Posted on 03/29/2009 7:28:53 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
I like to reffer to it as the 4th Riech.
People better wake up! They are following Hitlers rise to power to the tee. The Nazis took over their government by in large by legal means. Legal meaning in their own eyes.
Oh yes there were a few riots and such, but by and large it was a quiet take over. Then when Hitler proclaimed himself the Messiah of Germany, the dung hit the fan.
Obama will have those within his own party executed who dare question his authority..then he’ll start on the opposistion party.
I’ve seen the government in action. I’d prefer the responsibility of keeping my teenagers from smoking remain with me.
I’ll also be happy to continue taking responsibility for keeping them off drugs and alcohol, preaching abstinence and encouraging personal responsibility and productivity.
you are on...
Is it illegal for kids under age to purchase?
Come now..gimme the answer.
Maybe they should tax fat people,they tax me just because i smoke and drink...
Let’s tax gays more prone to STD’s.
Let’s tax people who eat a lot of cheese.
I guess you missed the sarcasm in my post?
Preach on brother. Agree with you 100%. Amazes me the peple here on FR that support these “anti-smoking” measures...until it hits there “habit” next.
It’s illegal for kids to purchase. But it begs the question....Why do 90% of all smokers start as teenagers????
I didn’t miss anything in your post. You were trashing someone for being overweight because you aren’t happy about paying more money for smoking.
Like I said, not a very good argument if you have to trash someone else to make your point.
Maybe that person has a medical issue. You don’t know.
OK, this post proves you’re an idiot! No mincing words here- you’re flat out stupid!
But he didn't.
But here on FR, smoking is celebrated and those who support teenagers are mocked as liberals. Sorry I don't buy it.
Well, here on FR, freedom is celebrated, as is the desirability of the smallest government possible. Sorry you disagree.
You do, however, remind me of the truism that even most self-proclaimed "conservatives" have their pet issues that bring out their inner authoritarian.
But teen smoking? Really?
Pipe tobacco only increases 1 buck per pound.
Then how do they get them?
You argue your own. This isnt a law to stop smoking, its a law to GRAB MONEY. Since it is already illegal to sell to minors and they STILL get the product, then they use the excuse to stop them by making it expensive. It wont stop them, they’ll simply STEAL to get the money to buy since they already have the means to buy it.
Watch the petty junvenile theft go up as a result. Hell they’ll start by petty theft, then they’ll continue by stealing bigger and more expensive-car theft comes to mind. Or home invasions.
Well, how do you stop the exposure to the chemicals contained in cigarettes when they are in fact all around you. Arsenic is in your drinking water. Formaldehyde is in your carpet and paneling. Fact is, you are exposed to the EXACT SAME chemicals in much greater quantities everyday than you are in second hand smoke. Control the pollutants that equal 300 cigarettes a day as shown in this link, then we’ll worry about the little stuff like smoking and second hand smoke.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080817223432.htm
What's the difference between pipe tobacco and loose cigarette tobacco? Is it just that there aren't as many pipe tobacco smokers? Hmmmmmm interesting.
“A liberal’s compassion is limited only by the size of someone else’s wallet”
Wanna explain that since your so willing to dig into someones elses wallet?
Econ 101. A price increase in cigarettes reduces demand. Particularly for children. What don’t you understand?
Their habit is “MONEY” and “POWER”.
It makes them feel powerful to tell someone to S@#t and having that someone ask “what color?”
We are looking at something like a 900 billion dollar federal deficit in 2009, and last year some 378 billion cigarettes were sold. This suggests that we need a cigarette tax increase of about $2.38 per cigarette, or for good measure, we can just round it up to $3.00 per cigarette.
Ya know..you people in California really do live in a fantasy world dont you?
I have said about as much as can be said. I hope you enjoy your own little demented world you live in.
Lemme know when you will need help in being defended from your love of Nazi style government. I will enjoy telling you to buz off.
I’m proud to be called a nazi by those who pimp death or are addicts.
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