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About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4July 1, 2006. The state of Colorado banned smoking in all public indoor spaces. Not by popular vote, mind you, but by edict of our elected congress, passing a law that not only tells YOU where you can smoke your tobacco and where you can't, but tells Private Business Owners what they can and can't do with their own property. All done to protect us from the massive amounts of secondhand smoke floating around. This congress cowed themselves to the Smoking Prohibitionists, the Purveyors of Questionable Statistics and Chicken Little Proclamations. This congress denied sanction to our local dives, those neighborhood joints that previously invited our fellow smokers into their hazy darkness for a cold beer and some good conversation. This congress denied sanction to our bingo parlors and VFWs, ofttimes the only remaining places for our elders to enjoy a nice smoke and some cameraderie. And, this congress gave succor to the corporate monstrosities in the hills known as casinos. (Casino-workers must be immune to cigarette smoke....) A dark day...a dark day, indeed. But YOU still have some power left.... YOU can help all of us displaced cigarette and cigar and clove and pipe-smoking citizens reclaim some of the rights stolen from us. You can comment here with the bars and restaurants and other establishments that allow our vice.... the Cigar bars, the heated patios, the tobaccanists, the Smoke-Easies (there have to be some out there...i just KNOW it!)... Join with us, Fellow Smokers! Join the SLF!!!We at the SLF want to know YOU, our fellow Cigrette-smokers, Cigar-smokers, Pipe-smokers, Clove-smokers... We want to know about all of the Smoker-Friendly Establishments in the Denver area and beyond...

My Interests

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Cigrette smokers, Cigar-smokers, Pipe-smokers, and all Smokers/private property rights websites: http://www.stopthebans.com/ http://www.nosmokingban.com/ http://www.smokersclubinc.com/ Smokers Liberation Front of Denver has no affiliation with any of these sites, but there is some very interesting information on all of these and well worth a read. More information will be forthcoming. As a member, we look forward to hearing your rants against the anti-smoking and anti-private property rights regimes. We look forward to hearing about the friendly establishments that support our cause. And we look forward to hearing about any protests or political action regarding our issues. In short, dear member, we look forward to hearing from you on all issues, including the simple enjoyment of a quiet smoke, unmolested by the Anti throngs taking over the common sense of this country.

My Blog

I Smoke for my Mental Health.....

Following our [The Guardian] G2 special on the smoking ban, artist David Hockney offers a personal view on why he will always be devoted to cigarettes Tuesday May 15, 2007The Guardian On July 1 2007,...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 14:10:00 GMT

gimme 10 reasons why not...

Ten Reasons Why Statewide Smoking Ban Threatens Private Property Rights, Conservatism & Common Sense..'s get to the issues that fire me up and deplete the blogsphere. This gradual path we ar...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 15:12:00 GMT

"Soon, no drinking and no talking." Eddie is more right than he knew...

Joel Stein: Relax, smoking in movies is, like everything else, just fiction By JOEL STEINTuesday, Apr. 24, 2007 People look cool when they smoke. That long, confident pause on the inhale. The abilit...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:00 GMT

Editorial take on the MPAA's move to rate smoking an R

Put It Out, Shweetheart Hollywood Kicks the Habit, Rules That Movies With Smoking Could Go From PG to R Rating By Frank AhrensWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, May 11, 2007; Page A01 Would "Cas...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 14:47:00 GMT

Anti-smoking crusade is divisive, destructive and wasteful

I am going to post this editorial in its entirety. she has some very good points that those eager for bans should think about....(from http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/. ..
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State

(read entire article on Forest Online at http://www.forestonline.org/output/page378.asp) "The mainstream media seem mostly paralysed by political correctness and a troubling lack of scepticism toward...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 13:46:00 GMT

NORTHERN IRELAND'S SMOKING BAN MAY HAVE REVERSE EFFECT

"This is the first time in history when Governments have banned the public enjoyment of a product, i.e. tobacco, that is still legally on sale." ~~~James Leavey read the entire press release her...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 13:37:00 GMT

CO Casino issue - House Bill 1269

Passed along from the Colorado Coalition for Equal Rights: We need everybody's help on this and it only takes a minute. House Bill 1269, taking away the casino's exemption, goes before the Governor t...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:42:00 GMT

More info re: Cigar Bar win

http://www.gazette.com/articles/senate_21838___article.html/ smoking_ban.html Senate kills bill bolstering state smoking ban By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE May 2, 2007 - 1:29AM DENVER - Smokers c...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 09:14:00 GMT

CO Senate kills attempt to remove the Cigar Bar exemption

May 1, 2007 7:15 pm US/Mountain Senate Kills Ban On Most Cigar Bars (AP) DENVER The Senate on Tuesday killed a bill that would have outlawed some cigar bars after opponents said it went too far tryi...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 09:13:00 GMT