Me:
I seriously doubt that smoking legislation will come up. I suppose it
could be banned in federal offices and on federal lands. Otherwise, I
don't think federal law would have jurisdiction.
Bev, you wouldn't be happy in Illinois.
I keep reading that tobacco addiction is one of the hardest to
overcome. It seems so. I have more than once seen old ladies in
wheelchairs who are on oxygen light up the minute they leave a store.
Bev:
And why is it "okay" for President Clinton to smoke cigars, but not
really okay for Obama to smoke ciggies?
Me: I didn't know that anyone objecting to his _smoking_ his cigars.
Bev:
I wonder...And WHY would he not endear himself to the South's
Tobacco World by allowing photos of him smoking a cigarette?
Me: Probably the same reason Bush didn't want to own up to his drunk
driving arrests: he didn't want to set a bad example for his
daughters.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
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