Comments on: A Tilting at Windmills? http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: S. Fitzhugh http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal/pipe-shows/a-tilting-at-windmills/comment-page-1#comment-2255 S. Fitzhugh Sun, 16 May 2010 15:58:05 +0000 http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal/?page_id=562#comment-2255 But for tobacco, this country would still be a backwater colony of England. The attention paid to tobacco is interesting if the focus is health. I don't watch television much but nearly 75% of the commercials are for heart medications or else the newly created disease, "erectile dysfunction." Unfortunately, the pharmaceuticals have not yet to invent the "common sense dysfunction" pill - I can't wait..... The misdirection of "second hand" smoke has worked well in that it has nothing to do with my rights to smoke at home. Let us tax high fat content food, chemical preservatives and other proven carcinogen related items that affect our health much more than pipe tobacco. Alas, there is no pill for to help us with that. A better source of revenue would be to tax political contributions 775% percent. Hmmm, now that is an idea. Smoke and enjoy, ponder the activists's activities and take comfort in the fact that their blood pressure is probably much higher than yours and after they "take the pill", they will need a liver transplant and then meds to deal with the usual organ rejection. Meanwhile, you will be enjoying the comfort your pipe provides, no matter what the tax is. But for tobacco, this country would still be a backwater colony of England. The attention paid to tobacco is interesting if the focus is health. I don’t watch television much but nearly 75% of the commercials are for heart medications or else the newly created disease, “erectile dysfunction.” Unfortunately, the pharmaceuticals have not yet to invent the “common sense dysfunction” pill – I can’t wait…..

The misdirection of “second hand” smoke has worked well in that it has nothing to do with my rights to smoke at home. Let us tax high fat content food, chemical preservatives and other proven carcinogen related items that affect our health much more than pipe tobacco. Alas, there is no pill for to help us with that. A better source of revenue would be to tax political contributions 775% percent. Hmmm, now that is an idea.

Smoke and enjoy, ponder the activists’s activities and take comfort in the fact that their blood pressure is probably much higher than yours and after they “take the pill”, they will need a liver transplant and then meds to deal with the usual organ rejection. Meanwhile, you will be enjoying the comfort your pipe provides, no matter what the tax is.

]]> By: Captain Bob http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal/pipe-shows/a-tilting-at-windmills/comment-page-1#comment-1260 Captain Bob Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:55:04 +0000 http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal/?page_id=562#comment-1260 Yes, we shall see. I hope Alan and Mike are right. In either event, my buying up a lot of tobacco will be my safe guard. We all know that tobacco will never get cheaper than it is today. Yes, we shall see. I hope Alan and Mike are right. In either event, my buying up a lot of tobacco will be my safe guard. We all know that tobacco will never get cheaper than it is today.

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