A sad event happened April 8th, 2008 here in Iowa. Today lawmaker's passed a state wide smoking ban all except casino's and veteran's homes. They care all about your health everywhere in Iowa but in the casino you can smoke to your hearts content and spend your money in the slot machines. I would look into the profits that will jump from the companies that sell stop smoking patchs and pills.It's one thing to say it's for the better of the people meanwhile someone is getting super rich selling the patchs and pills. They have spent alot of money lobbying the issue to get passed. I wouldn't be surprised the diet pill industry lobby's next for obese people to be banned from eating out. I read about a Mississippi state lawmaker who proposed a bill that would ban restraunts from serving obese people. They would have to have a scale at the front door of the restraunt and you would have to come and weigh in under the government mandated height and weight standards to be able to be served. I don't believe the bill passed but the idea is out there now. It's scary to think about what they will decide to take away from us next? And what possibly could be the next thing they will take away from us here in Iowa? Make all coffee, tea and soft drinks caffeine free? Make all violent video games illegal to own? Make it illegal to smoke at home if you have children or pets? Prohibit obese people from buying certain foods at the grocery store? We need to stand up and speak out for our rights while we still have some left. Instead of laying down and then cry in our Wheaties afterwords. It's much easier to stop a bill like this before it becomes a law then afterwords. Sad part is people are getting rich and restraunts and bars are closing left and right. We're not to far down the interstate from Minneapolis Minnesota. A estimated 182 bars and restraunts in Minneapolis area have closed since they passed their smoking ban just a few years ago. I feel it will effect the bars the most.I just can't see how all the non smokers will keep the bars and restraunts open. Same way if obese would be banned from dining out the percentage of skinny people can't possibly keep all the restraunts going.I know some will close in Iowa in the future just how many? I know i would not bother going to the bar if i couldn't light up and relax and enjoy a beer and a smoke. And i don't even smoke.
This reminds me of the people who threw a fit because they didn't like something they heard on the radio well the radio has 2 knobs one changes the channel and the other turns it on or off. But a select few who didn't like a certain show gets it taken off for the 1000's or more who did enjoy listening to it. July 1'st 2008 will be a even sadder day as the smoking ban takes effect. I think i will find me a communist flag and fly it.I think i still have the freedom to fly a flag yet.
So much for our freedoms and i don't even smoke but i feel something down the road will be effecting me soon and it's just a matter of time before something will be effecting more and more of us. Below are links to the 3 things i talked about.
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/01/100-bars-and-restaurants-put-out-of.html
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4524
http://www.kcci.com/politics/15822093/detail.html
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Come on we want some new material from you. Come on ya slacker.
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