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 ...
Adolf Hitler tried this too.
The greatest generation won WW2 and many of our soldiers smoked.
More feel good idiocy from the most illegitimate administration in history.
gee no bi-partisam support? why would that be?....
If we ask our servicemen and women to give up too much they simply won’t serve. The smoking lamp is lit in all authorized spaces.
“If we ask our servicemen and women to give up too much they simply won’t serve. “
I think that may be the point of this inane plan.
Names of the 5 Senators please....this is social engineering on steroids. Smoking marijuana is not smoking????
Why?
Do they need to make room on the shelves for homo magazines and lesbian sex toys?
Next they will make them eat their peas and broccoli.
Tom Harkin, eh? Another “Stolen Valor” perpetrator.
Get rid of smoking but promote gay and transgender behavior??? Just wow.
Maybe they should start by getting rid of bullets or anything else that might kill somebody. Hand out pink tutus while they are at it.
Gosh, what’s next? Make them all Vegans?
Oh for the days when I could do a 3 mile run in combat gear and finish it with a cigarette.
don’t laugh...
That's exactly what they want...to remove the patriots from the military. To them, the military is the biggest social program around.
Pole smoking too? Nah, that’s encouraged.
Suggested by “Richard Blumenthal D-CT” ....the CT AG and Senator who ran as a Vietnam Vet who “forgot” he wasn’t really in Vietnam. The media kindly left the disclosure on this up to McMahon and youtube. It was never disclosed by the consolidated media as it should have been.
http://www.dailyructions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/McMahon-Vets-Open-Fire-on-Blumenthal.pdf
While I hate smoking and I haven’t since military basic in 1967, I hate seeing nanny state regulations and laws. That said, I do enjoy the no smoking in restaurants. So maybe I’m a hypocrite.
I started smoking in boot camp. When the smoking lamp was lit I was always there.
Mr. Hagel’s (Definitely)got TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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