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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: MoshMasterD on July 13, 2011, 12:27:48 AM
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LINKO (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1478256)
Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-12-11 11:10 PM
Original message
The county in which we live banned smoking outdoors . . . .
. . . . in all county parks.
It was voted on by County Council tonight and it goes into effect when our county executive signs it tomorrow.
Well, DUDE, guess which side of the fence that came from. HINT: a party you are PROUD to be in.
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Karma can be a real, mean bitch sometimes. :lmao:
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You have to laugh at businesses that have made their entire campus smoke-free...or so they wish. The first thing they do is remove the butt containers, so now the butts get tossed everywhere. ::)
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You have to laugh at businesses that have made their entire campus smoke-free...or so they wish. The first thing they do is remove the butt containers, so now the butts get tossed everywhere. ::)
When I went to school, (and NO, that was not when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!), not only did the HS have a designated smoking area, but in college, I had 2 courses where students SMOKED in class.
Today, you would be arrested for THINKING about bringing a tobacco product within 1000 yards of a school, business, playground, etc.
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When I went to school, (and NO, that was not when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!), not only did the HS have a designated smoking area, but in college, I had 2 courses where students SMOKED in class.
Today, you would be arrested for THINKING about bringing a tobacco product within 1000 yards of a school, business, playground, etc.
I remember smoking in movie theaters. Before it was banned completely some of the theaters made their balconies into Smoking Lounges.
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Yo, Stinky--sucks for you, dude.
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I quit a 2 pack a day habit that I had for damn near 30 years. It's been 12 years now.
I haven't had a drink in 19 years. (Damn you woman)
I'm proud to say I have no vices. O-)
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I read the thread, Stinky only posted once in it after dropping the steamer OP. Neither post actually indicates whether he is pro or con on the law. No wonder the Dude's posts get unrecced so often.
:rotf:
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-12-11 11:23 PM
Response to Reply #4
16. I am a former smoker . . . . some odd things since quitting . . . .
. . . first, I still get cravings. Rare. But right out of the blue. Very intense, but they only last a second or two. I am about four years quit.
. . . I vowed to never be a smoke nazi. I have been able to stay true to that.
. . . while I am no smoke nazi, I am completely repulsed by second hand smoke or smoke on someone's breath. I can even smell it when driving and following a car with open windows and a smoker inside.
. . . I am neither excited by, nor unhappy with, this new local law. My own world is completely devoid of smoke so it matters little to me.
4 years, Dude? Bullshit!!!!!
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-12-11 11:23 PM
Response to Reply #4
>sniparoo<
My own world is completely devoid of smoke so it matters little to me.
Except for the smoke you blow up DU's ass.
Right, Dude.
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-12-11 11:12 PM
Response to Original message
3. As somebody with Ashtma, will sound really like I got mine
but GOOD!
madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-12-11 11:34 PM
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22. K&R for our county, Stinky! Kudos to Ken Ulman!
I'm not setting foot anywhere near the People's Republic of Maryland.
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 03:00 AM
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59. Sick bastards.
:???: I have no idea what she's talking about.
ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 10:14 AM
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84. Liberals come in authoritarian, too.
It's sad, but true.
Blind squirel!
NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-13-11 10:38 AM
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93. Gotta love Montgomery County
Free to do what you want as long as it's exactly what they tell you to do.
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So, Stinky lives in Howard County! I'll bet he lives in Columbia, that high-tax Dem enclave of nothing but rules and regulations. The entire town is like a dictatorial HOA run amok.
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So, Stinky lives in Howard County! I'll bet he lives in Columbia, that high-tax Dem enclave of nothing but rules and regulations. The entire town is like a dictatorial HOA run amok.
You nailed that. I lived in the Baltimore area for a couple of years, Columbia MD is a Lib-Fascist's wet dream.
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Howard County is so well-known for D.C. fatcats, it would not surprise me if this is a head fake from the catbox dude.
Remember, both we and the DUmp were fooled for a long time that DUmmy grasswire was in Wisconsin.
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When I went to school, (and NO, that was not when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!), not only did the HS have a designated smoking area, but in college, I had 2 courses where students SMOKED in class.
Today, you would be arrested for THINKING about bringing a tobacco product within 1000 yards of a school, business, playground, etc.
Smoking was not allowed at my school in the 70's, getting caught with cigarettes meant a 1 day suspension. However, students would stand across the street and smoke in plain view of faculty members without getting in trouble. Teachers, could smoke in their lounge.
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Smoking was not allowed at my school in the 70's, getting caught with cigarettes meant a 1 day suspension. However, students would stand across the street and smoke in plain view of faculty members without getting in trouble. Teachers, could smoke in their lounge.
That was a big difference between high school and college. In high school, you could be suspended from football for being caught taking a smoke. In college, half the people in class were smoking during the lecture, and the auditoriums had ashtrays built into the seat backs.
I even remember once in college P.E. we had to run laps in a gym, and on one side the track ran behind a set of bleachers. There would always be a half dozen guys running who would take a smoke break under the bleachers. The instructor never seemed to mind.
No matter how you feel about smoking, that's an example of how personal liberties are chipped away incrementally over a long period of time.
Every little bit, that seems inconsequential or even a good idea at the time, can never be regained, and adds up eventually to a lot.
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I just wanted to add....
Dude....
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LINKO (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1478256)
Well, DUDE, guess which side of the fence that came from. HINT: a party you are PROUD to be in.
Actually, the aholes just did it here in redder than red Columbia County, Ga. as well. :censored:
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You nailed that. I lived in the Baltimore area for a couple of years, Columbia MD is a Lib-Fascist's wet dream.
The fact that you had to pay a Town Fee to live there (AKA the Privilege of Living in Columbia Fee) was an immediate red flag to me. The HOA is bad enough, thank you.
HoCo is chock-full of liberal transplants that aren't rich enough to live in Montgomery County. (I'm from MoCo originally, so of course I'm biased.) They labor under the delusion that they are Washingtonians, when in fact they are a suburb of Baltimore and are, as such, Baltimorons.
In the 2004 election, Maryland went to Kerry only because HoCo, MoCo, and Baltimore City have the most densely populated areas in the state, and all are lib havens. Every other county in MD was blue.
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The fact that you had to pay a Town Fee to live there (AKA the Privilege of Living in Columbia Fee) was an immediate red flag to me. The HOA is bad enough, thank you.
HoCo is chock-full of liberal transplants that aren't rich enough to live in Montgomery County. (I'm from MoCo originally, so of course I'm biased.) They labor under the delusion that they are Washingtonians, when in fact they are a suburb of Baltimore and are, as such, Baltimorons.
In the 2004 election, Maryland went to Kerry only because HoCo, MoCo, and Baltimore City have the most densely populated areas in the state, and all are lib havens. Every other county in MD was blue.
The sparkling husband dude lives in Congressman Elijah Cuming's district, of whom he has spoken approvingly.
Lake Endicott or Endicott City or Endicott Mills, or somesuch; I'm not "up" to towns in Maryland other than in St. Mary's county.
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Oops, found it.
Ellicott City is listed amongst America's most affluent communities and is located in Howard County, the third wealthiest county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sometimes when flying off the top of my head, I get a little sloppy with names.
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According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the CDP was $103,464, and the median income for a family was $120,064. Males had a median income of $63,938 versus $41,721 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,287. About 2.2% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.
Ellicott City is at present part of Maryland's 7th congressional district, currently represented by Democrat Elijah Cummings.
Of course, that's reported income.
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Dude needs to realize that someday his fellow Dems will come around to banning something he cares about and then what will the Dude do?
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I'm not setting foot anywhere near the People's Republic of Maryland.
Same here, but for different reason.
It involves my step-son, his ex-wife, and the f'ed up, so called "judicial system" of Wocomaco County.
Let's just say the cops there are so crooked, they have to screw their hats on, and the judges are worse. After I personally witnessed a cop perjure himself during testimony, and the judge overruling the defense attorney, I wouldn't piss on Maryland if it was on fire.
Hell, the damn judge was so addled, he was sentencing a man to 6 months in jail, who was there to be released!
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Oops, found it.
Sometimes when flying off the top of my head, I get a little sloppy with names.
Gawd, that's as bad as Columbia. Figures he lives there.
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Gawd, that's as bad as Columbia. Figures he lives there.
Well, what's weird is that the sparkling husband dude's posted photographs of his house.
One expected something, uh, quite different, but actually it appears to be a pretty modest home. Nothing wrong with that, but then I was surprised to find he lives in a very affluent area; the house is made more for Middle Class Middle America, not obscenely-wealthy suburban Baltimore.
Of course, the sparkling husband dude does employ a full-time maid.
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Well, what's weird is that the sparkling husband dude's posted photographs of his house.
One expected something, uh, quite different, but actually it appears to be a pretty modest home. Nothing wrong with that, but then I was surprised to find he lives in a very affluent area; the house is made more for Middle Class Middle America, not obscenely-wealthy suburban Baltimore.
Nothing like the four-story manor Pam Dawson has in north Wichita?
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When I went to school, (and NO, that was not when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!), not only did the HS have a designated smoking area, but in college, I had 2 courses where students SMOKED in class.
Today, you would be arrested for THINKING about bringing a tobacco product within 1000 yards of a school, business, playground, etc.
tobacco? well where I went :stoner: :-)
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Nothing like the four-story manor Pam Dawson has in north Wichita?
No; just a basic fundamental elementary two story house much like one finds elsewhere.
I never thought there was anything extraordinary about it because I wasn't aware this was the third-wealthiest county in the United States. But now that I'm aware of it, I wonder why that is; just a basic fundamental elementary ordinary average two story house much like one finds elsewhere.