That's ok. It's just that I am so fired up over this article!!! I really didn't think you meant ME!!! 
Posted on 12/14/2006 12:54:16 PM PST by SheLion
If you expect someone to pay for your medical care, you give them a degree of control over your life. It's a good reason we should never have socialized medical care.
However, he is legitimately a "non-smoker", though ! HA !
I used to watch Don Imus. He was always chewing Nicorette gum. The day I tuned in, one of the guys ask him how many sticks he chewed a day.............he said "Oh, about 15."
The guy laughed and said "Well, why did you quit smoking then?" LOL
THANK you!
The figures are astounding. Smokers should quit just to take the revenue out of the pot.
Which prompts a question - why not legalize pot and tax the h*ll out of it. Share the burden!
Well, from what I hear, Maine is FULL of pot AND meth!!! These peoole sure don't pay taxes on those two, do do?!
heh!
I was not referring to you at all, my apologies if it came across like that.
That's ok. It's just that I am so fired up over this article!!! I really didn't think you meant ME!!!
Because it's far healthier to chew the gum and only ingest nicotine then it is to pollute your lungs and ingest hundreds of toxins, some of which might even make you feel like barfing.
By lighting a bonfire in front of your face, of course.
It would be cleaner and more honest to outlaw the sale of tobacco in the state, instead of trying to balance the impossible dream of using these people as an additional source of revenue again.
Smokers just help keep SS solvent.
Well, Maine can't balance their budget without the smoker's tax dollars! What do you suggest Maine lawmakers do????
I am against singling out 25-30% of the people also, just because they smoke. But the lawmakers have their teeth sunk into us and they won't let go!!
Why don't they go after the killer alcohol???!!!!
Whaaaaaaat???? LOL
"I see dumb people"
Then stop looking in the mirror. Smoking, always a smart move. Smoking activist. Even smarter move. Thank-you for smoking.
Because politicians and reporters drink.
This Senator Martin might be a douchebag and a proponent of collectivism, Socialism and Authoritarianism in the name of the "public good"... but at least he's honest!
It's almost refreshing to hear someone admit the real reason the Nanny State favors these coercive measures to force people to be healthy whether they like it or not. They don't care if people drop dead and never require medical care. It's the chronic diseases that scare the crap out of them. Why?
Money. Billions and billions of health care dollars $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Senator Martin is a Socialist who at least has the guts to admit he's a Socialist. I have a lot more respect for him than I do the liars who use bogus studies on SHS to coerce people to quit by banning them from private establishments.
When they came for the employees of the oldest profession in the world, I did not speak out, as I had no interest in purchasing sex.
When they came for the purveyors of what was deemed to be "obscene" or "offensive", I did not speak out, as I was not a fan of Lenny Bruce or Howard Stern.
When they came to ban the female mammary gland from TV, I did not speak out, because Brian Boitano told me not to.
When they came for the people who don't wear seatbelts, I did not speak out, as I always wore my seatbelt.
When they came for the marijuana smokers, I did not speak out, as I was not a marijuana smoker.
When they came for the steroid users, I did not speak out, as I was not a steroid user.
When they came for the gun owners, I did not speak out, as I was not a gun owner.
When they came for the gamblers, I did not speak out, as I was not a gambler.
When they came for the cigarette smokers, I did not speak out, as I was not a smoker.
When they came for the overweight and the obese, I did not speak out, as I was not overweight or obese.
When they came for the drinkers (again), I did not speak out, as I was not a drinker.
Then they came for me...and there was nobody left to speak out.
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