Big Nanny
A Virginia middle school student has been suspended for . . . opening the door for a woman whose hands were full.... You can't be too careful. Your average middle school, high school, or college can expect to see an on-campus shooting about once every 12,000 years....
President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the US Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said today. [AAAHHHHH! "TOBACCO EXPERTS!" BEHAVIOR NAZIS! STOP THE TYRANTS! I hate tobacco, but SAVE US FROM SUPERNANNY!]
The New York City health department is moving forward with a plan that would require about 12,000 cigarette retailers to post large anti-smoking signs. [I hate tobacco, but GOD SAVE US FROM BIG NANNY GOVERNMENT!!]
Composting will prevent tons of material from going to the landfill, create healthy soil for our local farms and help us fight global warming. [HELLLPPPP!!!!! THE REAL COMPOST IS BIG NANNY GOVERNMENT!!!]
President Obama signed into law today the toughest new measures ever on the tobacco industry designed to stop young people from smoking, a powerful habit that the president himself started as a teenager -- and one he is still grappling with on a day-to-day basis.... [IMPEACH THE HYPOCRIT & FREE TOBACCO! (And I REALLY hate tobacco!]
Trash collectors in San Francisco will soon be doing more than just gathering garbage: They'll be keeping an eye out for people who toss food scraps out with their rubbish.... Mandatory composting part of city's plan to eliminate landfill waste by 2020... [Ah, the People's Wacky Republic of Califunny!]
The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year
Single-use plastic bags.. have got to go, the United Nations' top environmental official said Monday.... recycling bags is on the rise in the United States... [90B unrecycled, but doesn't say what percentage this represents]
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signs a bill ensuring that women and girls seeking abortions can see ultrasound images before the procedure. The legislation, signed Friday and taking effect July 1, also ensures that abortion patients can listen to the fetal heartbeat.
The Bush administration's hostility toward stem-cell science created opportunity in Canada. ... The sight of waving hemp fields just across the Canadian border frustrates many American farmers.... When the United States banned the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages in 1920, Canadians found another great export market. Rules governing alcohol varied from province to province, but Canada's generally lighter approach to booze opened new avenues for profit....
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