TC the Terrible

First off, an admin note.  THE WOMAN caught a rare typo on this site earlier today.  I remarked that I had gone for a jog with SDSM last night, when in reality it was FDSM that went running last night.  My bad.

I make the correction here to 1) eat crow over the mistake and 2) because the IT Nazis at work have blocked any site with ‘blog’ in the URL.  Because his IT Nazis allow the reading of blogs, but not the posting of comments to them, my pal AlaskaMike e-mailed me his comment on the earlier post.

TC -

Since I can’t reply to your blog from work, here is my reply anyway:

“Those of us that like a good cigar (or Marlboro) with our whiskey should have the right to do so in a public place.  ”

The key issue here is that a bar is not a public place, it is a private place and the owner of this private property should be allowed to permit smoking if he wants to.  Similarly, since it is a private place, nobody is forced to go/work there if they consider the environment to be toxic.  If smoke-free establishments are really what the public wants, why aren’t there more smoke-free places out there?

Have a nice day.

AlasksMike

True enough.   Just like any other business, if people didn’t want the product they would go out of business.  But that makes sense and indicates that people can think for themselves.  Something that a large portion of the DC population refuses to believe.

More to come later.

Wow.  I made it through yesterday with a single post.  The amazing thing is the world didn’t stop spinning and our souls weren’t corrupted by Communism.  

My sides are killing me today because I’d gotten lazy and not worked out during the holidays.  Yesterday morning I got back on track by doing the Army workout routine (push ups, sit ups, 3 mile jog) with some other folks at the office.  When I got home SDSM wanted to go for a run, but took forever to get ready.  While I was waiting on her I did some more push up, sit ups and a handful of pull ups; then she and I went for a 1 ½ mile jog.  Guess I may have over done it just a tad.

There’re a couple of things that I need to get caught up on since I was so negligent yesterday.  The first is the new ridiculous ban on smoking here in DC.  Starting next year smoking in a bar will get you ticketed.  A pretty clear infringement on all of our civil rights.  As tax paying Americans we should all be allowed the right to clog our lungs while we are getting sloppy drunk.  After all, drinking and smoking go together like Mom and apple pie.  Why in the hell can’t the damn do-gooders of the world leave us alone?  If you want to get snockered in a smoke free environment, then stay home on the weekends, or get drunk in a public park where there’s lots of fresh air to breath.  Those of us that like a good cigar (or Marlboro) with our whiskey should have the right to do so in a public place.  

I’m tired of people that don’t know me, or whom I don’t like, trying to tell me how to live.  It seems like we are starting an era of Progressivism (which is really anything but) all over again.  The Post’s lone voice of middle-American common sense, George Will, makes a case that these guys are not just after our lungs.  They are also after our college sports teams.  He’s right on target with his op-ed piece today.  It leaves me wondering what is going to become of my Arkansas State Indians.  One post season appearance does not a dynasty make, but it is the glimmer of hope that we have waited so many years for.  Are you telling me that we might as well not even try anymore because of the mascot?  That’s as silly as telling a drunk to not want a cigarette.  

Back with more later.