New York Mayor Bans Smoking On Beach

[onmyknees]

They don't need to clean up, they wear adult diapers. But of course you miss the point: if everybody can do what they please on the commons, then there's no stricture against banning together to protect the commons from the selfish and the greedy.

I didn't miss the point Trish...you're flattering your self again...I was actually yawning during your point...same old...same old...

And pick up that beach after your pubic sector union goon friends...will ya? It's beginning to look like Madison. LOL

[Faldur]

About time to blame it on Manbearpig again..

[trish]

Oh-hum

[Ineeda SM]

You're an idiot who doesn't think for himself and just swallows what your told as gospel. Read this moron......and next time before you open your mouth....do your research. Morons like you help pass these laws then have no idea of the unintended consequences. And I'm not good, and I'm not a Republican, but you're obviously a lemming.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/29356444.html

WOW Ms Palin, you are one angry misinformed person. You're an idiot who falls for any bull shit the right wing throws at you like the article in the link you thought was so clever to post.

We have had fluorescent light bulbs around since before you were born. They contain FAR FAR more of the chemicals that your link claims to be harmful, than any of the new small fluorescent bulbs. Those long 4 foot fluorescent tube lights have the same exact chemicals that are in today's small screw-in fluorescent bulbs. Yet we have never had any problem disposing of the tube type bulbs in trash cans that we set out on the curb. Everyone always smashed them into tiny little pieces, and throw them in the trash. Nobody has ever been harmed or died form doing this.

Maybe it is YOU Ms. Palin, that is the moron believing and repeating whatever your right wing asshole thought programmers have brainwashed you to say. As usual, you make pathetic comments on subjects you know nothing about. You prove your lack of thought processing with every post you make. And the funniest part about that is, you don't even realize it. You actually think you are making clever quips and remarks that have intelligence. You have GOT to be Sarah Palin in disguise. You say the most stupid things just like she does.

Those bulbs are NOT harmful to you, me, or anyone. They haven't been for 75 years, and they aren't today. Get a clue and get over yourself Sarah.

[ezed]

F'em I'm smoking on public beaches. Christ! if I can't smoke outdoors, I may as well die.

[Stavros]

What happens if someone is on a smoke-free public beach and a group of people are smoking on the private beach next to it and the smoke is blown onto the public area?

[ezed]

What happens if someone is on a smoke-free public beach and a group of people are smoking on the private beach next to it and the smoke is blown onto the public area?

Stavros, if this happens ... and it will, we must pull our suits up over our nose and mouth and run to safety and call 911! Sure, we risk serious wedgees, but think of the children!

[trish]

Prior types of compact fluorescents contain 3–5 mg of mercury per bulb. The newest contain about 1 mg of Hg. Even these small amounts are a concern. It only takes one thousand to yield a gram of Hg. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association voluntarily capped the amount of mercury used in compact fluorescents.


Because of the reduction in energy demand, compact fluorescents save on Hg emissions in areas with coal-fired power stations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/op...31collins.html

[onmyknees]

It continues....the governmental creep of The Nanny State.......

Government No Fry Zone: NYC Health Dept. Bans Fried Food at Work Meals

• Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:56am by Jonathon M. Seidl

No French fries. Or freedom fries for that matter.
The New York City Health Department has issued new guidelines banning fried foods from its work-sponsored meals, telling employees to cut bagels and muffins in half, and saying that if cakes are served for a celebration, they can’t be coupled with cookies. According to the Health Department, it’s about being consistent.
The Daily News explains:

Employees also got a bright-colored brochure stipulating what can and can’t be served at meetings and parties.
Tap water is a menu must when food or drinks are served. Other beverages must be less than 25 calories per 8 ounces.
“Cut muffins and bagels into halves or quarters, or order mini sizes. Offer thinly-sliced, whole-grain bread,” the brochure states.

Deep-fried foods are an absolute no-no and “cannot be served.”
For celebrations, cake and air-popped popcorn – “popped at the party and served in brown paper lunch bags” – are allowed.
But when a “celebration cake” is served, cookies can’t be offered.
“These standards are mandatory for meetings and events sponsored by the Health Department,” the brochure states.

“The Health Department is leading by example by updating its guidelines for food and beverages served at agency meetings and events,” spokeswoman Erin Brady told the News.
Still, others see it as encroachment, especially considering the guidelines go beyond food. Workers were also told to refrain from wearing perfumes or colognes with “noticeable odors,” told not to eavesdrop, and advised to be careful not to post anything in their cubicles that others might consider offensive.
One worker summed up the guidelines by simply saying, “This seems like micromanaging.”



http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/..._than_dos.html

[trish]

"They're more whatchya might call ... guidelines ... than an actual code." ___Captain Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean.