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Senator urges FDA to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes
The Hill ^ | April 19, 2011 | Josiah Ryan

Posted on 04/20/2011 6:19:54 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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Obnoxious Democrat d*ck.
1 posted on 04/20/2011 6:19:59 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Eric Blair 2084; paltz; SheLion; Gabz; Hank Kerchief; 383rr; libertarian27; traviskicks; ...

Thanks, Connecticut voters!

Nanny State PING!


2 posted on 04/20/2011 6:21:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Follow me on Twitter @mpetrie98)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Racist.


3 posted on 04/20/2011 6:23:02 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Beat me to it. This will surely be popular with Obama’s #1 demographic.


4 posted on 04/20/2011 6:26:13 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: ccmay

LOL... fat chance.


5 posted on 04/20/2011 6:27:24 PM PDT by Ronin ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves" -- Bertrand de Jouve)
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To: Cboldt

The vast majority of black smokers I know like their menthols. Even I liked them when I had a sore throat and wanted a smoke.

Talk about unintended consequences! Has this guy ever MET a black smoker?


6 posted on 04/20/2011 6:28:21 PM PDT by Don W (You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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To: TigersEye
Shaking my head. I see no reason they need to make laws like this. And their pay ought to be cut in half & frozen.
Can't they find something to do that might help the mess we're in? Maybe not, they screw everything up as it is. Who thinks these things up?
7 posted on 04/20/2011 6:35:10 PM PDT by pandoraou812 (You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sen. Richard Blumenthal obviously hates black people, who are statistically the largest market for menthol cigarettes. No kidding. I don’t know why, but it’s true.


8 posted on 04/20/2011 6:37:31 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: Don W

It’s my understanding that Menthol ciggies get their flavor applied to the paper - not the tobacco. Should some kind of ban be enacted, it would be trivial to get around. Look for some nice little cottage industries to emerge.


9 posted on 04/20/2011 6:37:44 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Testing of IQs and mental stability should be required to run for office.


10 posted on 04/20/2011 6:38:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Our beloved America is going off the cliff and this dirtbag is worried about menthols. I just want to scream.


11 posted on 04/20/2011 6:39:51 PM PDT by rep-always
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Who thinks these things up?

Control freaks who desperately need a serious beat down.

12 posted on 04/20/2011 6:40:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m confused. Nancy planned to fund CHIP from cigarette taxes although the Dems said they hoped the increased tax would reduce smoking. Now they want to eliminate menthol to further decrease consumption. So with less money going to fund CHIP I’m sure the Dems will soon announce that the scope and cost of the program will be reduced. Right???


13 posted on 04/20/2011 6:40:48 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Them”
“They” tell me
what I can drive
where I can drive it
what kind of insurance I need
how many miles per gallon I should get
how many air bags I should have
when I should use my seat belts
what kind of seat my kids should sit in
when my lights should be on
how my gasoline is formulated
how my brakes are configured
how mush co2 is in my exhaust
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how many gallons of water my toilet uses
how many gallons of water my washing machine uses
how efficient my air conditioner is
what kind of coolant my air conditioner uses
what days I can wash my car
how many smoke detectors I should have
how far apart should the studs in my walls be placed
the composition of my dishwasher detergent
whether I should use paper or plastic
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what kind of weapons I can buy
how many rounds my magazines should hold
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what kind of pesticide I can use
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when I should reset my clock
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what my kids should learn in school
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what I can put in my carry on bag
what I can put in my checked bag
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what kind of plants I can grow
where I can smoke
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who I can hire
how much I should pay them
how many days off they should get
what benefits I have to offer them
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where I can be buried
how my body must be embalmed
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etc, etc, etc, etc...
I could go on and on...
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Yet, you say I am a free man?
NOT!


14 posted on 04/20/2011 6:41:46 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Tagline closed for repairs. Please use the next available tagline. We appreciate your patience.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Holder’s people ain’t going to be happy.


15 posted on 04/20/2011 6:42:19 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That is it?? Blooming Idiots contribution??


16 posted on 04/20/2011 6:44:34 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
what kind of plants I can grow
where I can smoke

What kind of plants I can smoke.

17 posted on 04/20/2011 6:48:00 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ban cigarettes, legalize pot. Makes sense.


18 posted on 04/20/2011 6:48:00 PM PDT by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
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To: NotSoFreeStater
Ban cigarettes, legalize pot. Makes sense.

Do you want the government to control which leaves people can smoke?

19 posted on 04/20/2011 6:51:22 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The only time this prick would have had daily contact with African American men who are menthol smokers would have been during his stint in Vietnam...

oops, oh right.

Racist country clubber prick.


20 posted on 04/20/2011 6:53:24 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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