So the ‘recreational activity’ of smoking is proven to increase the chances of getting lung cancer.
This fact has liberals ardently wishing and campaigning for the state-enforced banning of all smoking, anywhere and everywhere. (Here I differ from the standard conservative, in that I support the phasing out of all smoking as it contains addictive substances – no fundamental difference from drugs.)
Meanwhile, the ‘recreational activity’ of male-male homosexuality is the cause of HIV infection for 72% of males (27,455 individuals surveyed), contributing to the HIV infection rate being highest among gay men – 60 times greater than for the general population.
But you’d be hard pressed to find a liberal who advocates restrictions on casual, multi-partner, unprotected sodomy – let alone state-enforced laws! – despite the very real potential for a massive health crisis.
PS. Add in syphilis to the mix.
(Smoking doesn’t even kill other people, with the debatable caveat of secondhand smoke, but compared to first-hand AIDS…)
PS. If I were more crude, I’d have snazzed up the title of this post with that double-meaning word that applies to both ciggies and gay men.
March 23, 10 at 8:45 pm
Half of New York Voters Support Medical Marijuana: Poll
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Fifty-Percent-of-New-York-Voters-Support-Medical-Marijuana-88821812.html?abc=123
March 23, 10 at 9:03 pm
The Radical Homosexuals claim you and other pro-family Americans actually now support same-sex marriage, special job preferences for homosexuals and promotion of the homosexual lifestyle in schools.
Is it true? What do you say?
I have prepared an American Morality Survey for you to fill out that I will provide a link to in a moment.
The Homosexual Lobby played a major role in electing Obama and the majorities he enjoys in both houses of Congress.
http://www.traditionalvalues.us/moralitysurvey.aspx?pid=he1
March 23, 10 at 11:25 pm
http://norml.org/
March 24, 10 at 7:51 am
The U.S government just passed health-care legislation against the wishes of the U.S public because Barack Obama knows what’s good for you better than you know yourself. Imagine the day the U.S. government — left or right — reaches into your computer to keep you from reading Glenn Beck or Arianna Huffington, and then pats itself on the back as “enlightened” for doing so.
March 24, 10 at 7:59 am
A year ago, everyone from Bill Gross to Warren Buffett to Nouriel Roubini predicted the imminent collapse of U.S. Treasuries — “the biggest bubble in history.”
Yet, compare how the S&P 500 has fared with a leveraged bet against U.S. Treasuries and you see how far off their predictions were — at least so far.
The uncomfortable truth is that today’s news on U.S Treasuries remains conflicted. Yesterday, the price of U.S. Treasuries barely budged on the news that the U.S government just added another close to $1 trillion to its deficit on Sunday with the passage of ObamaCare. And since it’s highly likely that ObamaCare will cost two to three times as much, the market’s reaction is even more puzzling. On the flipside, financial markets now consider Warren Buffett to be less of a credit risk than the U.S. government.
The U.S. government is printing money like never before. Yet, as Alan Howard, chief investment officer of London-based Brevan Howard, a $23-billion hedge fund, recently wrote in a Feb. 1 letter to shareholders, “I do not think we have ever had a situation where two diametrically opposed potential outcomes — a deflationary bust and an inflationary spiral — can be credibly argued with equal conviction.”
March 24, 10 at 9:14 am
ALBANY – Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!
They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/23/2010-03-23_state_dems_have_a_dope_budget_idea.html#ixzz0j3Iv7a0t
March 24, 10 at 9:17 am
A ‘big f—ing deal’: Will health plan cover Biden’s foot-in-mouth disease?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/23/2010-03-23_state_dems_have_a_dope_budget_idea.html#ixzz0j3Jivy7i
March 24, 10 at 9:47 am
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
March 24, 10 at 5:06 pm
The fight will continue in the states where 38 of them have filed or are planning to file legislation that rebukes Obamacare’s “individual mandate” that requires you to purchase insurance even if you would rather pay directly for medical care. In addition, Attorneys General from several states plan to file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare bill’s individual mandate.
And most importantly, the fight will continue at the ballot box for the millions of Americans who refuse to be ignored. In the end, it is only by repudiating those politicians who voted for the health bill in free and fair elections that we can repeal this bill and start over on common sense, market-oriented, patient-centered health reform.