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Libnuts like to run around and point out how George Bush’s administration is “stripping us of our rights”. You know, like the rights for terrorist suspects… not even in this country… to have a phone conversation without US Intel listening in.

But, when it comes to your actual rights, the ones that directly affect how you live your life, you will find that the biggest attack on those rights of yours come from the left. Whether it’s gun control, freedom of speech (that they disagree with), your right to exercise your religion, or a myriad of other items, it’s the LEFT that comes after your rights on a daily basis.

Now, there is this:

It’s Official — Belmont Bans Smoking In Some Homes

The Belmont City Council has voted to approve an ordinance prohibiting smoking in multiunit housing, a measure hailed by supporters as a landmark ban that would give residents relief from secondhand smoke drifting into their apartments and condominiums.

“It’s to give people who are intolerant of secondhand smoke a chance to say, ‘Please stop - you’re violating the city’s ordinance,’ in the same way that if your neighbor has a loud rock band, you can say, ‘Please stop,’ ” City Councilman Dave Warden said Wednesday.

The council approved the measure Tuesday night by a 3-2 vote. The plan also would prohibit smoking in outdoor public places such as parks and stadiums, and in “service lines” such as those at ATMs.

Belmont’s ordinance would be the first in the United States to ban smoking in apartments and condos, said Warden, who voted for the measure.

Those of us who oppose smoking bans have always said that sooner or later, the ban will come to your house. They will call it child abuse or say that it’s harming your neighbors. Well, guess what. Here it is. As predicted.

Now, I’m all for the OWNERS of apartments and rental properties to be able to say that you can’t smoke in their units. I mean, the key word in that sentence is “their”. However, this doesn’t give them that chance. This takes away the rights of the people that own the buildings to decide on what kind of accommodations the market requires.

This is a typical leftie move. This law is for show. What’s not typical is that the mayor readily admits it.

Repeated violation of the ordinance could lead to fines of $100 or more. But Warden and Mayor Coralin Feierbach, who also voted for the ban, predicted that police would rarely be called to enforce the law and that people would comply voluntarily.

“Someone has to complain,” Feierbach said. “Really, probably most people will not complain.”

It seems as if one city council member gets it.

“This country was founded on freedoms, and my philosophy is, ‘Legislate very carefully,’ ” said City Councilman Bill Dickenson, who voted against the ban. “The closer you get into someone’s door, someone’s private property, you really better check yourself.”

“Look at the bigger picture,” he said. “You’ve got legislators in New York saying you can’t talk on a cell phone or listen to an iPod when you cross a street. You have a councilmember in Atlanta who’s saying you can’t wear pants (falling) from your backside. How far do we go as legislators, locally or otherwise?”

It’s a great question. How far do we go? I would suggest that it’s time for some serious back-peddling