NYC BANS SMOKING IN PUBLIC??

In 2003 New York City banned smoking in over 13,000 restaurant and bars. That is almost all of Manhattan (come on people we know the city is only bars and restaurants and stores lol where can they smoke then if they can't smoke in the most popular city in the united states) This in itself was upsetting for New Yorkers. But now they have just gone to far. No smoking in Public. PUBLIC!!! New York you have completely lost it. Parks and Beaches are public environment. It was understandable when smoking was banned in restaurant and bars.  That is a closed environment people. But in an open environment unless you are right in someones face while they are smoking then it doesn't bother anyone. Parks and Beaches are places of relaxation. Most people smoke for the relaxation. NYC Council have lost it. The vote was 36 to 12. Now I know what you are thinking. Its just Parks and beaches. But lets put a number on it so that you can see the significance. Altogether now that is over 13,000 restaurants and bars, 1,700 parks and 73920 feet of beaches. I am not going to ramble on. But tell me what you think is this not crazy???

Sister

I remember when we were little and we used talk and play
I was young, you were just a little bit older who know what there was to say
although you were older i always watched you
making sure you stayed out of trouble and was always with the crew
we got older and you seem to push me away
like in your life i was the delay
I'd watch you do so many things that i felt i had could not stop
from smoking to drinking to having sex on the block
I blamed myself praying to god you'd get better
But you just said that you had to become a go getter
I blamed our family for the beatings and the rape
the ongoing mental abuse that we just could not escape
I blamed the system that placed us in foster care
separating our whole family as if that was fair
when your anger shot up and you started doing drugs
i wanted to hate you for hanging with those thugs
I missed my sister who you used to be
but i knew from the changes that girl is who i will never see
i still had you in my life i was happy with that
even though you would chill with me or even chat
but then you went away leaving me
i blamed my self for not going with you and your pain i didn't see
i blamed the foster mother for letting you go
taking away my life's light and its light little glow
i blamed the system who didn't do their jobs
putting you in any type of home making your heart sob
i blamed you for wanting to leave
even though you knew you were naive
i blamed god for putting this in our paths
separating us forever knowing it would last
I missed my sister who was no longer there
all of the things you did from jumping rope to doing my hair
Now your somewhere i do not know
and the only memories i have is has to do with long ago
i miss you my sister really i do
and i vow here and now i will find you


Published by !Kim