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swamprat

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  1. I'll buy the argument with speeding... Here's another one that might be more in line...

    The law prohibits restaurants from unhealthy conditions where they prepare the food. This is in place to protect the customers and does place health requirements on the owners of the businesses. Smoking does just as much to harm the bodies of those who inhale it (or more) than someone who doesn't wear a hair net or gloves or wash their hands. These places of business can be shut down for having an unhealthy environment... Smoking in these places also causes the environment to be unhealthy.

    If they want to put in a chew or a dip, that's fine with me - it's their body... but their rights end when my rights are infringed upon.

    I'm also against the health department shutting down places out right. I think they should be able to inspect and post warnings on the restaurant, in clear view of all potential customers, but not shut it down. If somebody is stupid enough to eat at a place marked as unhealthy by government standards, then it is on them.
  2. So should we not have any laws that protect us from ourselves or protect us from the poor decisions of others? Should there be no speed limits - they restrict my freedom to drive like I want to... Should all drugs be legal? If you don't like them, don't take them...
    Apples and oranges. I can go 100 mph up my driveway (and through the back of my garage), if I want to. I can also build a track and allow people to race on that track at whatever speed they wish. There is no laws prohibiting either of those situations from a speeding standpoint. The highways, however, are public thoroughfares paid for and owned by tax payers, not private businesses. If the government wants to ban smoking in government facilities, they'll get no argument from me.

     

    Note: I do not smoke. I also respect McDonalds' and Applebee's decision to ban smoking in their establishments, regardless of the local law. It's their business.

  3. So you're willing to sacrifice your own health so that the rights of business owners aren't trampled on?
    They're not. They are willing to sacrifice YOUR health to protect the rights of business owners. Nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you enter a particular business. If a business owner wishes to allow smoking and you still enter his business, then it's on you, not the business owner, not me, not them, and certainly not the government.
  4. Alright, well USF is #5 now......are they the next ones to take the big fall?

     

    They play UCF at home next week...they should be safe IMO.

    Don't count on it. It's a rivalry game. Another War on I-4 thing. Last year USF just barely won it in Orlando.

     

    I think USF's defense is as good as anybody's in the nation, but if Grothe has a bad game, they are in trouble against the likes of Rutgers and Cincinnati. I'm just thankful they have UC at home. Having said that, I've noticed that every week somebody else steps up to make plays. Mike Ford against Auburn. Jamar Taylor against WVA, and Benjamin Williams last Saturday.

     

    I'm loving the roller coaster ride, though.

  5. Well I obviously missed your post. I agree. Reverend Jim was hilarious.
    "What do you do, when you come to a yellow flashing light?"

     

    "Slow down."

     

    "Whaat doo you doo,........when yoou come to a .... yeellow flaashhhhing light?"

     

    "Slow down!!"

     

    "Whaaaaaat dooooo yoooou doooo, ..... whennnnn yooooouuuu come tooooo a ........ yeeeeeeeeelllllllllowwww flashhhhhhhhing liiiiiight?"

  6. UK lost to a solid SEC opponent on the road due mainly to several key mistakes. It's just that simple. No reason for UK fans to despair. Remember, there was a time when UK fans EXPECTED to lose in a situation like this. Tonight, they expected a win. If that isn't progress, I don't know what is.
    That's what I'm sayin. I'm just sayin.

     

    The big games are ahead and at home. The future is so bright you guys have gotta wear shades. :walk::walk::cool::cool:

  7. They should have ran more. Sometimes UK gets impatient, they did it at Arkansas and got back in it with the run.

    I was diappointed they did no Dixon more inside the 20. The one drive Little gets tackled for a loss...Dixon runs for 10, Little tripped up, then the fumbled draw....I would have fed Dixon.

    Dixon wasn't in the same shape as he was at Arkansas. My understanding from the UK announcers was that he was ailing.
  8. Maybe this has something to do with with it.....

     

    USF senior Mike Jenkins disagreed with Saban's statement, even noting Saban offered Jenkins a full scholarship to LSU when Jenkins was a senior at Bradenton Southeast High School.

     

    Ironically, USF freshman running backs Jamar Taylor and Mike Ford both initially signed with Alabama. Taylor enrolled at Alabama in January and was the Tide's leading rusher in the spring game, but transferred to USF over the summer to be closer to his family.

     

    Ford signed with Alabama out of Sarasota High School but did not qualify. He went to a prep school before coming to USF in January.

     

    Story

  9. I would guess the Big East has similar rules as those in the SEC and I am under the impression that the SEC can take two non-qualifiers each year.
    That's the way I read it. Why would Saban say something like that without knowing his facts? Is he looking for a home and home? :D
  10. South Florida jumps 12 spots when they beat #5 at Home

     

    WOW

    My thoughts exactly. This team ain't that good. I hope Coach Levitt doesn't let this go to their heads or it will be over next week.
  11. Because they beat a top 5 team, not a weak unranked team. Yeah Kentucky beat Louisville, but USF has beaten 2 top 25 teams this year. IMO they should be ahead of UK.

    I guarantee you that if Florida had beaten Auburn, the Bulls would be no higher that 12th. I personally don't think USF is a top 10 team, yet, and I have a feeling that this might come back an bite them in the rear end. Hope I'm wrong though.

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