tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post1750005725600159225..comments2024-01-24T11:17:30.926-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Blog: Ignorance Is Bliss in Parts of Northern KenturckyBrian Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662857795736971173noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-46206881946723191672011-02-19T09:06:25.650-05:002011-02-19T09:06:25.650-05:00The Right has gone full-on kakistocratic. At this...The Right has gone full-on kakistocratic. At this point, anybody in office who believes that policy has actual bearing on life works for a Democrat.<br /><br />Everything's just a matter restoring the manifest destiny of the gilded age. Having a black president (or even just a Democratic one) made chauvinists say "I don't recognize my country! I want it to be like Mad Men!"<br /><br />...typing that, I realize that Mad Men is actually probably their model. Smoking for all, no contaception, no unions, minorities are elevator operators, women are secretarial cum depositories...Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016294207471723556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-38986540609974894322011-02-17T14:57:59.183-05:002011-02-17T14:57:59.183-05:00And the people who work there can just get over th...And the people who work there can just get over the cancer and heart disease risks of 2nd hand smoke, eh Quim? Hard to just quit a jo in the middle of a recession & 9%+ unemployment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-51160526861675554732011-02-17T11:40:11.018-05:002011-02-17T11:40:11.018-05:00It's not just smokers - you got the militancy ...It's not just smokers - you got the militancy of personal property rights folks, too.<br />The bans give bar & restaurant owners an idea of what business would be like without smoking. That's probably good. Lift the bans & let business owners make the decision to allow smoking or not.Quimbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414025266566849822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-35589714681997584832011-02-17T10:15:38.016-05:002011-02-17T10:15:38.016-05:00It is not that simple - you are completely discoun...It is not that simple - you are completely discounting the fact that Kentucky is a *tobacco* state. It always has been.<br /><br />I definitely agree a statewide ban would be awesome ...but baby steps are what it is going to take. And a one-time shooting down doesn't mean this is never going to pass. It just means the proponents of the ban need to try harder next time to make it more appealing.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04872545270073146457noreply@blogger.com