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<\/p>\nWas Seattle’s goofy effort to ban plastic straws and utensils July 1 the last straw for commonsense?<\/p>\n
Is banning the durable plastic straw the infamous straw that broke the camel’s back?<\/p>\n
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Will July 1, 2018 be forever known as Seattle Slew Plastic Straws Day?<\/p>\n
Of all the problems America faces (illegal immigration, terrorist threats and Antifa whiners), Seattle<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the first major city to go all in on combating…plastic.<\/p>\n With the mid-term elections less than 100 days away, the left is literally grasping at straws when it comes to addressing serious issues Americans care about.<\/p>\n While cities like San Francisco, Portland and Seattle adopt sanctuary city status and subsidize homelessness, all these progressive utopian cities are also confronting disgusting “byproduct” issues like public urination and disposal of #2 droppings.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Seattle’s 5,000-plus restaurants are threatened with a $250 fine for providing patrons with a hygienic-friendly, plastic straw or eating utensil.<\/p>\n And that was after more than 200 Seattle eateries voluntarily adopted the ban last year.<\/p>\n Imagine dining in The Emerald City but having to sidestep syringes, urine puddles and human feces to get to a restaurant. If that doesn’t whet your appetite, after checking the bottom of your shoes and once seated, you are then denied a plastic straw because Seattle views them as what? An environmental health hazard.<\/p>\n Happily I don’t live in Seattle, but if I did they’d have to pry my plastic spork out of my cold, dead fingers.<\/p>\n I live in Indiana where plastic straws are not on the endangered products list, but where the nation’s only paper straw manufacturer<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>is located in the state’s second largest city, Fort Wayne.\u00a0 And\u00a0Aardvark Straws<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0is enjoying unprecedented growth thanks to plastic-phobic cities like Seattle and Malibu, California.<\/p>\n So three cheers from the Heartland for progressivism! Your paper straws are what stirs our free market drink.<\/p>\n Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country. For those who believe in open borders, safe spaces, and who think free speech is hate speech, move on \u2013 there\u2019s nothing here for you to see.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sources:\u00a0thehill.com, indystar.com, aardvarkstraws.com<\/em><\/p>\n Photo sources:\u00a0newsmax.com,\u00a0<\/em>memegenerator.net<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Copyright 2018, Dean A. George\u00a9<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Was Seattle’s goofy effort to ban plastic straws and utensils July 1 the last straw for commonsense? Is banning the durable plastic straw the infamous straw that broke the camel’s back? Will July 1, 2018 be forever known as Seattle Slew Plastic Straws Day? 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