Recent Comments
- WTF?! Wednesday: Dedoublement (1)
Rich | Championable: "What you say is largely true. It's also completely incorrect. It depends. In other words, there's a world of gray between your pronunciations about…"
- They’re Better With Cheese (5)
gbm3: "One thing I like about this blog is that one can find people in general who genuinely want to debate topics with a cool head. The problem with most…"
Peter: "As Funky pointed out, he did not write the stuff you find offensive. The first stuff you would find offensive was only linked from my blog. Then if…"
Funky Dung: ""While there is no absolute proof of such information, neither is there any proof of so-called death threats (as in police reports, etc.) against him…"
Stuff: "It has taken me several days to decide what to do about this post. I am appalled that a post on a blog which used to be a regular and enjoyable stop…"
Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
tobacco
The Ontological Status of Tobacco
Tobacco Regulation Smokescreen
Have you ever seen anyone sit down at the breakfast table and pour themselves a big ol' bowl of cigarettes? Of course not. Why not? Because cigarettes aren't food, that's why.
Have you ever seen someone at the drug store waiting for their prescription of Marlboros? Of course not. Why not? Because cigarettes aren't […]
Cigarettes Are Evil
Some good (but not great) news:"A federal judge ruled yesterday that tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws, concluding that cigarette makers conspired for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of their product and ordering the companies to make landmark changes in the way cigarettes are marketed.""But U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said […]
Screwed Up Priorities
Which of these is more likely to help poor people, cheap groceries or cheap cigarettes? Groceries, right? Tell that to Mississippi's Republican Gov. Haley Barbour.
Addendum 03/20/06: Since Publius doesn't care for my "self-righteous indignation over an evil, greedy Republican supposedly screwing the little guy to benefit evil, murderous tobacco companies", I've decided to explain […]
Up in Smoke
I, for one, whole-heartedly support the cigarette tax. I consider it a tax on stupidity. Anybody stupid enough to risk cancer, emphesema, and other nastiness and rude enough to expose others to it, deserves to pay and arm and a leg for their death-sticks. (NOTE: My grandfather died after a decade […]
