[Alter Kaker]

LOL, you know I read all the great conservative thinkers, from Edmund Burke on down, and I must have skipped the part where it says that there's anything "conservative" about being a tobacco-addict or anything conservative about forcing others to subject themselves to the consequences of your sad, hopeless addiction.

Let me know when you get that grassroots movement up and running for the 28th Amendment! Remember, "The Right of the People to be secure in their Addictions shall not be infringed.!" :-)

[Gabz]

Gee, I've read all the same great thinkers and have yet to find anything said about "conservative" meaning support of more government, higher taxes on certain groups, or restrictions on such basic rights as private property and freedom of association.

The major difference between you and me is not the fact I choose to smoke tobacco, but the fact that I oppose non-essential intrusive government and you support it.

You have no right to just walk into or onto my private property, whether it is my home or my business unless I grant you the right to do so. The fact you do not understand that concept is your problem, not mine.

[elkfersupper]

[CSM]

"Let me know when you get that grassroots movement up and running for the 28th Amendment! Remember, "The Right of the People to be secure in their Addictions shall not be infringed.!"

Are you serious in your advocation that there is a Constitutional Ammendment required for the American citizen to partake in their morning coffee?