And the debate on the smoking ban continues

Two significant things are going on with the indoor smoking ban in NJ (which passed whether or not you like it):

• VFW posts are fighting it and want smoking in their facilities. Some feel as if they have lost business due to the ban and will not be able to contribute to charities as much as they have in the past. I just don't see a change in the law happening so folks can smoke at the VFW. Our veteran's health is just as important as every other employee in Our Fair State.
• The casino worker who is suing the Tropicana, saying the secondhand smoke he endured there caused his lung cancer, was fired. Yep: they fired him. His health insurance coverage will end in 30 days. The casino says he wasn't singled out- they've had 200+ layoffs this year and he was simply one of them. They'd really better be able to back that decision up in court.

My little blog here is getting targeted by the wingers again, who insist that Trenton is full of thugs who will force us to stop smoking in our own homes (not quite!) and- my favorite- "so grow up an face the facts you's don't control the world an soon or later us smokers will rise up against you self centered pieces of garbage" (sic). Good luck with that "rising up" thing you're planning. Drop by the library one day, I'll find you a dictionary, a punctuation primer and a spellchecker.