Senators slam e-cigs at Golden Globes

[bruiser]

I guess we'll have Congressional hearings.

http:// www3.blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/senators- dont-want-e-cigs-at-the-golden-globes/

 

[Sundodger]

bruiser, just to be clear, I liked your post, only because that you posted the link, I did NOT like, in any way what I read in the link. How can anyone, in the position that these people are in, even think about putting their names to such crap.

Bad night to stop drinking, Prost!

 

[Rickajho]

Oh... lord... yet another citation of the 2009 FDA garbage report. Finding references to that report is becoming some kind of "Keven Bacon" game thing.

Golden Globes => vaping => Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin => 2009 FDA report => BACON ALERT!!!

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

It looks like they lost two and gained a convert since their letter to the FDA.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-smoking-discussion/406566-senators-call-fda-restrict-sale-distribution-marketing-e-cigarettes.html

 

[Kent C]

.... Durbin (D - Illinois), along with Sherrod Brown (D -Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D - Connecticut) and Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts):

"Unfortunately, this year, many young viewers saw notable displays of e-cigarette use throughout the awards show, including the opening monologue and repeated shots of celebrities smoking e-cigarettes."

I'm shocked! Shocked!

Also "many young viewers saw notable displays of..."

METHod actor:

A really drunk:

Also the young viewers were exposed to:
Jaqueline Bisset's 'performance'.
Slavery
War
Guns
Con men and women (the movie as well as most of the performers).
Corrupt politicians (Am. Hustle)
Propaganda (The Wolf of Wall Street)


and.....
A tribute to a pedophile.

 

[klynnn]

I haven't read any of it but my money on the bet is they are Democrat. They seem to know all just ask them.

 

[salemgold]

usnews. nbcnews .com/_news/2014/01/14/22305171-senators-slam-golden-globes-for-glamorizing-e-cigarettes-during-show?lite

Senators slam Golden Globes for 'glamorizing' e-cigarettes during show - U.S. News

 

[Pav]

I'm going to try and find the silver lining in this somehow.

Ignorant politicians against vaping (even stupidly calling it glamorizing smoking).

or

Glamorous celebrities actually vaping.

In the court of public opinion I say this is a win for vaping.

 

[spaceballsrules]

I love how elected officials have so much time to micro-manage the behavior of people, yet don't accomplish anything of substance when it comes to the job they were hired to actually do.

 

[Rosenec]

Love our law makers. E cigarettes bad, hookers and booze good.

 

[sbdivemaster]

More prog Senators shrieking their uninformed nanny state hysteria....

 

[DustyZ]

Yet 4 more politicians to not vote back into office, it's a shame that we can't just hose down all of the politicians that are in office and replace them with those that have a working and fully functional brain. There are way more important things to focus on, but apparently these individuals just don't seem to think so.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

I know some don't care for Rush, but he just spent about 5 min ragging on this and preaching good about e-cigarettes. He even came back to it after a break. Two things he had wrong, nothing but water vapor and nicotine the most addictive drug. With his large audience the Senators letter may work out to cause more people to try e-cigarettes than it stops.

 

[DrMA]

Brilliant post, Kent!

 

[Kent C]

Brilliant post, Kent!

Thank you. ..........

 

[TyPie]

I love how elected officials have so much time to micro-manage the behavior of people, yet don't accomplish anything of substance when it comes to the job they were hired to actually do.

This is it, EXACTLY!

Just heard this story driving home. Heard it on a very popular New Jersey based radio station (NJ 101.5). The hosts, Dennis & Judy, were absolutely RIPPING the senators for their whining.

 

[Kent C]

I know some don't care for Rush, but he just spent about 5 min ragging on this and preaching good about e-cigarettes. He even came back to it after a break. Two things he had wrong, nothing but water vapor and nicotine the most addictive drug. With his large audience the Senators letter may work out to cause more people to try e-cigarettes than it stops.

Dems Outraged Over E-Cig at Golden Globes - The Rush Limbaugh Show

 

[wv2win]

Now just because it is always liberal Democratic senators who are screaming and writing letters about the need to stop vaping everywhere, we must "understand" that it is not a "political" issue and also "understand" that it is not liberal Democratic senators who want vaping eliminated. It must be just a coincidence. Just like it is a coincidence that the FDA tried to have vaping banned in 2009 when a new administration came to power. And it is just a coincidence that the President appointed a life-long lobbyist for Big Pharm as the head of the FDA. We shouldn't make any connection between politicians with a particular leaning and nanny-state legislation and the need to stop vaping where ever possible. These are all just coincidences, nothing more.

 

[MrSelf Destruct]

Thank God we have these democrats/progressives to let us know what is healthy and what is not.

 

[Uma]

Here is a fuller clip of the Glamor snob/Selfie skit that Reese & Julia did. The newspaper's clip is misleading to say the least.
Julia Louis- Dreyfus Refuses A Photo With Reese Witherspoon At Golden Globe Awards 2014 - YouTube

oh cool, The link of Rush's article, KentC posted, has the fuller version too.