Smoker’s Rights
Hookah Whisperer To Host SNL! Wouldn’t That Make a Great Headline!
by admin on Aug.26, 2010, under News, Smoker's Rights
Good Morning Hookah Whisperers!
Do you think I am shooting to high with this goal? Maybe work my way up by hosting a local access show, then maybe Mad TV and THEN SNL? I say NAY! Let’s go for the big time right out of the gates. I hope I can get you all behind me on this. Let’s start the buzz right away. I will be creating a video to address the next steps in the next few days. Until then, start spreading the news through whatever channels you can.
This is Mark the Hookah Whisperer, and I approve this message!
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
Michigan Statewide Smoking Ban- What The Future Holds For Hookahs!
by admin on Apr.26, 2010, under Smoker's Rights
Good Afternoon Hookah Whisperers!
Well, now Michigan throws in the towel. To make working environments a safer, more friendly place, the politicos of Michigan have gone over to the dark side. No longer will you be able to smoke cigarettes in bars or in any break rooms of workplaces statewide. Bars were made for smokers! I am getting so sick of this!
The good news is that Hookah bars will be able to stay open. They must not serve food or alcohol, but may sell snacks from vending machines. Oh, there’s a relief…at least we can get snacks from a vending machine! I know of many vending machines that would really accent the decor of a traditional looking hookah lounge. And no alcohol sales…no problem! The 500% markup that they were getting on drinks will now just have to be made up in shisha.
So, here is what we have to look forward to as hookah smokers. First, we get to now enjoy smoking our hookahs publicly in a small dingy, white room with linoleum floors and a vending machine. We can also expect a table minimum of fifty to seventy dollars per person to make up for the loss of alcohol and food revenue. This actually won’t be as hard as you think, as the price of a bowl of shisha will have shot up to $50, and each individual will have to smoke from their own hookah.
Wow, I love it when the government gets involved in everything! We as a people just aren’t smart enough to make good decisions on our own. Good thing they are always here for us!
Be sure to weigh in on this issue by posting your thoughts and ideas. If you like what you see here, remember to share it with friends, and also visit my YouTube page, Hookahwhisperer for all of my video reviews.
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
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Hookah Smoking Lounges Targeted More And More! When Will We Stand And Fight!
by admin on Apr.19, 2010, under Smoker's Rights
Good Morning Hookah Whisperers!
I had to show you all this article from the Starnews Online from a few days ago.
Read the article and tell me what you think. It just cracks me up how these smoking activists seem to think that smoking tea or raw sugar cane is any better than smoking tobacco! I’ll give you that tobacco smoking is not good for us. There have been hundreds of studies done to prove this, and I believe it! We know it and we take the risk because we enjoy it. Show me one study that addresses the long term effects of smoking tea or sugar cane! They don’t exist! Because they don’t exist, that makes the smoking activists feel better about it?! What a bunch of morons! Read on and enjoy!
Hookah bar resolves smoking ban dispute
By Vicky Eckenrode
Vicky.Eckenrode@StarNewsOnline.com
Published: Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5:03 p.m.
The Juggling Gypsy signed a consent agreement with the New Hanover County health department this week resolving the remaining smoking ban violations against the Castle Street hookah bar.
The agreement means the Juggling Gypsy will not have to pay two separate $200 fines that were pending against it.
The bar has paid one $200 administrative fine stemming from a Feb. 19 penalty. The owner paid after losing an appeal hearing over the fine earlier this month in front of New Hanover County’s health board.
At the hearing, the Juggling Gypsy’s owner and manager said the hookah bar has switched to allowing only hookah shisha made from tea leaves and herbal cigarettes to be smoked inside.
Those who want to use hookahs with tobacco products or regular cigarettes smoke outside, they said.
“Based on their representation to that effect and payment on that first citation, we agreed at this point we would not schedule hearings for the other two violations,” Kemp Burpeau, assistant county attorney, said Friday. “We did reserve the right to reinstate those violations if there was any further evidence of noncompliance.”
The law that went into effect Jan. 2 banned smoking tobacco products inside most bars and restaurants in the state.
Denny Best, the Juggling Gypsy’s manager, said he still planned to urge state legislators to revisit the ban and give hookah bars an exemption similar to the one that was granted to cigar bars that are allowed to smoke inside as long as they meet certain alcohol sales requirements.
“I’ve already talked to a lot of the local legislators, and they seem to be on our side,” Best said.
Vicky Eckenrode: 343-2339
On Twitter: @vickyeckenrode
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
EBAY HOOKAH SALES-THE MAN TRYING TO KEEP ME DOWN!
by admin on Mar.19, 2010, under News, Smoker's Rights
Good Morning Hookah Whisperers.
As most of you know, I sell hookahs on Ebay as a side job to make a little extra cash. I have been doing this for quite some time with pretty fair success. This morning I am greeted with an email from Ebay saying that I am in violation of their Drug Paraphernalia ban policy, and that hookahs are not allowed to be sold on Ebay.
So, I searched the term Hookah on Ebay and as I expected, all 4326 of the hookahs that were listed there yesterday, were still listed today. Am I being singled out?
The hookahs that they pulled from me were 10 inch Chinese LED light hookahs. Now, I can understand if they pulled these on principle, that they just don’t measure up as a quality hookah. But drug paraphernalia? Smoking drugs from a hookah is like drinking a beer in a glass with holes in the bottom. The physics of the thing don’t make sense.
Now, I’m not naive either. I know people try to smoke pot out of hookahs. These are not the people we want reproducing in America. Do you realize what a waste that is, and the flavor you are sacrificing by not smoking Al Fakher Double Apple in the first place!
Anyway, while the man tries to hold me down, I will keep you updated on my fight to keep Hookahs on Ebay.
Until next time, remember: Life is to short to smoke cheap shisha!(Especially if you are banned from selling hookahs on Ebay without good cause.)
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Happy Birthday to Garrison Otto Paul Ringenberg! Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010, House Bill H.R. 4439, proposes to raise the tax on pipe tobacco by 775%.
by mark@hookahwhisperer.com on Jan.28, 2010, under News, Smoker's Rights
Good Morning Hookah Whisperer’s!
Today would be my late son Garrison’s 20th Birthday! So please, every one send up some good wishes prayers to him. He was an awesome son, and would be rallying about what I am going to address today.
I wanted to address this house bill proposing to raise the tax on pipe tobacco by 775%. This would include shisha, as far as I can tell! Go to the site below for more information. If anyone has a better source for more detailed info, please post it as soon as you can. Thanks everyone and be sure to check out all of our videos on Youtube when you get a chance.
http://www.rallycongress.com/stop-the-pipe-tobacco-tax/2826/stop-pipe-tobacco-tax/
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha.
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Good Morning Hookah Whisperers!
by mark@hookahwhisperer.com on Jan.05, 2010, under Smoker's Rights
Where I live, it is about fifteen degrees outside with lake effect snow non-stop now for about five days. Luckily, I have a wife that allows my hookahs in the house. I am curious…how many of you have a significant other that makes you go out to the garage and freeze during the cold months?
Now, I can understand if you are a heavy Nakhla smoker, that can be a bit hard on the wallpaper. But the daily Blue Mist, or Passionate Pomegranate smoker, come on. If anything, it makes the house smell like an orchard! Am I right? Let me know your thoughts.
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
Fight for your Right…To Smoke Hookah!
by mark@hookahwhisperer.com on Jan.04, 2010, under News, Smoker's Rights
Good Morning Hookah Whisperers! I wanted to share a link to a newspaper article from North Carolina about a hookah Lounge owner willing to stand up for the rights of Hookah Whisperers everywhere. Follow the link below and read the article. If you live in North Carolina, give a shout out to Adam Bliss, the owner of the Hookah Lounge who is fighting for our freedoms. If you are near Chapel Hill, go in and have a smoke with him at Hookah Bliss on Franklin Street. Thanks Adam.
And until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Hookah+Bliss+-to+stay+open-%20&id=5392944&instance=homesecondleft
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