Re: September 11thOn 14 Jun 2008 16:42:15 GMT, anon3c67@nyx.nyx,net (Bruce Watson) wrote:
>In article <r8q754h98qrcfo2fe617u3s6ocoj2rvmb3@4ax,com >,
>Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
>>On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:09:54 -0400, Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast,net > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't recall if PA's
>>>other border states such as Ohio and Maryland have banned indoor public
>>>smoking yet.
>>
>>West Virginia is a fast 30 miles from Pittsburgh.
>
>Only the most degraded addict would waste that much
>time and gas to fix indoors or even entertain the idea.
People commute from Weirton WV to Pittsburgh. Housing is cheap there.
>A better bet is Virginia (but not Northern Virginia). West Virginia
>does not have a statewide ban but all counties have some
>sort of regulation--most very strong, some exclude bars, others weak.
>
>From Maine to Maryland and Maine to Ohio, it will be all smokefree
>dining. Indiana is an ashtray squeezed between the northeast
>states on the one side and Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota on
>the other.
We knew antis could not do math. Now we see they're geographically challenged as well.
From the westernmost city in Indiana, Gary, to the nearest city in Minnesota, Rochester,
is 400 miles. Between them is Wisconsin, which is FULL of smoking bars.
Michigan, north of Indiana, also has smoke filled bars, but I wouldn't recommend anyone go
there. Kentucky, south of Indiana, would be a better choice.
>There are even inroads in the South. Most of the bans are
>weak but what would you expect from them?
Typical patronizing yankee attitude.
> We're lucky there
>are any at all. In the West, after Oregon's law kicks in,
>it's only Wyoming (The Dakotas could strengthen).
Nevada and Idaho permit smoking in bars.
>That leaves the Great Plains but Nebraska and Iowa
>have joined the sane world.
No they haven't, they capitulated to outside forces.
>Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas could
>be soon.
You can have Kansas, but nobody messes with God's Country.
>That leaves Missouri. Maybe they should fence
>their borders and herd the country's smokers in.
>Make the state one big Brandon.
Branson, the hillbilly version of Las Vegas, without casinos (yet). Yankees think
hillbillies live in West Virginia or Kentucky. They actually live in Missouri, because
that's where the Ozarks are. A small part of the Ozarks are in Northern Arkansas, home of
Wal-Mart, the world's largest public company and private employer. Also, Tyson, the
world's largesst meat company, and J. B. Hunt, the biggest US trucking company. Pretty
stupid, huh?