I think some states are considering outlawing driving/smoking with
young children. Now, if they can figure out how to handle drunk or
drugged drivers, it would be a miracle!// If I drink, I don't drive,
write checks or make promises I can't keep- nor figure my taxes- which
I finished today and am thinking of sending them off in
calligraphy.:-) Oh- and another thing that bugs me- when did women
start screaming on all the tv shows? Let's outlaw screaming!
On Mar 30, 7:15�am, OMS-II <almost.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Study hard, OMS, the AMA is loaded with pontificating quacks.
>
> Rig, pass the ashtray, please.
>
> ===============================
> Actually, I'll be in the AOA....not the AMA. Is it your position that
> docs are quacks because they believe smoking to be hazardous to your
> health....and the health of those around you? I live in tobacco
> country, an often see parents driving down the road, smoking away,
> with small kids in the car. Still their right?
>
> Enjoy your cigs while you can. I'll make sure to fit you into my
> schedule further on down the line. Hopefully, it won't be too late to
> salvage some semblance of independent life style
>
> On Mar 29, 6:47�pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > of
>
> > On Mar 29, 5:39 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > Guns, Germs and Steel- you're so out od it.
>
> > > On Mar 29, 5:06 pm, OMS-II <almost.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I've had hours of lectures in medical school on the subject. Cars,
> > > > allergies, food, water, etc. etc. etc. don't even come close to the
> > > > damage inflicted by cigarette smoke. Again, I'm an ex smoker......and
> > > > almost done with my second year of medical school. You're not going to
> > > > win this one.
>
> > > > While I agree there are multiple risks out there, why would you
> > > > intentionally up the ante intentionally?
>
> > > > As for the environment, I'm all for cleaner air.
>
> > > > On Mar 29, 5:14 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Nor do you address the enormous increase in asthma in industrialized
> > > > > nations unrelated to smoking.
>
> > > > > On Mar 29, 8:42 am, OMS-II <almost.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > You know that obesity in
> > > > > > America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of
> > > > > > smoking, I presume.
> > > > > > =========================
> > > > > > Wrong. The reason obesity is surpassing smoking as a health risk is
> > > > > > because less people are smoking. Furthermore, your being fat and
> > > > > > standing next to me has no effect on my health....your smoking next
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > me does.
>
> > > > > > I quit a 25 year smoking habit....and don't miss it. I have mild
> > > > > > COPD
> > > > > > to show for it. I'm now in medical school (late bloomer)....and in
> > > > > > almost every disease process I've studied in the last 2 years,
> > > > > > smoking
> > > > > > is a risk factor.
>
> > > > > > I can understand enjoying smoking.....I did while I smoked.....but
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > is terrible for your health. Even worse are the obese smokers.
> > > > > > Better
> > > > > > to eat healthy, not smoke, and avoid both unhealthy lifestyles.
>
> > > > > > Trust me.....you don't want COPD.
>
> > > > > > On Mar 28, 4:23 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > I enjoy smoking- why should I give up a pleasure? I am giving up
> > > > > > > lunching with Liberals as a trade-off. :-) You know that obesity
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of
> > > > > > > smoking, I presume.
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 27, 11:32 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> 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 <rigs...@yahoo.com>
> > > > > > > > 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" <rth...@yahoo.com> 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.
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