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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:50 PM Original message |
Nebraska Legislature passes statewide smoking ban |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Coming soon to a state near you |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. and the march towards fascism continues |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It all started |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I will point out one thing, helmet laws are weaker now then they have been in decades |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. My Daughters Had A Friend Who Was Free To Be Stupid. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. my mom was in a car wreck, if she'd been wearing her seat belt she would have been killed |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Same thing happened to me |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. So, Do You Now Urge Your Family And Friends..... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No, but I am an adult |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Same thing happened to me. N/T |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Oh please... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "She's Lucky" |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. I do as well as long as it doesn't involve me |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I don't see why it can't be left up to the bar / restaurant owner. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Nothing fascist about being free from carcinogens |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. poppycock... life is a carcinogen |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. What about asthma? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. hardly |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. You're basically making anarchist arguments |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well, I'll admit to being a bit of an anarchist -- strictly in the intellectual sense -- however |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Then what about car emissions? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yeah, what about car exhaust? |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. YOU ARE TAKING MY CHOICE. I choose to not have my |
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RYOMYO (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good. nt |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. They're trying to push this through in Oklahoma as well. |
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BRLIB (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Businesses can massively pollute our air but the common man can't? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. I just saw a motorcyclist's life saved by his helmet. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. nebraska? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. anti-smoking laws are not progressive, they're oppressive |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Oppressive? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. yes, oppressive. As a proponent of 'labor' I'd think you'd understand that |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Labor promotes a safe work place |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. The end point is an eventual ban |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. In other news from Nebraska ... (or Progressive MY ASS) |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I am progrerssive |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Maybe not. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nebraska? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. it is not liberal to make restrictive laws, it is fascist |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. And the only state in the union with a Unicameral legislature. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Here In The Adjoining State Of Colorado.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. I wouldn't agree they've been "quite popular" |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. Fascists |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. As A Matter Of Fact, You ARE Throwing That Word Around |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. In other words |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's Not Really Fascism Unless It's Really Fascism. (n/t) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. They are behind the times |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. And those laws are being flouted: |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The smoking ban has not been signed yet |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. lol |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Probably the same bars the off duty cops go to |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. that just happened here in NM and the bar owners are all scrambling to |
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Bilbo Heugan (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Businesses will adjust - it takes time after a ban goes into effect. |
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