(off) POLITICS in USA with a slant on smoking

[trev]

the enemy of democracy is capitalism

discuss with particular reference to president Isenhower's speech on same 
(1950's)

(5000 words...cough!)

and make sure that they're in by monday


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gary shindler" <bewlay68 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: (off) POLITICS in USA with a slant on smoking


> Bill Hicks would be grilling these times.
>
> DOG ROT ANIMAL <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM> wrote:  I am transplanting some 
> issues regarding tobacco use and the politics
> therof, because it is a very close-to-heart situation with me....meanwhile 
> I
> am working on bringing you your FoFP back
> *the first:*
> Just know that Smoking is counter productive. It has cost corporations
> millions of hours in productivity. Since the United States of America,
> Canada and Mexico is really the UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA, the 
> working
> class are just subjects to the Corporations. If smokers are going to smoke
> then the Corporations are going to get there money's worth from these 
> smoker
> subjects through taxes.
> The UNIONS were the working class's only representation in Washington DC.
> Reagan killed the unions and their clout in Washington DC in the 80's. Who
> better would know the union's power in DC than Reagan, he was once 
> president
> of the Actors Guild. (actors union).
> Since then it has been higher prices and lower wages. Yet that was not
> enough for the USC of A (United Corporations of America), they demanded
> productivity be increased from 80% to 150%. Considering that smoking is a
> habit, it will take time to break smoking habit through manipulation and
> poplar opinion (democracy). So to make up for loss of productivity punish
> smokers through higher taxes.
> Bottom line: If you are going to smoke you are going to pay.
> *the second, which made me think of a little band from Devonshire:*
> Although I rarely post here, I had to respond to the link. Some very good
> quotes, it is actually pretty amazing when you look at the authors of 
> these
> quotes, a who's who of thinking people and great Americans. Question
> authority, question government, question organized reilgion, question
> yourself. All healty things. One of my favorites, from now deceased 
> comedian
> Bill Hicks: I smoke, if this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at
> the world in which we live and shut your F#@$ing mouth.
>
>
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