Comments on: NYC To Ban Smoking At Parks, Beaches

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:53:40 +0000

‘Bout time! Those taxpaying smokers were getting away with ……. smoking.
Where is the ban on muggers, gangs, thugs and street performers?

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:22:19 +0000

I was at a conference a few weeks ago at Stanford University with a significant number of European participants. During a coffee break my American colleague turned to me and expressed such surprise at the Europeans milling around in the group smoking instead of hiding off in some corner like they were supposed to. I told her I agree, it was as if these Europeans thought this was a free country or something.

By: OneAmericanCitizen

OneAmericanCitizen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:39:59 +0000

Smoking is fine – just don’t exhale. Blow cigar smoke in my face – you will experience damage from second hand smoke. Hey, ban that irritable bowel syndrome too. How do you get that? Is it a gay thing?

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:17:16 +0000

Show me any study that says second hand smoke causes any increase in illness. There isn’t one. There WAS one that was cited by a lot of other studies, but it turned out to be bogus. I can see these guys in NY now …

HEY! Why don’t youse go breathe someplace else? Can’t you see I’m tryin’ ‘da smoke over here? Jeeze!

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:15:36 +0000

What’s Next One? Banning from parks folks with Irritable bowel syndrome?

What’s your problem with cigars?! I love the full smoke & aroma from a good cigar; except maybe the next morning when you wake up in your clothes you wore last night; in the backseat of someone’s car & it seems someone carpeted you tongue with a jute underlayment. Then as Borat would say, “not so much!”

By: OneAmericanCitizen

OneAmericanCitizen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:08:58 +0000

I hate people who smoke in the park – particularly cigars. You go out for fresh air – you get lung full of smoke. It is worse when you try to run. Smoke in a bar – fine. Smoke any business that allows it – fine. Stay the hell out of the park you arrogant jerks.

By: greasywrench

greasywrench — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:15:40 +0000

Of course when the tax revenues from tobacco drop to an extreme low the pigs in Government will move on to a new source. They remind me of Locusts exausting all available resources and then moving to the next field. I posted on this type of thing on my website twelve years ago. But, smokers are a minority so no one stood up and spoke for us. Now the Health Nazis will move on to a new field and pick it clean.

Hmmm….what will it be next – Fast food? More alcohol taxes? The sugar industry? The possiblities are endless. So many sources of revenue and so little time.

BTW, the info is out there on second-hand smoke that points to a massive fraud on the part of the EPA, CDC, etc.. Even the SCOTUS labeled the 1997 study on ETS “Junk Science”.

Now they’re pretty much done with smokers they’ll be coming after you.

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:39:32 +0000

“I Love to Smoke…My Lung Feels Great!” – Andrew “Dice” Clay

By: proreason

proreason — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:09:35 +0000

“There is no redeeming value in smoking at beaches or parks,”

There is also no redeeming value to liberal thinking.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:02:41 +0000

Yeah, but slammin’ your buddie’s boloney pony on the Central Park Carousel is your “God” (oops – “natural”) right!

By: BillK

BillK — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:53:59 +0000

Can someone tell me in what universe Michael Bloomberg is a Republican?

From the New York Post:

Mayor may ban smoking at parks, beaches

By Sally Goldenberg

Mayor Bloomberg is considering banning smoking in public parks and beaches as part of a multi-pronged plan to make New Yorkers healthier, his health commissioner announced today.

“We don’t think children, parents when they’re standing at soccer games should have to be breathing in smoke from the person next to them,” Commissioner Thomas Farley said after unveiling the city’s plan. “We don’t think our children should have to be watching someone smoke.”

Farley said since the indoor smoking ban instituted in 2003 has been successful, so the city wants to expand the effort through either legislation or a simple change in policy with the Parks Department. …

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/l.....LYLLRY6dDL

If you don’t think the above sounds exactly like something Mr. Obama would do, how about this:

Other plans in the “Take Care New York 2012” released yesterday include advocating for lower sodium consumption, encouraging public health insurance carriers to do more preventive care and reminding residents to exercise more.

Farely said the department does not know how much the 10-pronged plan will cost

Oh well, Republican, Democrat, same thing, right?