MumbleVille

Hello… Is this thing on?

Did you hear the one about the lawyer, the priest, and the prostitute? Me, neither.

Hmmm… people seem to expect either sex or profundity from blogs, so I guess you’re stuck with the profundity aspect from me. They say to never talk about religion or politics in public. Is this “in public,” I wonder? Well, hell, let’s have a quick look into politics… the thought for the day is “smokers’ rights.”

Personally, I have to hand it to the advertising guru who came up with the unassailable concept of a “right” to smoke whenever and wherever you damned well please. What an utter crock, huh? Let’s see – I’m pretty certain that if ones who want to paint their lungs black really had some kind of “right,” we’d have long ago heard of a state or federal court striking down no-smoking ordinances as unconstitutional. Haven’t heard that one yet, though I suppose that if Bush II can stack the court with a couple more Alitos and Thomases in the next 11 months 28 days, it could happen.

Be real folks: it smokers have “rights,” then cat burglars must have rights, too. Hell, their rights should be stronger – after all, cat burglars are attempting to make a living; while smokers are just… just feeding their addiction.

‘Nuff said.