Posted on 04/03/2014 7:14:03 AM PDT by katiedidit1
In a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus last week, five Democratic senators urged him "to increase smoke-free areas on bases" and give sailors more access to programs to stop smoking.
"We urge you to do everything in your capacity to address this issue for our military men and women, including moving forward with the proposal to stop the sale of tobacco aboard all naval bases and ships," said the letter from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sherrod Brown D-Ohio.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
I am virulently anti-smoking, but all I can say here is: LEAVE OUR MILITARY ALONE.
I remember the DI making me eat my can of snuff in boot camp.
Cured me of wanting to chew for quite a few years.
I do remember smoking non-filters back then, so that after a day of field stripping them you didn't have a pocket full of filters. "Smoke em if you got em."
Active Duty ping.
Japs did last the longest, though. But with 3:1 odds, Tojo was outsmoked by the ally leaders.
Hagel is another mac daddy mindless, spineless sock puppet.
And within years, the best teachers were eradicated.
That will be the same in the military.
What about pot? Will they be allowed to smoke weed? Dems see pot as their call-to-arms for the young people. It is ridiculous, of course.
How many of the creepy DIMs recommending this ever served even one second in the military?
Appointing “republican” Chuck The Schmuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is far from being the biggest hoax Obama has perpetrated on America.
But he easily makes the Top Ten List.
Homosexual behavior in the barracks Yes! Smoking no? This TV set must be upside down. ..?
Obama To Military Brass: Agree With Me On Gays Or Get Out!
Admiral recalls controversial meeting with Obama regarding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Obama told five Military leaders to either accept what he wants as it pertains to homosexuals, or get out.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-military-brass-agree-gays-get/
Why does Hagel always look like he just woke up from a deep sleep?
This is a major reason why the democrats insist on national healthcare. Because it gives them justification for usurping our rights and expanding their control over individuals. They can then begin banning things under the banner of fiscal responsibility. You see, if being fiscally responsible means giving you orders, suddenly they're all for it.
That said, I do enjoy the no smoking in restaurants. So maybe I’m a hypocrite.
...you’re not a hypocrite...the no smoking in restaurants and bars is a great step forward...
...much as I dislike being around smoke, I hate the idea of nannyism even more...so I laugh at anyone proposing a smoking ban on outdoor areas such as decks and parks...
Gee it’s a good thing that there are no important problems to deal with like base security or men/women being shot on base - oh wait never mind.
Yea, smoking, haircuts, gays, political correctness and cutting pay/benifits is so much more important when you are a ba**less mac daddy sock puppet.
I've never smoked...possibly because both my parents smoked like chimneys when I was a kid and I wondered,early on,about the logic of smoking.Although I have opinions on the general subject I'm not a militant anti-smoker.On the subject of smoking in the military I think an argument can be made that banning it would,in time,improve mission readiness.
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