[Ratatoskr]

Hollywood also drives too fast, drinks too much, has wild, unprotected sex with mere acquaintances several times a day, handles firearms with reckless lack of skill, wallows in drugs and uses bad grammar. On and off screen.

So?

[chiefqc]

Self appointed, self important, and are Elite in their eyes slimeballs.

What a weaste of space and air.

[tahiti]

I just sent the following e-mail message, to Ms. Hornblow, at the Hartford Courant:

Hello Ms. Hornblow,

You stated in your article:

“Just as fashion designers and jewelers send stars product samples, the tobacco industry seized upon the same opportunity for the free advertising. But the new Gucci handbag can't kill you.”

Let us be accurate.

Only the excessive abuse of tobacco products may kill you. Anecdotal evidence suggests the accuracy of my remark. I smoked cigarettes for 7 years, approximately 10-12 cigarettes a day. Obviously, because I am writing this e-mail message to you, I am not dead.

Gucci handbags, when used improperly, can be an instrument of death as well. The handles of the bag can be used to strangle or hang a person, causing death.

AMENDMENT IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Every U.S. citizen has a right to smoke to tobacco products on public property or on their own property or if invited by other property owners to smoke on their property, notwithstanding all of the unconstitutional laws that some municipalities and states have passed to prohibit smoking tobacco products, in restaurants, for example.

No law can “trump” the tenants of a state or the federal constitution.

[Madame Dufarge]

The fact that tobacco executives such as Whitley are known to blow smoke is the strongest suggestion that the industry may be working still to keep cigarettes in flattering focus.

The fact that Hartford Courant movie critic Deborah Hornblow is known to exhibit lefty slant in all her columns is the strongest suggestion that she may still be mindlessly regurgitating more left-wing dogma here.

Gee, that was really easy.

[IncPen]

Is smoking illegal?