Smokers denied rights

Smokers denied rights
JAMIE PAYNE

CEDAR FALLS --- For years customers would enjoy having a drink and a puff from their favorite cigarette visiting with friends at one of the many bars at Mall of America, but not today. The bars are now closed because of lack of business. The do-gooder Democrats rammed a bill through Congress banning smoking in bars, etc. This is nothing less than a restraint of trade.

This smoking hoopla is a matter of choice and if some people don't want to be around the smoke they should seek to patronize nonsmoking establishments, and workers should find employment where the owners have already chosen to have a smoke-free environment. The same thing is going to happen here where we live. Our civil liberties are being challenged at every turn. It all started when Bill Clinton and the U.S. Marshals took out Randy Weaver and his family at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Randy thought he was selling a rifle to a friend of a friend but turned out to be a plant by the FBI/AFT, an agent who befriended Weaver. Randy Weaver and his friend were cleared of all charges in court.

We as Americans are going to continue to be robbed of our liberties by a handful of arrogant liberal do-gooders unless we nip it in the bud. The lawmakers job is to enact laws that protect our bill of rights, not to make laws that appease a few people at the expense of the rest of us.
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