Ping - great article from PA

Nanny State Ping!

C’mon down across the Mason/Dixon and see the near-empty parking lots of the bars and local private clubs such as the Moose, the VFW, American Legion, AmVets, etc.

The bar owners and clubs are suffering greatly.
[except for the few with outdoor decks]

Everyone in my area has been slipping up to PA and over to WV, instead.

Looks like WV will get all of our money, now.

"Under the guise of raising the incomes of low-wage workers, lawmakers ignored the negative impact that artificial increases in labor costs have on unskilled employees."

I have been arguing the above since and including my days in the college classroom. One hasn't lived until one has argued conservative points against the minimum wage in a classroom chock full of liberals.

It is an excellent article, full of logic and demonstrating an understanding of the harm caused by whiny government worshippers.

I love reading the comments sections on these articles. Some hyperventilating lefty invariably shows up to make a complete ass of himself, to wit:

"Typical right wing rants. I invite the writer to come to my camp in Potter County and he and I will set out to seek the elusive (no, not Big Foot), the elusuvie non smoking establishment. There aren't any, yet the MAJORITY of people (even up there) are non-smokers. Why is it that the majority rule on, oh lets say, banning domestic partnerships in PA, is acceptable, yet majority rule on this smoking issue is simply trampling on your individual rights. Hypocrites."

Excellent article! The author stated it brilliantly! I am hoping that PA will allow some exemptions where adults can be adults. Ohio stinks as a result of their extreme non-smoking law.

C’mon down across the Mason/Dixon and see the near-empty parking lots of the bars and local private clubs such as the Moose, the VFW, American Legion, AmVets, etc.

I live just across the MD line on the Eastern Shore. The local American Legion on Chincoteague has see an increase in the number of Maryland members coming in. My husband and I also belong to the Moose, the same is true there, and as a bartender I see it even more. 90% of my new customers/visitors are all Moose members from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Thanks for the ping to this good article.

Thanks for the ping!

I hope you’ll be kind to them....they’re refugees from a police state, ya know....:)

The left is the same way. They adore majority rule for smoker bans, but abhor it where marriage between turd burglars is concerned.

Kind to them? I love them, they’re among my best customers!!!!!

I understand the refugee concept. We moved here from Delaware, we used to go to Maryland on a regular basis after Delaware passed the smoker ban. We were treated very well and I’m just returning the favor!!!

I sure wish I could move down there.
Of all the places my family ever vacationed, Chincoteague was my favorite.
I especially loved Assateague....nothing but sand, horseshoe crabs and ponies.
No people for miles.
[probably due to the savage pine fly swarms]...LOL!

There was a really great restaurant that was actually built out over the water...can't recall the name.
Do you know the one I mean and is it still there?

They served me a tiny, sizzling hot cast-iron skillet of butter-fried crab meat as an appetizer to the best seafood platter I've ever had.

Was that ever *good*.

Sadly, it’s all about TOTAL control. Today it’s smoking, tomorrow it’s your Cheeseburger and Margarita. Of course the ‘Elitists’ get to keep their Cigar Bars. Can’t touch this!

Cigarettes ARE a ‘gateway drug.’ A ‘gateway’ allowing the Nannies to tell us all how to live. Once the camels nose is under the tent, you’re doomed.

And we ARE doomed unless we all tell them to p*ss off. (And I don’t smoke.)

Unfortunately, they will eventually get to your refuges as well.

The money source never dries up and the focus just gets tighter.

Too true.
I never thought I’d see PA pinned under the jackboot.

Alas, Salamander, the waterfront restaurants are slowly being replaced by condos......actually not so slowly.

Captain Fish’s is gone and I think this is the last year for the Chincoteague Inn. I’m not sure what is going on with the Landmark, which I think may be the one you’re talking about.

Chincoteague is changing, and as far as many folks are concerned, not ofr the better. Too damned many liberal/progressive/socialists moving in trying to get away from the problems they’ve caused in their previous locales and now seek to impose them on us. And it’s not just Chincoteague it is all over the Eastern Shore.

They are trying damned hard, Elk. The idiots around here booted out our state senator last year and the one they elected is a major nanny statist when it comes to this issue. The previous one fought tooth and nail for us, and he is not and never was a smoker.

Oh well, I need to call it a night, with luck the weatherman will once again be wrong and maybe we won’t get rain tomorrow so I can get corn and beans planted tomorrow.

Oh wait, I smoke, I’m not supposed to be capable of physical activity, let alone physical labor. ROFLMSS!!!!!

I’ve dared many an anti-smoker to match me row for row turning up soil with an old fashioned hoe -— I’ve never had any takers, I wonder why!!!!

Salamander — pop me a FReepmail if you decide to take a visit to the Shore!!!!