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Tag: smoking (page 2)By JGillman, Section News
The concept of private property is something the founders of this country believed in deeply. The most basic ownership being your person, yourself, your physical being. To serve that self you have ownership of other things; the clothes you wear, the tools you use, the property on which you stand.
That very basic understanding indeed, a basic agreement as provided for by our maker. But apparently some folks didn't learn the basics. And now, we witness even more interference in the private affairs of our state's constituents, and arguably another nail in the coffin for Michigan business owners rights. (9 comments, 960 words in story) Full Story By Republican Michigander, Section News
Here's the usual definition of bipartisanship. Both parties get together, come up with a scheme, and screw over the people and take away our freedoms. That's the case on the horizon here with the smoking ban issue. Big government statists are at it again.
Thanks Jelinek for once again moving Republicans away from our less government roots. The simplified version is that democrats are generally in favor for the ban, but want the Detroit casinos exempted. The Republicans are mostly against this, but if it is to be done, no exceptions. Both of those should be shot down. Instead of no exceptions or few exceptions, how about a business choice exception. That's what we have now and it works. Most places right now are non-smoking. Almost all business are non-smoking. Few allow it. The big fight here is over restaurants. Some allow smoking and some don't. That's currently the owner's decision and that is how it should be. There are some places in Brighton and Howell that do not allow smoking. That is their choice. Copper Pickle, Stillwater, and Brighton Bar and Grill do not allow smoking. These are privately owned establishments that made their own decision to ban smoking. They did it the right way. It's crap like this that makes me want to take up smoking. I'm tempted to light a giant cigarette with the worst flavor possible as a middle finger to this. We can start in the offices of Jelinek and Basham. (9 comments) Comments >> By Rougman, Section News
When local Traverse City officials contemplate the banning of smoking in city parks I have to think of them as being good faith operators. I believe that they want to eliminate smoking for all the right reasons.
(6 comments, 524 words in story) Full Story By Nick, Section News
It is trendy to be "green." I get it. They've been drilling that into our collective skull since I was in second grade (1985 seems like a looooong time ago) and the Grand Rapids Public Schools started sending every student home with over-sized neon green "tree" bumper stickers to foist on their parents. Hugging trees is supposed to be cool.
And we all love trees. I have four or five of them in my back yard and another in the front. They produce oxygen, shade, they smell nice, I can burn them to stay warm if my heat ever gets shut off... errr... In the 75 centuries or 869 quadrillion years this planet has been circling the sun (depending on your source, of course) Earth has managed to adapt and survive just about everything. Colossal, global floods. Meteor showers. Ice ages. Quasi-nuclear winters. Human beings. Leave it to automobiles to signal the end of all that is, was or ever could have been. Thank goodness we've got these brave environmentalist crusaders willing to fight pollution whatever the cost. And thank goodness there are so many of them here in Michigan to enable the Granholm-Cherry administration as they join with President Obama in foisting these massive new CAFE standards on an automobile industry on the verge of permanent financial ruin. Without them we'd have negligibly dirtier air and 50,000 auto workers wouldn't be mapping the best route from their soon-to-be-foreclosed homes to the nearest unemployment line. And who would want that? I mean, except for the Michigan Left. Because according to the Detroit News, that's precisely how many Big 3 jobs are expected to be killed by the Democrats new environmental red (or should it be green) tape.
At the same time, the increased fuel rules could cause full-size truck sales to fall significantly without government help, a Wall Street analyst said. Those trucks, by the way, have long been the last remaining cash cow for the Big 3. Buh-bye marketability. Hello pink slips. All of this thanks to our elected officials? Read on... (4 comments, 582 words in story) Full Story
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