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Novelty lighters come under fire (MO Nanny State)
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| 12-30-2008
| By JANESE HEAVIN
Posted on 12/31/2008 10:46:27 AM PST by Red Badger
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Gerik Parmele photo Novelty lighters, like these that Columbia fire Battalion Chief Steve Sapp uses to educate parents, can be a temptation for children. A state lawmaker is proposing that they be banned in Missouri.
To: Red Badger
The solution is to ban all toys. Then children can play with matches.
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posted on
12/31/2008 10:52:46 AM PST
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Red Badger
Want to child-proof a lighter?
Keep it in your d@mned pocket!
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posted on
12/31/2008 10:52:57 AM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Red Badger
"I don’t think it’s something you need to pass a law for. There are a lot more serious problems in this country than passing legislation determining what can or can’t be on a lighter."
"Introducing a bill" has become the equivilent of a "merit badge" to legislators. They seem to labor intensely to find something to introduce a "bill" for in Congress.
This type of bill is the same as a "frivilous lawsuit"... much ado over nothing. Legislators seem to zero in on any bill that interests them personally, and then try to trust their passions onto the rest of us.
I like to think the representatives and Senators that I vote for, are there to reject stupid bills like this and protect me from the nuts that somehow make their way into Congress...and there are a lot of them.
The Nanny State thrives....
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posted on
12/31/2008 10:53:21 AM PST
by
FrankR
(“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of the 0bamanation.)
To: Red Badger
I used to have a really cool butane lighter shaped like Godzilla.
We used it to cut bottles into pieces, just for fun.
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posted on
12/31/2008 10:58:06 AM PST
by
LongElegantLegs
(Deplore the profligate scattering of corpses!)
To: Red Badger
I wonder if Columbia, MO still has it’s “can ban”. When I lived there in ‘82 you couldn’t sell any beverage in a can. It had to be in returnable bottles. I thought it was a stupid law at the time.
To: LongElegantLegs
Acetylene "lighters" are much more fun...............
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:02:58 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Walmartian
Many states have that law. They have tried to get it here in FL almost every year...........
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:03:51 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: FrankR
If they didn’t find nitpicky legislative bills to introduce, they wouldn’t have anything to do and would probably have to be a “public servant” part-time and get a real job and live in the real world the rest of the time.
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:24:19 AM PST
by
3catsanadog
(I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
To: Red Badger
If you ban lighters, only children will have lighters.
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:31:33 AM PST
by
chuckles
To: chuckles
Pssst! Hey, Buddy! Wanna buy some hot lighters? I got some Harley-Davidson’s and some Fords and some Chevys...........pass it on, but be careful...........
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:34:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
When I was a kid, I used to play with ordinary lighters obsessively. They’re fun.
To: Tublecane
When I was a kid, we had matches. Lighters were for rich people............
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posted on
12/31/2008 12:27:07 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
When I was a kid we had to rub two sticks together...
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posted on
12/31/2008 6:18:08 PM PST
by
EEDUDE
To: Red Badger
Just introduce a bill that all houses have to be built of stone like Bedrock.
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posted on
12/31/2008 6:59:46 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: EEDUDE
Why, when I was a kid, we would have KILLED for two sticks! We had to make do with ONE stick! Ever try to run ONE stick together?
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:19:43 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Still Thinking
We had to make do with ONE stick! Damn, you had a stick! We had to wait till lightening struck something.
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:25:19 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: Still Thinking
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:27:06 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
To: The Cajun
/Don Adams voice
“missed it by THAT much!”
/Don Adams voice
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:28:56 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
To: Flycatcher
Keep the toys and ban all children.That might work.
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posted on
12/31/2008 11:36:07 PM PST
by
sonic109
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