State senator Tom Nelson doesn’t give a rip what the voters want. (Image: KELO-TV screenshot)

Here we go again, another rich state senator wanting to mess with the will of the people. Hey Tom, the people voted and told you NO SMOKING IN BARS AND RESTAURANTS. Don’t like, tough titty. I think this guy said it best;

“They keep saying that people aren’t coming because of the non-smoking, but that’s not true. It’s the economy.  Nobody has got any money to spend,” Deadwood visitor Richard Feiok said.

Duh.

15 Thoughts on “Give it up already!

  1. Badbenboyenemy on December 28, 2011 at 9:55 am said:

    The state is hooked on gambling just as much as the idiots who piss their money away on these machines.

  2. I love how they act like it is some golden calf. I remember the last time ridding of us of VL was on the ballot one of the arguments was about all the money families waste in VL when they could be spending it on enriching their lives (investments, etc.) and the proponents of VL acted like people who spend money on VL are using ‘expendable’ resources. Yeah right.

  3. Beer Jew on December 28, 2011 at 10:06 am said:

    The people who play video lottery are usually playing to see if they can score enough to get a carton of Doral smoke and have enough left over to get their oil changed.

  4. we went to the cornfield casino last sunday for the first time. even the non-smoking section reeked like an ash tray. you forget how bad places that allowed smoking stunk, until you go to a place that still allows it.

  5. Agreed scott. I was against the smoking ban based on the notion that I can choose what places to frequent; but now that I’m used to everywhere being NS, I’ve lost tolerance for the smell, which first occurred to me at that casino.

  6. Old Saw Warning –

    Non-smoking areas in a casino (etc.) work just like non-pissing areas in a swimming pool

  7. Would agree, smoke permeates everything.

  8. Analog Kid on December 28, 2011 at 9:43 pm said:

    Back in 7th grade I designed a motorcycle helmet which you could smoke in and it would filter the air so no one else could smell it.. Maybe I should have put that into production. I also drew up a device which tubes would hang down in public places like a soda straw, which you could draw tobacco smoke then blow it back into another tube. A central cigarette air system if you will..
    Hey — if you need nicotine that bad and like smoking maybe that won’t seem so silly.

  9. I came up with a self-lighting cigarette idea that would have a flint at the end, basically how it would work is that you simply pinch the end and it would light. Of course I have never experimented with the idea.

  10. Amen. The people have voted and don’t want to hang out in other peoples smoke any longer. I’m so glad that I dont have to inhale smoke anymore every time I choose to go have a few beers with buds and watch a game.

  11. Would agree. I don’t miss stinky.

  12. Some politicians just can’t seem to think up new causes that might actually help the state and the residents, instead they just want to keep rehashing the same old, same old, like the smoking ban and abortion rights.

  13. Yeah, not a lot of progressive minds in Pierre.

  14. Jenny on May 7, 2012 at 11:27 am said:

    hahahhahaha i love rich losers!!! i have plenty of money to go to the bar or casino..i chose to have partys at my house instead because i can smoke a ciggarette whenever i want. so to you losers that banning smoking will help your soooo wrong. it makes it worse for buisness’ because they lost half their customers because of the loser that think it will help their health…lol dumby’s.

  15. Jenny on May 7, 2012 at 11:31 am said:

    and to the dumby at the top that doesnt know crap except for himself i guess…people don’t go to the casino to be able to buy smokes except for obviously you since you think that why people go to the casino.. its for fun, free beer, and to hope and win money…which if you look around is all everyone wants.

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