[GOP_Lady]

"I simply turn on the Golden EIB Microphone and share my honest passions and beliefs with people. And they're free to go elsewhere. They're free to ignore; they're free to believe; they're free to be entertained, I don't care. They're free to do whatever they want. But a lot of people aren't free to smoke cigarettes where they want; they're not free to drink where they want; they're not free to eat the kind of food they want to eat; they're not free to eat trans fats; they're not free to drive certain places. Pretty soon we're going to be told what kind of cars we have to drive. I can't cause that. I can't restrict anybody's freedom. We've elected a guy who can, does, and wants to, all under the guise of saving us. So I appreciate the effort, and I appreciate somewhat losing my temper here. But don't compare me ever to an authoritarian who thinks so little of people that without him they can barely breathe on their own. Don't ever do that." LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT! If one cannot understand Rush's words above, then one does not truly understand FREEDOM!

[GOP_Lady]

I thank God that I own my home and it’s paid for!

[PizzaDriver]

Worse Yet; Smokey, the Duplex Owner, can’t SMOKE in his 1/2 of the Duplex that HE owns????

[funfan]

They have that ordinance in Belmont, CA I live close by and was not surprised by the City Councils vote they are pretty liberal here. I was wondering if they do legalize pot in California and elsewhere for that matter will you be able to smoke pot in your apartment where cigarette smoking is prohibied? Talk about affecst of second hand smoke that is all we need here in Cali is more people without their senses

[Free in Texas]

This is kind of hard to read through the Pall Mall induced haze (cough!).

[Mortrey]

Just wait for the mooselimbs that live next door to ya to complain about that HORRIBLE smell of BACON cookin’ in the morning!!!!!

[Outlaw Woman]

There are some Freepers who will love this ... can you believe that? I'm continually stunned here (or would that be stuned?) when freepers come out for more regulation and then get extremely ugly if they are challenged.

[FloridianBushFan]

Another stupid law.

This has got me thinking though. For several years now there have been all these laws being passed to make smoking tobacco illegal around the country, but at the same time this country in many parts has been moving closer to making marijuana legal. So we go from outlawing one smoking product to making legal another smoking product. Really does not make sense.

[Wissa]

"This is the last piece of the puzzle that needs to be placed,"

That's what they always say. Just one more law, and then we'll be living in paradise.

[taxtruth]

If you can’t smoke on your own property you don’t own it.Next it will be sex,food or drinking in your own property.

[Jack Hammer]

Unless you’re smoking marijuana.

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.

[NoLibZone]

Then, gay sex should also be banned form the apartment complex.

Second hand Syphilis is far worse than second hand smoke.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Nanny State PING!

[Bender2]

Re: Sorry, you can't smoke in your own apartment

Well, well! Then they have never seen my version... of the The Venus Butterfly sex move I learned when I guest starred on "LA Law" back in the day!

[Walts Ice Pick]

This law might be a “puff” stupider than the people who still smoke cigarettes. What’s next, a law forbidding people from gargling with rat poison?

[bamahead]

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[Just another Joe]

Let's go back to 2002. Here are just a few threads on this type of subject that were commented on during that year.

This isn't new and it will keep creeping.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=73#73

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=78#78

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=85#85

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=87#87

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=89#89

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=90#90

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=92#92

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=94#94

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/703734/posts?page=96#96

If anyone wants thread from the 2 or 3 years after this just let me know.