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11/24/2003: Criminally Absurd

The Last Straw
from Boston.com

"BOSTON (AP) Gov. Mitt Romney will approve both a new statewide smoking ban and a measure lifting a Puritan-era ban on Sunday liquor sales, two bills endorsed by veto-proof margins by the state Legislature this week, a spokeswoman for Romney said Saturday."

A new type of prohibition. I'd like to blow a big puff of smoke in my State Rep's face, Peter Koutoujian, one of the chief sponsors of the anti-smoking bill. And I'm supposed to feel so much better that I can go to get my Gordon's Vodka on Sundays now. Yeah, thanks.