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Austin-American Statesman's Postcards from the Lege: Smokin' and bloggin'

The anti-smoking amendment came from Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, but not before he conceded he won't be telling Rep. Terri Hodge, D-Dalllas, to put out her stogie.

Asked if he'd take an amendment to likewise rule out chewing tobacco, Bonnen asked Houston Rep. Harold Dutton: "Who's your deskmate?"

"Well," Dutton allowed, Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston. "But she stopped."

Bonnen said: "It sounds like you were able to solve your problem on your own."

Dutton inveighed: "Are you going to be the one to tell Terri Hodge that she can't smoke in the lounge? If she's in the lounge smoking, what are you doing to do?"

Bonnen said: "What do you mean what am I going to do? That's what sergeants are for," a reference to the sergeants-at-arms that patrol the floor.

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Right there is one of the central frauds of statism. Legislators want to change the way people behave but rather than convince them peacefully through logic and reason, they choose to issue commands backed up with threats of force from cops.

Posted by drizzten on January 12, 2007 04:45 PM |

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