Well now, this is interesting

LA Times...:rofl4:

BTW...That judge should be disbarred.

I think this should be linked, somehow, with that thread I had about 'second-hand smoke'...
 
unclehobart said:
Registration page blockout. can't read the article.
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NEW YORK — A judge Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit brought by a 115-year-old private club that sought to strike down New York state and city no-smoking regulations so it could continue to honor its members — who include Walter Cronkite and Carol Burnett — with ceremonies that include lighting up.

The Players Club is no more entitled to special privileges than are pro-tobacco organizations that tried unsuccessfully to overturn the smoking ban, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said Wednesday.

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"Individuals have no 'fundamental' constitutional right to smoke tobacco," the judge said.

He said the smoking ban targets conduct — smoking in certain places — rather than speech, association or assembly, which are not regulated.

The judge rejected the argument that the smoking ban effectively outlawed a club tradition in which members are honored with pipe ceremonies on the club's premises.

The judge suggested that the club substitute suitable nontobacco products.

The Players Club sued after health inspectors ticketed it for keeping ashtrays behind an office desk.

A lawyer for the club did not immediately return a call for comment.

A city anti-smoking law went into effect in March 2003.

A state law took effect in July 2003.

Besides Cronkite and Burnett, the club counts among its roughly 700 members Angela Lansbury and Timothy Hutton.
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I cannot believe the judge could utter such rubbish,
with a straight face!

""Individuals have no 'fundamental' constitutional right to smoke tobacco," the judge said.

He said the smoking ban targets conduct — smoking in certain places — rather than speech, association or assembly, which are not regulated."

It isn't enough to blame this on liberalism,
this is downright Nazi-style evil.

Nope this ain't the Amerika yer progenitors fought for, anymore…
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On another note: does this mean Gonzomatic has a
subscription to that subversive publication?
 
I always thought of you as one too
assiduously avoid subversive leftist propaganda?

The more I think of that buffoons comment the madder I get!
I gotta go shoot assault rifles er sumthin’ :mad:
 
Can't effectively fight the enemy without knowing thier battle plans. This is cheaper than hiring Alger Hiss ;)
 
I for one (without taking up arms) cannot see any way we can ever prevail over these doers of evil.
The war on terror begins at home. :gun4:
 
Gonz said:
Can't effectively fight the enemy without knowing thier battle plans. This is cheaper than hiring Alger Hiss ;)
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Let me get this straight, we don't have to understand the terrorists but we do have to understand the liberals. Good to know who the enemy really is, huh? So the real danger isn't being blown up, but rather being whined at? :p
 
We kill the terrorists. They are a physical threat. I'm not understanding the libs, I'm looking to see where they're heading.
 
We are allowed to send the worlds most powerful
military out to kill all the terrorists.

WTF, we should be allowed to kick the poop outta
the whiners too!

The terrorists cannot pass laws and send the cops to knock
down my door and drag me off kicking and screaming
to the re-education camp like the liberals.

You tell me which poses the 'greater threat'?
 
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