I'm sure scootersmoke and stoneypee/R.L. will jump right in to refute all this info, but.....from MSN today, here goes:

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective
They not only cut secondhand exposure but also helped current users cut back, study finds
-- Robert Preidt

TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Smoke-free policies are extremely effective at reducing smoking rates, exposure to secondhand smoke, and even smoking-related heart disease, new research shows.

As you watch the flooding in the Midwest , have you noticed that there are no farmers running around with stolen plasma TVs or holding stolen liquor over their heads. There's no looting or yelling "Where's Bush?", "Where's FEMA?, Where's my check?", or "Why isn't the Gov't out here saving me and my farm?" Haven't heard any reports of snipers shooting at rescue personel.

Likewise, I've also noticed there are no reports of any other country coming to help or sending aid. Where is that guy from the Netherlands who is responsible for disaster aid for the UN ?

Interesting contrast ...

http://www.thestate.com/154/story/436916.html

Can the the rest of the state catch up?

Here are two excerpts from an article by Cliff Kincaid outlining Obama's connection,("like a son"), with communists, radicals and anti-American operatives. You think he adopted their ideals or does he have yours?

"In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama's life as a "secret smoker" and how he "went to great lengths to conceal the habit." But what about Obama's secret political life? It turns out that Obama's childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a communist.

This is some scary stuff! What could cause such psychosis?

"I'll do whatever he says to do. I'll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear."

-- Halle Berry

"A quantum leap in American consciousness"

-- Deepak Chopra

"He is not operating on the same plane as ordinary politicians. . . . the agent of transformation in an age of revolution, as a figure uniquely qualified to open the door to the 21st century."
-- Gary Hart

Read more here on one of drkchlate's favorites:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23779083/?GT1=43001