they're bugs...they only worship the queen.... -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:07 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: woo hoo
no religious agenda? C'mon :) Dana John Stanley writes: > Introducing the two newest political parties: > Republicants and Demobees > > Here are just some of the features of the two new parties. Please feel free > to add more. > > Republicants > Pros: > 1. All live in the same nest. > 2. Work together > 3. Only one is in charge > 4. No religious agenda > 5. Only some of them have huge mandibles > 6. The only big business is keeping the nest viable > 7. Everyone shares the parenting of babies > 8. Leaving a scent trail is very important > 9. The leader is a Queen > 10. Can bite and bite and bite. > > Cons: > 1. Attacks and attempts to destroy other republicant nests > 2. Only some have wings > 3. Everyone is sterile except the queen and mates. > > Demobees > Pros: > 1. All can fly > 2. The leader is a Queen > 3. Abortion? We need every baby. > 4. All live in the same nest. > 5. Everyone is sterile except the queen and mates. > 6. Flowers == good > 7. Special interest is honey > Cons: > 1. To figuire out what they are telling you, you have to > understand dancing > 2. Some are a killer species > 3. After they sting you they die > > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: woo hoo > > > >Why must the right wing constantly and always want to control others? > > Funny, this is generally a left wing issue. Usually you will find democrats > backing this, and citing health reasons to do so. Don't get me wrong, the > republicans have plenty of other bad ideas :) > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: woo hoo > > > Our Mayor is pushing hard for a total ban on smoking in eateries. The main > reason is his campaign contributors. He almost got it passed, when we have > a > city council election and 7 members were turned out and the new members will > not > go along with it. It seems that about half of the restaurants in town are > by > the owners' choosing are already smoke-free, as are most of the fast (spell > that > junk) food places. He quickly switched gears and said he would bring it up > for > a public referendum, That is getting nowhere fast as well, because the > newbie > council members have rejected the call for an election as well. It seems > that > the restaurant association feels the public has plenty of choices for places > to > dine, and they are perfectly able to choose the smoke-free, or the divided > smoking/non-smoking restaurants. > This is a city where two (now former) city councilmen, three members of the > local community college board, and several members of a local school > district > are under indictment for official corruption, bribery. etc. > It seems that the medical lobby is biting themselves ever since they > railroaded > through (after failing three times) a law to fluoridate the municipal water > supply, using the "cavities in children" argument. Then they recently > started > another campaign to try to get public funding for free dental care for the > "many > children with cavities." When they were rebutted with the argument, "Why > hasn't > the fluoride treatment removed all that risk, as you claimed it would a > couple > of years ago." They did not have an answer, and now there is a movement to > repeal that law as well, because it was a lie to begin with. > Our atmospheric environment is right on the edge of being in non-compliance > with > EPA regulations due to smoke from Mexico and Central America in the spring, > and > pollution from refineries in the Houston area (200 miles away) that > cigarette > smoke is in reality a non-issue, being so insignificant to the overall air > quality situation. Our power company has just won approval to build an > additional coal-fired power generation plant, with the claim that it will > not > add to the deterioration of the air quality. Geez! When will the truth > ever be > told? > Again, I still believe it should be the restaurant owner's sole decision, > based > on his own market analysis to run a smoke-free or smoking/non-smoking > restaurant, and allow the market decide to either patronize them or not > patronize them. > > Why must the right wing constantly and always want to control others? Why > are > non-smokers so stupid that they cannot decide to not patronize an > establishment > if smoking is so offensive to them, and there are plenty of choices to dine > in > the atmosphere they choose? > > And I am a non-smoker/non-drinker. > > ====================================== > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > ====================================== > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nagy, Daniel J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:48 AM > Subject: RE: woo hoo > > > | they are -not- public. they can cater to whomever they wish. if a > restaurant > | owner does not want to permit smokers, or if the public want should lend > him > | more profit and he decides he wants this, so be it. a restaurant owner can > | throw out whatever trash he doesn't want in his establishment. it's -his-. > | > | if you take great exception to that, dont : > | > | * Walk down a public street. Carbon Monoxide is terrible for you. > | * Drink beer, milk or eat red meat. These promote fat growth and > | cholesterol. > | * Use a cell phone, or be near an electrical tower. Brain cancer for > | everyone. > | * on and on and on. > | > | if -you- don't want to be around smokers, that's fine and dandy. but who > are > | you to make demands of the owner of a private business, and what right > does > | the government have to forbid the use of a legal product on their > premesis. > | if you don't like the menu, you don't have any right to demand a change. > get > | up and walk your ass out into the street. just watch out for that carbon > | monoxide. > | > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:43 PM > | To: CF-Community > | Subject: RE: woo hoo > | > | > | Restaurants are public as well. If you want customers that is. > | > | And I take great exception to anybody killing me, slowly or quickly. > | > | -------------- > | Ian Skinner > | Web Programmer > | BloodSource > | Sacramento, CA > | > | > | > | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
