Comments on: Chicago: Sponsor of Terrorism http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Deborah http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42688 Deborah Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:25:27 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42688 I'm a reporter in Chicago doing an article on the impact of the new cigarette tax hike. If any of you are willing to be interviewed, please e-mail me ASAP at medillreporter@yahoo.com Thanks I’m a reporter in Chicago doing an article on the impact of the new cigarette tax hike. If any of you are willing to be interviewed, please e-mail me ASAP at medillreporter@yahoo.com Thanks

]]> By: Tioga Joe http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42687 Tioga Joe Wed, 07 Apr 2004 00:22:29 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42687 At least it's a regressive tax and that beats a progressive tax. At least it’s a regressive tax and that beats a progressive tax.

]]> By: lindalee http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42686 lindalee Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:49:12 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42686 Duh. Chicago and Daily know exactly what they are doing - and the black market will profit big time. Wade: I agree - all drugs should be available. Coffee is a drug as sure is heroin. Try keeping coffee away from a three pot a day drinker and see what happens. The whole war-on-drugs is so bogus - just a bogus as funding tobacco growers and then taxing the users. duh duh duh - just keeps monies in the coffers. all about money/greed/profit. Duh. Chicago and Daily know exactly what they are doing – and the black market will profit big time.

Wade: I agree – all drugs should be available. Coffee is a drug as sure is heroin. Try keeping coffee away from a three pot a day drinker and see what happens.

The whole war-on-drugs is so bogus – just a bogus as funding tobacco growers and then taxing the users.

duh duh duh – just keeps monies in the coffers. all about money/greed/profit.

]]> By: wade http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42685 wade Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:35:07 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42685 Please explain to me how coffea nd heroin are the same? Please explain to me how coffea nd heroin are the same?

]]> By: wade http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42684 wade Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:30:38 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42684 What would be really cool would be if all drugs were equally available, and an objective analysis of each ones relative risk was worked out. This could then be displayed alongside the drugs, or taught at school and we could stop pretending that alcohol and cigarettes and heroin and coffee and paracetemol are totally different things. What would be really cool would be if all drugs were equally available, and an objective analysis of each ones relative risk was worked out. This could then be displayed alongside the drugs, or taught at school and we could stop pretending that alcohol and cigarettes and heroin and coffee and paracetemol are totally different things.

]]> By: Andrew Ian Dodge http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42683 Andrew Ian Dodge Tue, 06 Apr 2004 01:35:46 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42683 The EU is big into anti-smoking stuff like banning it in public places, yet it pumps loads of money into the coffers of crap tobacco growers pockets in southern Europe. The EU is big into anti-smoking stuff like banning it in public places, yet it pumps loads of money into the coffers of crap tobacco growers pockets in southern Europe.

]]> By: Clay Whittaker http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42689 Clay Whittaker Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:02:03 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42689 <strong>Chicago: Terrorist Sponsor</strong> Radley Balko writes: Chicago: Sponsor of Terrorism If history is any indicator, that's a plausible outcome of the city's drastic 82 cents-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax. One pack of cigarettes in Chicago now costs six bucks, second only to... Chicago: Terrorist Sponsor

Radley Balko writes: Chicago: Sponsor of Terrorism If history is any indicator, that’s a plausible outcome of the city’s drastic 82 cents-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax. One pack of cigarettes in Chicago now costs six bucks, second only to…

]]> By: MattG http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42682 MattG Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:56:45 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42682 Meanwhile, government both subsidizes tobacco-growers *and* funds anti-smoking programs. Only gubmint can work this inefficiently. Meanwhile, government both subsidizes tobacco-growers *and* funds anti-smoking programs.

Only gubmint can work this inefficiently.

]]> By: Henry Baugh http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42681 Henry Baugh Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:31:35 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42681 Stupidity survives! The same perverted thinking that made alcohol the vehicle to finance the crime syndicates we enjoy today are now crafting another vehicle that will now finance another mob type syndicate. Whenever our esteemed leaders wish our attention to generate trouble they just pass a law against it and we just go around it like the bootleggers of the twenties and thirties. History proves only that we either don't study it or believe it if we did study it and we must enjoy repeating it for the present generation. I must agree with Bob on the Chicago monarchy. Those people wouldn't know what it would be like without a Daley guiding their every step. Even when voters fail to show up they have nice people williing to place their vote for them. They call it serving the public and the voters believe that a stuffed ballow box is better than no box at all. It ain't gonna' change! Bet on it. Stupidity survives! The same perverted thinking that made alcohol the vehicle to finance the crime syndicates we enjoy today are now crafting another vehicle that will now finance another mob type syndicate.

Whenever our esteemed leaders wish our attention to generate trouble they just pass a law against it and we just go around it like the bootleggers of the twenties and thirties. History proves only that we either don’t study it or believe it if we did study it and we must enjoy repeating it for the present generation.

I must agree with Bob on the Chicago monarchy. Those people wouldn’t know what it would be like without a Daley guiding their every step.

Even when voters fail to show up they have nice people williing to place their vote for them. They call it serving the public and the voters believe that a stuffed ballow box is better than no box at all.

It ain’t gonna’ change! Bet on it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42680 Anonymous Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:51:52 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42680 thank god I moved out of Chicago a few years ago, or otherwise I would have had to sell a litle more of something else to afford my cigarettes. thank god I moved out of Chicago a few years ago, or otherwise I would have had to sell a litle more of something else to afford my cigarettes.

]]> By: Bob Tipton http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42679 Bob Tipton Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:13:13 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42679 What did Daley's thugs do at the 1968 Democratic Convention, if not engage in state terrorism? Considering that Chicago is about the closest thing in the U.S. to a monarchy, nothing would surprise me. Check their web site - every other taxpayer-funded activity is named "Daley-something". Kind of makes it hard to challenge the incumbent, don't it? I contend that they know exactly what's going to happen, and they intend to profit from it. What did Daley’s thugs do at the 1968 Democratic Convention, if not engage in state terrorism? Considering that Chicago is about the closest thing in the U.S. to a monarchy, nothing would surprise me. Check their web site – every other taxpayer-funded activity is named “Daley-something”. Kind of makes it hard to challenge the incumbent, don’t it? I contend that they know exactly what’s going to happen, and they intend to profit from it.

]]> By: Matthew Peck http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42678 Matthew Peck Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:06:07 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42678 <a href="http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0024.pdf" rel="nofollow">These people</a> haven't a leg to stand on, and they know it. I've rarely seen a "fact sheet" so chock full of vague, unsubstantiated, egregiously false information. These people haven’t a leg to stand on, and they know it. I’ve rarely seen a “fact sheet” so chock full of vague, unsubstantiated, egregiously false information.

]]> By: Matt http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42677 Matt Mon, 05 Apr 2004 14:06:23 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42677 Think that's bad? Here in London, cigarettes cost 5 pounds per pack. With the current exchange rate, that's about $9. Outrageous. Even the black market cigarettes here are more expensive than in my home state of Virginia. Think that’s bad? Here in London, cigarettes cost 5 pounds per pack. With the current exchange rate, that’s about $9. Outrageous. Even the black market cigarettes here are more expensive than in my home state of Virginia.

]]> By: Michael Tinkler http://www.theagitator.com/2004/04/05/chicago-sponsor-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-42676 Michael Tinkler Mon, 05 Apr 2004 14:02:04 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3903#comment-42676 Well, they already had a lottery. Soon the idle rich can be truly idle on the backs of the poor.... Well, they already had a lottery. Soon the idle rich can be truly idle on the backs of the poor….

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