Smoke I now suffer from ______(choose one: AIDS, Herpes, Athletes Foot, Jock Itch, male pattern baldness, or genital warts)

J. I am a disgruntled, prissy and angry employee of a ______(choose one: bar, restaurant, club, casino) who can't leave the job because I am a _______(choose one: slave, indentured servant, sweatshop laborer, illegal immigrant) and had no idea there was smoking going on in the place before I took the job.

K. An elected public serpent, serving as a _____ (choose one: State Assemblywoman, Senator, Freeholder, city councilman, mayor) and I have failed miserably in my job and trying to tackle really tough problems like _____ (choose one: gang violence, income taxes, property taxes, crime, corruption), so I will support a smoking ban based on the talking points and literature that "M" has given me and claim that I have actually accomplished something to help my constituents.

L. A Socialist liberal Democrat who is desperate for Universal Healthcare so the proletariet will continue to keep me in power. But if I don't do something about the "demand side" health care costs caused by such global health menaces as _________ (choose one: Marlboro, Merit, Kool, Big Macs, Whoppers, Chicken McNuggets, Budweiser, Coors, Jack Daniels) my health care entitlement program will go ________ (choose your adjective: broke, belly up, bankrupt, insolvent).

M. A professional anti-tobacco activist who makes $450,000 per year. MY GOAL IS TO REDUCE SMOKING RATES FROM 25% TO BELOW 10%. KICKING THEM OUT OF THEIR FAVORITE BAR AND RESTAURANT IS JUST A SMALL STEP TO COERCE THEM TO QUIT. I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THE SHS NONSENSE MYSELF! Don't you dare try to ban cigarettes, if you do I will have to go back to my previous job ______(choose one: prostitute, drug dealer, pimp, state assemblyman, mayor) where I won't make nearly as much money and the bank will foreclose on my seaside villa and repo my _______(choose one: Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Hummer, Infiniti, Acura,Jaguar, Volvo, Bentley). I take advantage of the prejudices of categories A-L above to accomplish my goal.

N. I am a Religious Fundamentalist who believes that smoking is strictly forbidden in the ______(choose one: Qu'ran, Bible, Torah, Old Testament, New Testament, David Wells' autobiography "Perfect I'm Not", Hustler Magazine)

O. I don't fit any of the above categories, I just like to argue with people.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Good evening Ms. GOP.

[Gabz]

In the beginning I have no doubt the anti-smoker cultists were calling whenever they could.....but I also have no doubt the call numbers, if they wold be honest (and they won’t), will show the majority of calls are BOGUS or are complaints about the ban.

That’s exactly what happened in Delaware after the ban there.

[Eric Blair 2084]

And I hate the smell of cigarette smoke. But I hate the smell of tyranny more.

Exactly. Amen brother. I hate loud techno music, perfumed women with silicone breasts, and drunk guys on steroids...that's why I don't walk into a trendy club.