They certainly have! LOL All those free packs of cigs to the military to calm their nerves as well as those included with real meals on airplanes. I have beautiful cigarette and cigar stuff from my parents when smoking was an art- along with drinking. The sad thing is that Americans are more sick these days- from the toxic air they breathe, foods they eat, toys they buy, weapons they create, run-offs of chemicals into their water supply, etc.
On Mar 27, 11:38�pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > I stopped a few years ago but just noticed that a cheap pack of cigs > here in �Queens is about $8.50. �When I first started smoking I started > on Wings because they were 19 cents a pack and the regular Pall Mall > cigarettes and Old Gold were 23 cents a pack. �Of course I also drank > Bud then because it was 20 cents a frosted mug while Michelob was a > quarter. �Things have changed a wee bit since then. > > > > Travis wrote: > > Rigs: �In Dec I paid $22.10 a carton. Jan mfgr price increase $.2.40 a > > carton. �March 1 Ark tax increaase $5.60 a carton. April 1 Fed tax > > increase $6.10 per carton. �Price April 2 = $36.20 �a 58% increase. �I > > now pay appx 70% of price in taxes. > > BS. �I Quit. �Annual savings in taxes alone is about $2000.00. > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:10 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > � � Smoking may become a patriot's duty, d.b.! :-) Last carton was $54. > > � � When I said I might start growing tobacco the man behind me said > > � � you'll sooner get marijuana.// Why not redesign the head gasket- > > � � whatever that is- I grow faint when open the hood of my car. I often > > � � wished you could repair a car with a sewing machine or needle and > > � � thread.// I have a large back yard- the last one in the neighborhood- > > � � and have thought of lambs, geese and chickens but would be breaking > > � � city codes although the desecration of breathing space and privacy > > � � around homes doesn't qualify as injurious. But they are. > > > � � On Mar 27, 1:04 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected] > > � � <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > � � > Obama is simply the icing on the Marxist cake. The takeover has been > > � � > underway for decades. > > > � � > It's the "little" things, like Chicago charging 16 quarters for an > > � � > hour of parking. Or that new red-light camera around the corner, you > > � � > know, the one where the yellow changes in 1.5 seconds. Neat, huh. Or > > � � > forcing corn oil into your gas tank, blowing the head gasket. > > > � � > Little things, like Eminent Domain, so the local apparatchik can > > � � seize > > � � > you property. I'm afraid to even mention all the wrongfully > > � � convicted > > � � > sitting on death row - the precipitous rise of the "Nancy > > � � Graces." Or > > � � > little Johnny forced into a dangerous school. And the tax on > > � � > productivity, the regulations meant to bankrupt business, > > � � individuals, > > � � > and anyone else not beholden. > > > � � > How 'bout importing terrorists by the boat load. And the illiterate, > > � � > the "less" militant non-assimilaters. Nervous? Well don't take up > > � � > cigarettes, they're nearing 10-dollars a pack. My neighbor Sam has > > � � > taken up tobacco farming. On the other side, Mrs. Rose is planting > > � � > squash. And potatoes. And Sunday she's going fishing - taking a > > � � taxi, > > � � > too, she doesn't want to get caught in another roadside, police > > � � > shakedown. > > > � � > While the young are all a Twitter. Tweeting their way down the dead- > > � � > end road.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
