READ & HEED the SMOKE SIGNALS!
From McClatchy
Topeka - Get ready to say goodbye to smoking sections. Kansas is kicking the habit by becoming the latest state to outlaw smoking in bars, restaurants and workplaces.
In a landmark move, the Kansas House on Thursday voted to send a statewide smoking ban to Gov. Mark Parkinson, who has promised to sign it into law. Parkinson, a Democrat, called the legislation “a victory for workers, families, businesses and future generations.”
All restaurants, bars and workplaces would be covered by the ban, as would home day-care centers, taxicabs and limousines. The only exemptions would be tobacco shops, private clubs such as Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, designated smoking rooms in hotels, and the gambling floors of state-run casinos.
Did you know that tobacco and related products contribute a very substantial portion of all tax revenues collected at every level of government? We are talking about as much as 15-20% of the money that towns, cities, counties, states and the federal government spend. Where do you suppose they will find the funds to replace that revenue when all the smokers either die, quit or are regulated to stop?
I wonder if Speaker Pelosi smokes? I sincerely hope so. Did you ever imagine that the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, when questioned on a vital subject before the Congress would descend into Nursery Rhymes? "Itsy bitsy spider..." Can the Republic survive such a mediocrity? And who are the imbeciles that vote for such?
Posted by: ron, the gregarious hermit | 02/26/2010 at 08:42 PM
"I wonder if Speaker Pelosi smokes?""
She must.
Posted by: Sloppy | 02/26/2010 at 11:05 PM