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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:27 am
by Kares4Rush
t, It's $250 first offense and then I think it goes to $1,000. You can imagine the anger.
There's a whole underground culture of "smoking establishments" like Speakeasies during Prohibition. They do very well.
The bar and restaurant owners are very upset. Immediately there was a 40% drop in business. So many businesses went down the toidy. No so much the upscale "Shee shee" places in Manhattan but the corner neighborhood pub in Queens or Brooklyn where guys came in after work for a beer. They died.
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:29 am
by Kares4Rush
BTW, to post back on topic, Sig, LOL!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:31 am
by CygnusX1
Oh, so I had a pretty ORIGINAL idea there, huh Kares? (tobacco speakeasys) hahaha
D'OH!!!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:34 am
by CygnusX1
still rainin' up there Kares?
we're finally drying out...I feel for those further north...They're gettin' hammered...
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:35 pm
by Kares4Rush
LMAO at your speakeasy post, Sig!!! I TOTALLY missed that! YES you had an original idea.
The thing is, well, see where your brain went with the laws they have here? So did thousands and thousands of others. When all of a sudden the Govamint steps in and passes laws on millions of people "for their own good" and then the toothpaste comes out the bottom of the tube. They're called "sumptuary laws" and they can cause more havoc than good.
Like you I respect rights of non-smokers and always have. As soon as these laws came in and 26% of the population was SUDDENLY treated like children...well...guess what? Fugg YOU is what they say. It was the same with Prohibition.
There are other ways of handling things without threat of backlash like bootlegging did during Prohibition--organized crime SOARED. Oh, yes, and the ACLU isn't in it because it is a PC law.
P.S. LONG, boring post but...to also say...It was raining buckets before and is now a steamy sun but I still worry about the people up Nawth too!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:39 pm
by CygnusX1
Hi Kares...not boring at all
...Just makes me wonder what's coming down the pike next....HB may be onto something...hahaha
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:00 pm
by Soup4Rush
if they ban midget porn, ITS ON
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:04 pm
by awip2062
ROFL Soup, you rawk! \m/
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:44 pm
by Walkinghairball
Soup4Rush wrote:if they ban midget porn, ITS ON
It is official...........................I just wizzed my skivvies.
Slayed me Soup.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:41 am
by Kares4Rush
Soup4Rush wrote:if they ban midget porn, ITS ON
OHMYG SOUP!!! OUT came the ice water on my screen!
Now THAT should be a bumper sticker!!!
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:47 am
by CygnusX1
That's funny Soup.....and yep, it wouldn't be right if they banned THAT
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:50 am
by schuette
actually midget porn offends me as in any kind of porn...I am against all porn..may it all be banned!
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:51 am
by Soup4Rush
whatever
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:53 am
by CygnusX1
what about midget clubbings Schu? don't tell me you're against THAT too!
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:54 am
by schuette
as long as there's no fisting involved I'm cool
