The Boston Health Commission has ordered all Cigar Bars to close in Beantown for good and Mr. Winget
lets loose while shredding some serious ash! Read what The World’s Only IRRITATIONAL SPEAKER
and Planet Zman contributing writer has to say to these politcos who are playing God and feel the need to save us from ourselves…

I travel a lot. For the past 20 years, about 250 days per year. When on the road, I love to wander around in the evening, find a great place to eat, drink a good scotch and if I am incredibly lucky, find a good place to smoke a cigar. Years ago, I found what I considered to be one of the best cigar bars in the country. I don’t even know the name of it but it is in Boston’s Copley Square area and has everything I love about a cigar bar: Ambiance with subdued lighting, comfy leather chairs and sofas, a fine selection of wines, brandy, scotch, a bourbon or two, and a few high-end beers. In the wintertime, there is a warm fireplace to hover around. Plus the waitresses are all smokin’ hot and wear little short skirts. Oh yeah, they have one helluva humidor too. I love this place. I proudly took my wife one evening when she was traveling with me and told her when I retire I want to own a place just like it, only in Arizona. I have told hundreds of people about this wonderful place and many have gone there and given me feedback that it’s all I promise and more.

Today, my buddy, Tommy Zman, sends me an article saying that action is being taken to put my favorite place out of business. WTF?????

Why? Seriously . . . why? That’s all I want to know. Why would anyone want to deny me and my other cigar smoking pals the pleasure of a place that does nothing but bring pleasure to us and does nothing that brings any harm to them? Again, one more time – why?

Is someone dragging them through the closed door and forcing them to be in a private location against their will? Is someone exhaling their cigar smoke directly into their unwilling nose-holes? Were these people tied to one of my comfy leather recliners and I didn’t notice? The answer: no. They don’t go there because they don’t like it in there. It was there choice not to go into a place where cigars are smoked. I applaud their decision. I will legally vote to protect their personal decision since it has no bearing on me, my health or my happiness. I’ll fight to defend that right.

I choose not to go inside a place where people wear tutus and dance on their toes. In fact, I choose to stay away from places where people dance at all. Nothing is more disgusting than middle-aged white people dancing so I don’t want to see it. If there isn’t a pole involved, no dancing should be allowed in my opinion. But do I make a move to take legal action against the places that do allow ballet? Do I try to keep ballet lovers from attending The Nutcracker? No, I don’t. Why? Because I don’t give a shit. It’s that simple: I don’t give a shit. Why would I? I don’t have to go there and no one forces me to attend against my will. I don’t like ballet so I don’t go to the ballet. If you want to go, then please go. It’s your choice. Isn’t that a fair approach? You choose how to live your life and I’ll choose how to live mine. Deal? Who can logically, intelligently argue that stand?

Evidently, the Boston Public Health Commission can argue with it. Not logically or intelligently mind you, but they have argued with it and passed legislation to ban cigar and hookah bars all the same. If the Boston Public Health Commission was really interested in the public’s health, why wouldn’t they pass legislation to ban french fries? More people die each year in America from fat related diseases than cigar related diseases.

Here is the sad part – when the commission held the meeting to ban the cigar bars, only a handful of cigar smokers attended to protest. If they passed a ban to shut down the fast food restaurants, I’ll guarantee you that millions of people would be there protesting that their freedoms were being taken away. And they would be right – the freedom to eat what they wanted would be in trouble. And freedom is important! Right? Isn’t it? Huh? Can’t hear you! If freedom is really important (and it is) then you have to fight for it. Kind of like the good folks of Boston did when they protested the tax on tea. Ever heard of the Boston Tea Party?

What is my point with all of this? I have a couple:

1. If I ain’t hurting you – then butt the hell out. If I want to go through a door and close it behind me and smoke a cigar with like-minded people, that is my choice. I am free to choose where I go and what I do and whom I do it with. It’s called freedom.

2. If someone is infringing on my freedom, you can bet your ass you will hear from me. And if they are infringing on yours, they should hear from you too. Speak up! Protest!

Make sense to you? Then what are you going to do about it? It always comes down to that one question: What are YOU going to DO about it?

Larry Winget is a New York Times bestselling author and television personality. His new book, People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It will be released December 30th. Larry is offering a huge special when you buy the book before January 9th. Go to www.larrywinget.com for details.