“It’s kind of embarrassing that Wisconsin really is the ashtray of the Midwest[...]Now Wisconsin looks really out-of-date. Hopefully, one of the first things the new Legislature will do is fix that.”
– Maureen Busalacchi of Smoke-Free Wisconsin
Yeah. Most of we Wisconsinites are really worried about appearing ‘out-of-date’. Oh, the horror. And all this time I was hoping that we would wind up on the cover of ‘America’s Sexiest States’.
Someone needs to inform Ms. Busalacchi that if we cared about our appearance, we certainly wouldn’t find ourselves on national television wearing snowmobile suits, face-masks, blaze orange, and foam hats in the shape of giant cheese wedges.
Filed under: AS-Psych 101, Smoke-Free Wisconsin, Wisconsin Ban, Wisconsin Culture, anti insanity
Well said, Joey! (and also as someone who wishes like hell I could move away from Illinois for good)
Happy 4th to you, to those who work for BtBWI, and to all other posters.
Who’s embarrassed? I’ll even where the cheese hat if smoke free will engage us in an open and honest debate on this issue.
What is embarrassing is how little respect they have for the principles this nation was founded on.
hahahaha!!!!!
That’s AWESOME! Could you image the BtBWI crew showing up to a debate with smoke free Wisconsin all wearing cheese hats? I can’t say that I can picture anything more amusing and utterly picturesque than that
Ok, that aside, I think the only people who are embarrassed are the ones who also think that Wisconsin should be re-branded.
Which brings me to a point… Did anybody ever bother to ask us if we wanted to be re-branded?
I just visited Wisconsin last week. It’s so nice to see people enjoying themselves at a bar without wondering about being raided by the “smoking gestapo”