WV Sen Candidate: Smoking Regs The ‘Same Thing’ As Nazis Forcing Jews To Wear The Star of David
- Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:23pm by
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West Virginia Republican and senatorial candidate John Raese has caused a bit of a stir by equating anti-smoking regulations in a West Virginia county to the Nazis forcing Jews to wear the Star of David.
“I have to put a huge sticker on my buildings to say this is a smoke free environment. This is brought to you by the government of Monongalia County. Ok?” Raese said.
“Remember Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that? Same thing,” he added.
Watch Raese make the analogy via YouTube:
“I don’t want government telling me what I can do and what I can’t do because I’m an American. But in Monongalia County you can’t smoke a cigarette, you can’t smoke a cigar, you can’t do anything,” Raese said.
“And I oppose that because I believe in everybody’s individual freedoms and everybody’s individual rights to do what they want to do and I’m a conservative and that’s the way that goes,” he added.
Naturally, some critics have accused Raese of being just a tad over the top.
“No, this is not a standard line, nor a misstatement. It is a loss of freedom,” Raese said in a statement addressing his critics, according to Politico.
“As Ronald Reagan once said, there is no such thing as partial freedom, there is only freedom.”
This is Raese’s fourth bid for the U.S. Senate and he aims to unseat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.
(H/T: HuffPo)
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Small World
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:59pmYEA common sense at last. It’s time for us to nudge the goverment.
Report Post »charles116
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:24pmIt’s amazing YOU miss the point entirely.
Maybe not.
Report Post »tiredofitto
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:00pmI have rights as a non smoker not to smell, gag and chock on someone elses smoke…take your smoke away from me….I as a non smoker should have a right to move about as I please with out having to undergo smelling some one elses smoke ex-hale….
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:35pmI have rights as a taxpayer and generally healthy individual not to support ANYONE’s unhealthy choices…take your snuffling, fat, bodies away from me. I, as a weightlifter, cycler, hunter, runner and fisherman should have a right to move about (and expect my money not to pay for others’ choices) as I please without having to undergo smelling someone else’s putrid perspiration or flatulence.
Report Post »There oughtta be a law….
right-wing-waco
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:47pmEvery place where you wrote “non-smoker“ could be replaced by ”smoker” and make just about as much sense. I am a non-smoker and I hate the smell and the ashes and the butts they throw away everywhere. If I own a business it should be my right to allow smoking or not. If you don’t want to smell it, go somewhere that does not allow it. It is not a matter of smoking here, it a matter of property rights and freedom.
Report Post »canadianproud
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:09pmif you don’t like the smell of smoke, go live on the moon.your kind of thinking put obama where he is. big fit idiot.
Report Post »txgrsmnky
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:39pmBunch of dang natsees. I think I have the right not to be stuck behind your prius looking at your rainbow, Bush lied and B.O. 2012 bumper stickers. “And when they came for me there was no one left.”
Report Post »Vegascelt
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:42pmYes, let’s ban a legal product. Why not outlaw it? Because my tobacco taxes pay for your kids scholarships and health care. Hypocrites.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:42pmGod bless this man. Here is an American who looks at a law and says, “Does this law make my neighbor more free or less free?”
@tiredofitto – You’re only concerned with yourself. Consider this, do you have a right to dictate to a store owner whether or not he can allow smoking in his business? If your answer is yes, please explain to me where the line is? What can I tell you to allow or not allow in your business?
Self-centered conservatives aren’t very conservative.
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:49amI think you inadvertently added an errant letter “h” in your gag sentence….that part of the anatomy does not have an “h” in it…..well at least not the anatomical part and kind that most militant anti-smokers gag on anyway. When you start throwing the word “rights” around and about and include what last time i checked was a perfectly legal adult activity called smoking…..all you do is disprove your own point(s). You no more have a right to smoke free air than I do to make it smoky around you. It would be like me saying I have a right to not be forced to look at fat slobs…but I don’t have such a right….and so instead I just throw them a bag of Doritos and then I light up a Marlboro……everybody goes home a winner with me.
Report Post »Now stop gagging on that without an “h” anatomical part wrote…..and find a spot where there is no cigarette smoke. There’s a big planet out there….and plenty of places with no cigarettes anywhere in sight….or within gagging range….you do have a right after all…to gag on the anatomical part of your own preference and choice….
milez5
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 2:53amI would be willing to bet that you are a former smoker. I am a former smoker as well, but i pledged after quitting five years ago that I would never become a fanatical nonsmoker. This was especially true after i read an article that said that the most fanatical nonsmokers were former fanatical smokers—the type who would militantly refuse to put out his smoke regardless. In other words, a jerk.
Report Post »Smoking is bad, but there is no need to punish smokers, especially on the job by making them walk a long distance—or take an elevator to the lobby when they are on the 80th floor just to smoke. Yes it is a unhealthy lifestyle choice but so is overeating, riding motorcycles and many other things that we don’t punish people for.
burnteye86
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:47amOh, really? Then does that mean I have a right as a non drinker to not have to smell alcohol on somebody’s breath? And if you’ve been drinking, you should have to wear a sign around your neck warning me to stay 10 or more feet away from you?
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:49amThe only thing worse than a non-smoker is a reformed smoker.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:52amBTW, I recently quit smoking, but I’m not going to get on anybody elses azz about it if they smoke.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 8:39amOK which one do we do next, anyone not like to have to look at fat people, maybe ugly people, black people, white people, red heads, bearded people, tattooed people. someone hates them all so which one do we get next?
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:25amIf thats your case then I have a right to not smell people perfumes,body sprays,colognes,body odors and farts they must be outlawed as well. No one wants to smell you dirty hippie unbathed butt,or your overtly perfumed body either. They should put sensors at the door and deny anyone entrance if they have an odors what so ever.
Report Post »Fact is overtly perfumed people stink more than smokers. And
And when I’m in the Gym I have a right to not be forced to smell sweat either that odor is horrid,
johnjamison
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:28amAnd Gooch I shouldn’t be saddled with paying to replace the hips,knees,elbows,and back surgeries that come from you work out. I also should be saddle with paying to drain your pecks and the violents the roid rage you body builders create.
Report Post »So out law body building is obviously thye only solution.
BlueStrat
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:05pmWhat I’m waiting to see is the hullabaloo that will ensue when some entrepreneur starts a popular bar/nightclub/restaurant where, to be admitted entry, prospective patrons must smoke first in front of the doorman before being allowed inside. No smoking inside, of course. That would be illegal. But, it would insure a pleasant experience, without the necessity of putting up with stupid and ignorant busybodies that feel it’s their duty to force others to conform to their preferences. I wonder if you can legally refuse admittance to a private business like a restaurant/bar/club to non-smokers, even if there’s no smoking allowed inside?
That would fry a few anti-smoking-Nazi noodles!! I can almost hear the outraged (but dimwitted) screams!! LOL
Report Post »Ayla_me
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 7:09pmBut what if a company WANTED its patrons to be able to smoke? What if they had a clearly labled warning stating “This IS a Smoking environment!” Oughtn’t that to be just as legal, instead of out-right banning everywhere, for everyone, regardless? Just another loss of freedom.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 9:21pmTo John Jamison:
I agree with you 100%.
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:58pmHe’s right. Those anti-smoking laws restrict our freedom. So do seat belt laws, motorcycle helmet laws, zoning regulations and all the other laws and regulations governments at all levels place on us. Repeal them ALL.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:36amDamn right,repeal them all. Personal choice should be left to the person. And as far smoking goes that should be left to the business. If I own a business and want to allow or not allow smoking …THAT’S MY CHOICE. IT DOESN’T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST NON-SMOKERS AS THEY CAN ARE WELCOME AS MUCH AS SMOKERS. However laws that enforce non-smoking regulations do discriminate against smokers.
Report Post »The fact that this is even a debate speaks volumes about the caliber of alot of citizens. NAZIST/FASCIST
YesNdeedie
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:31pmRaese would stand a better chance of defeating the worthless, do-nothing Rockefeller than Manchin. If you follow Manchin, he’s center to slight right …..Rockefeller is all in for Obama.
Report Post »BlueStarMom
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:46pmIronically, California has spent 30 years outlawing smoking, now working just as hard to legalize pot.
Heard this ridiculous story of regulation hell in the nursery today. High School wants to rebuild the ag barn, just a sheep shed, really. Built in the 70′s when the school had 1/4 # of students it has now. It has lead paint on it (I actually helped paint it then). Because of new lead regs a specialist must be hired to tear it down. Cost? $45,000. After that they still have to raise the money to raise a new barn. So they’re applying for a gubmint grant to cover the cost of complying with gubmint regulations. It’s incestuous. Makes you feel dirty thinking about it.
They got a gubmint grant to build a school garden. They want to build raise beds for a vegetable garden. Railroad is replacing track, selling ties real cheap. But they can’t use them because they are treated with creosote which the kids might touch. So they are trading the ties for pressure treated lumber. The fencing store will then sell us the RR ties to use at home where our kids will touch them. Also, the kids will not be allowed to eat any of the food they raise, can’t use it in the cafeteria, nor can they give it to food banks because it’s not FDA approved. I guess the homeless can rummage it out of the trash bins after they throw it all away. But they have a grant to build a garden, so build it they will. We’ve fallen a long way from WWII victory gardens, America.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:00pmThank God for the government. What would we do without its protecting us from…. us.
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:12pm@Bluestarmom, I also work in a nursery / landscape contractor . If the public only knew how complicated the GOV’T can make this , one of the simplist business to run. Into a dog and pony show. They should be able to look at some of these GOV’T landscape plans. The waste and unlogical ideas involved will literally make steam come ouy of your ears .
Report Post »texasbeta
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:30pmThis is moronic. Do you give a crap about those kids?
Although lead improves paint performance, it is a dangerous substance. It is especially damaging to children under age six whose bodies are still developing. Lead causes nervous system damage, stunted growth, and delayed development. It can cause kidney damage and affects every organ system of the body. It also is dangerous to adults, and can cause reproductive problems for both men and women. Lead paint is particularly dangerous because it tastes sweet therefore encouraging children to put lead chips and toys with lead dust in their mouths.
Not too complicated. Are you retarded?
Report Post »Bored with the BS
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:46pmLook, I understand that folks are against smoking. I get that. Here’s the FIRST issue I have with banning smoking. If a person goes into a bar in certain states the establishment can be fined for allowing that person to smoke. However, if someone walks into that same establishment and lights a joint, drops acid, or does a line or two of cocaine, there is NO fine for the establishment. As long as they are not selling the drugs, they are in the clear. How is that make any sense. Smoking is the only action that a person can take part in, in a public establishment and the establishment be in the wrong for it happening. By regulating, by force of penality, for a business owner to enforce law you are making that establishment owner a law enforcement official. There is an issue with this in many states, being that there are specific requirements for being a law enforcement official, and these folks don’t qualify.
Beyond that, there is the obvious motivation that no one seems to see. This is a test of the waters for banning something else. If you pick on a group that no one likes anyway. Through media you demonize them and then you ban the thing that no one likes them for. And you see how it goes.
Report Post »Smokers are easy targets. They smell bad, they hack and coff, no one wants to be around them. So the question is this, what’s next? The gun owners? The rich? The religious? How about the blacks, or the whites? They will go as far as we allow, so where is your line
blackyb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:44pmThe only smoke the democrats want up your nose is dope (yes Marijuana is dope too.)
Report Post »texasbeta
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:32pmReally? I a Democrat, and I smoke. Most I know smoke. I’m in Texas…tons of people smoke. However, you have to be retarded to not know it kills 50% of everyone who touches it. Period. Think about that. Those are worse odds than Russian roulette.
Report Post »nighttrainno9
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 10:31pmTexasbeta, you have to be a kid about 13 years old. I’m
Report Post »65 and I’ll bet I ate several gallons buckets of lead paint.
Been around lead all my life, everything from bullets to
toy soldiers. This fantacy with lead the govt. has just
lined some washington a-holes pockets, just like global
warming and fossil fuels. Wake up you idiot.
blackyb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:43pmDemocrats do not like smoke. It makes them homesick for hell.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:42pmPoor choice of words on his part i just call them the nazi/gestapo anti smoking police .I understand his point give the Mid Ohio Valley health police an inch and you will have no rights left it fits right in with obamacare.
Report Post »charles116
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:27pmYou seem to be the only other poster to get the obnoxiousnous of his ‘comparison’.
Report Post »Everyone else seems to think the ire is aactually about ‘no smoking’ stickers.
Duh.
Those folks belong on this site.
broper
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:03pmJust when you thought you’ve heard everything. All Raese needs is a round red ball on his nose. How this clown can even suggest that anti-smoking laws, which protect everyone including smokers can somehow be likened to the horror of antisemitism that resulted in the death of six million Jews and Gypsies is beyond comprehension. I am a conservative, and I normally vote Republican, but this Bozo is a sick joke. Congress would NOT be a better place with him in it. . I don’t like clowns, they are never truely funny, and usually they creep me out. So does Raese. Shudder.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:13pmCurious: What is your stance on forced, invasive ultrasound for women considering abortion?
Report Post »Also, would it not make sense to allow the public to vote with their wallet? If you don’t want to be exposed, don’t do business in an establishment that allows smoking. Seems to me the proprietor should have some say on the matter.
Across the ideological spectrum, folks engage in hyperbole. I’m not defending Raesa; this is just politics as usual. And, as many posters have noted, there is a busybody creep with this and other issues that is unsavory.
lukerw
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:41pmFreedom is the opposite of Security… like it or not! Socialism gives Security but negates Freedoms. Fascism is Socialism… and Limits what the people can do and say. Laws that prevent Purchasing or using private property… or force Purchasing (ObamaCare)… are Fascist!
Report Post »tzion
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:43pm1. Should government be able to ban unhealthy foods as well? It’s also for the benefit of everyone. Where do you draw the line?
Report Post »2. He wasn’t saying that the smoking laws are comparable to the Holocaust as a whole. He specifically referenced the yellow Star of David aspect of the Holocaust, an action that was discriminatory but that by itself didn’t cause direct suffering. The analogy is somewhat awkward since the Star used to identify Jews later on but I as a Jew don’t find offensive.
charles116
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:31pmWe have too many old ignorant fossils in government.
Report Post »thinknotrepeat
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:45amlisten ,enough of this nonsense where we americans cant draw comparisons to something in OUR own country,just because the holocaust must retain its be all end all image of something so unique so ghastly that its name must be approved first before it may be compared to another incident, drop dead, stalin and the bolsheviks killed 29,000,000 christians and the bolsheviks who were majority jewwish burned churches by the thousands during their killing sprees, remember the germans biggest threat was the communist bolsheviks who had already wiped out 29 million, thats why jewws and communists were rounded up as enemies of the state.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:43pmAs a West Virginian, I can tell you Raese hasn’t got a chance in hell of being elected. Too many in the Mountain State love big gub’ment and your money. A bigger problem in WV was the huge sum of cash that just got p!ssed away on “saving” our junkies. But I agree with Raese: There are way too many fat, petty tyrants in WV state and local govt. telling others how to live.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:06pmLook closely people. They are just pushing pushing pushing. If it was really about smoking and not control then they would make tobacco illegal. Oh but wait what about the tax dollars from it. They wouldn’t even consider giving that up. It is just about controlling the sheople. I say smoke away. I enjoy a good cigar on my patio and no one will ever stop me from enjoying that. I will not comply.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:15pmhe is right…of course it is a matter of degree. In both instances the government is targeting a group of people and making their lives harder.
If more people would see the government for what it is – we wouldnt be in this mess
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:27pmAnti smoking is the union logic if all people quit smoking where would they get their tax dollars from what boogyman would be next. Salt, Transfats Soda Pop, McDonalds who will be the next target for the Lawyers to exploit. When all people are healthy and live forever will they stop ? NO
Report Post »They always cut their own throats.
phunkejay
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:07pmOkay, maybe it‘s a bit over the top comparing smoking regs to Jews being ’labeled’ in nazi germany. However, i do believe he’s making a larger, more important point about gov’t interference with our freedoms.
Report Post »First it was no smoking on planes (too enclosed of a space), then it was no smoking in the airline terminal, then no smoking on public transportation , then no smoking in public buildings, then no smoking in restaurants, then no smoking in bars, and here in NY there is no smoking on train platforms (OUTDOORS) and now no smoking in ANY PUBLIC PARK (even if it is privately owned and maintained – if it‘s open to the public it’s illegal to smoke there).
Smoking is just the first volley (shot across the bow, if you will) to see how they (legislators) can pit one group of citizens against another, and how far they can take it, before they move on to other liberties and freedoms. And sooner or later the behavior, liberty, or freedom they come for next will be one that those who were in favor ‘smoking bans’ will enjoy.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsiblity.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:13pmHe didn’t need to go so far as to compare smokers with Jews. He might simply have pointed out that the 3rd Reich was the first regime in history actively to try to discourage smoking and discredit smokers. (To be fair, it was Nazi science that first established the smoking/cancer link.) Of course, Germans went on smoking–all the more so as the stresses of war mounted!
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:20pmyeah, thanks alot mengele
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:24pmhttp://www.thecompassionatechoice.com/articles/hitler-the-nazis-and-assisted-suicide-2/
Report Post »MrKnowItAll
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:59pmIn Michigan can’t smoke in a Bar. I know so many people who do not smoke on a regular basis. Go out after work to the Bar and they light one or two up. NOT anymore. Your RIGHT to choose it GONE. If people in the Bar don’t like smoking, they should Leave!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:23pmThat would restore property rights back to the owner. We cannot have that in a Commie regime like this one…
Report Post »pandora
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:56pmThe only reason why people hate comparisons to Nazi Germany is….they really dislike Jews. I have heard more conversations lately about Jews in a negative connotation than I can remember in years. The propaganda seems to be working into the fabric of debate. People really believe that Jews are causing all of the world’s problems. That is dangerous. I agree with the main point of what this candidate is saying – the government has no business telling any of us what we can and can’t do. We are a free people. Do we have laws? Of course. But laws should be voted on by people and their representatives. Regulations are not laws. They are created by government under direct pressure of lobbyists and special interest groups who wave money in front of their campaigns. That is not what we stand for.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:08pmoh yes it is…and has been for decades. It is not what we are supposed to be, it is not what made our country great. But greed took over, and decency fled. and well, thats how we got here. the love of money is the ROOT of all evil…duh.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:14pmthe choice was laid before the rich young ruler…tower of ivory, tower of david…yes Pandora, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle.
Report Post »FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:54pmWhere is the outrage over all of the obese people? Oh yeah, not PC. Obese people cost more in health care than smokers but people are too scared to take them on. I find it very offensive to be in public and have all of these fat people barely dressed and thinking we want to see all that fat and their tatoos. The fatter they are, the less closhes they wear, showing all the fat and tatoos. That is what is truly disgusting but is excused as a thyroid problem or whatever the latest excuse is.
Report Post »antrancher
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:09pmWhat is a “closh”? I am fat and do not have one. I want one.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:06pmI’ve made my disdain for the wideload crew no secret. What’s REALLY funny is the state of WV sends around fat, pushy women to rant against smoking.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:22pmFloridagirl, fat, skinny, short ,tall we are all in this mess together and for you to talk such hateful things about anybody shows your moral compas has been compromised.I’m guessing you are one of those skinny chicks that think she is special because she is skinny.GUESS AGAIN SWEETIE
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:52pmFirst, they mandated a non-smoking section be available. Then they mandated smoke-free dining areas. Then they mandated that you couldn’t smoke within 15 ft of the door. Then they mandated that you couldn’t smoke in public places at all. Then they mandated that you couldn’t smoke in your apartment. Now they are trying to mandate that you can’t smoke outside of your home (on your own property). What do you think will be after that?
On a “different” note: First, they mandate that food can’t contain trans-fats. Then they mandate that non-food deserts must be available….
Baby steps to destroy our freedom. “On a long enough timescale, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” If the step they take seems too radical, then they pull back and make it less radical. If that still seems too radical, then they pull back again. This is repeated until they find an acceptable amount of freedom you’re willing to give up. Then, a few years later, the process is repeated, starting at an even more radical point than they did the first time. Like gas prices. Raise it a dollar and drop it 50 cents. Yay! Cheap gas…
It’s easy. If we can’t get it done this generation, we’ll get it done next generation. The point, is that human nature will trump human intent every single time. The fact that there are people that don’t see anything wrong with the government deciding what is best for you is probably the scariest.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:48pmit used to be no blacks….now we are at no smokers no dogs!
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:47pmseen that one coming as well…wanted to protest, but who cares..its not their problem. Wanted Tea to protest the Illinois ban…before it went this far…but again, what do i know (Leave the cities!)
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:41pmThat’s great that Americans spend all their time bickering about such trivial things, and we will all be wearing burqa’s before we know it. By the way, they smoke cigs like chimneys in the Mid-East.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:50pmThe thing about taking away people’s liberty to choose is that they get damned to hell, because their soul doesn’t learn anything. Case in point: lets say I smoke (which I do, even though I don’t want to quit lest it means I value earth too much), and someone decides for me to put cigarettes off limits, then I learn nothing. Therefore I can not come into my own by water and blood. See? You’ll rot in hell by these people socialist tyrant big government.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:52pmThat’s why they called Jesus a glutton.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:56pmWhy else do you think it is that Sharia makes women cover-up? It’s because the men are such whores that they get turned on by just a peak at ankle skin.
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:08pmGet help.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:09pmI really hope this will be the last time I have to be born surrounded by stupid people.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:26pmI like you; you’re silly.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:38pmTim i’m curious are you a woman ? the reason i ask is that you said we will,all be wearing burkas before we know it .Does that include you too?
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:40pmThis infuriates me, as it should most people that have half a brain cell left. Trivializing the Holocaust, especially during Remembrance Week, is reprehensible. This S.O.B. should be a damn leftie. Shame on him, disgusting POS.
Report Post »Lt_Scrounge
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:31pmHe isn’t trivializing the Holocaust at all. He’s simply illustrating how governments force people to self identify for the purpose of using that identity to dehumanize and eventually destroy them.
Do you know how many Swedish Jews were hauled off to the concentration camps? None. Why? Because when the Nazis demanded that all of the Jews sew the yellow stars on their clothing, every Swede from King Gustav on down sewed a yellow star onto their clothing. They considered themselves as Swedes, whether Jewish or not, and they were NOT going to allow the Nazis to attack their fellow Swedes. With everyone wearing a yellow star, the Nazis weren’t able to determine who to target so they left everyone alone. Too bad the non smokers don’t realize that once the smokers are done, they’ll go after someone else.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:39pmI agree with his intent……his delivery, not so much. I oppose all smoking bans, as it should be up to the property/business owner; not the government, but comparing it to Nazi Germany forcing Jews to wear the star of david is a little much. Again, i support the intent; not the delivery. Can we not oppose something without always comparing it to the Nazi Germany?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:25pmYes, you’re right, too much perhaps to compare this to Nazi Germany, however, smokers have been stigmatized by all of this stuff and IT NEEDS TO STOP! I don’t smoke by the way.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:37pmI agree, smokers have been singled out by “do-gooder” laws and politicians that nearly criminalizes smoking. It is outrageous and similar to the way Jews were treated. If we continue down the Nanny State road, many other things will be targeted. Do we want personal freedom or government’s choke hold around our necks? The U.S. needs to decide!
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:33pmAlthough almost all buildings are non-smoking here in Ca. and it is really nice not to choke when going out to eat, I would agree that it should be up to the owner as it is his business. I am also a non-smoker.
There is no such thing as partial freedom.
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:40pmIam also a non smpker and i dont like to smell the smoke but ill stand beside any smoker and fight for their right to smoke.This is America and this government dont have a right to tell us we cant smoke.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:43pmI never eat out anymore. I enjoy a smoke while I’m waiting for the food and another one after the meal. Why would I pay extra money to be deprived of that?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:28pmRegulations are the one thing that can take your freedoms away faster than Hitler.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:39pmWow…… Profound!
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:05pmExcellent point.
I don‘t smoke and I hate the smell of cigarettes but even I don’t like all of these anti-smoking laws being put into place.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:45pmRule by fiat.. a favorite of the nasty little turds in state govt. here in WV.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:26pmHummmm…..
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:29pm….and then promptly smoked everyone who didn’t have a firearm to defend themselves with….literally.
Not meant to be funny. It’s exactly what will happen to the US citizenry unless we defy the Marxist in Chief openly and deliberately.
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:32pmI’m not a smoker, never have been! I think smokers should be able to smoke any damn where and any damn time they want! Second hand smoke concerns is a bunch of BS! If it was true, I’d be dead!!
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:55pmWhere I am from, if you, as an adult, are in a bar and lsy your pack of cigarettes on the bar, the bar can be fined $500 for this offense. Laws are getting terrible all across the country. We need a change at the Fed level and maybe the states will follow suite. The whole darn country is going down the tubes.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:14pmHint, hint.
Report Post »charles116
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:33pmAnd then……………
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