tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post5953712918628849769..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Government List of Things that Could Kill YouAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-88946783069571771432009-10-26T21:04:19.372-07:002009-10-26T21:04:19.372-07:00Alan,
Great column as usual. I hadn't realiz...Alan,<br /><br />Great column as usual. I hadn't realized that you were such an expert on food. I'm glad to see my own attitudes about the important food groups vindicated. I too feel that life without cookies, candy, and ice cream is probably not worth living. :-)<br /><br />RonRon H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17778875977813470690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-78351567044547130782009-10-26T13:01:00.347-07:002009-10-26T13:01:00.347-07:00Alan,
Although I am an ex-smoker (minimum 2 packs...Alan,<br /><br />Although I am an ex-smoker (minimum 2 packs a day and at one point 3 packs), I was not personally upset by being around smokers. I am however glad and upset, at the same time, that these restrictions exist. <br /><br />I am glad because there were always inconsiderate smokers who didn’t care if the smoke was drifting in your face while you were eating or working and wouldn’t move their cigarettes to avoid that...and let’s face it...cigars stink. If tobacco use hadn’t been going on for 300 years we would have never allowed it to come into existence today. <br /><br />However, having said that, I am upset the whole thing was based on studies that claimed that second hand smoke caused cancer to non-smokers and even went so far as to claim that they had a greater risk than those who smoked. That is irrational and most importantly the study that promoted this cancer scare was rigged because if they had used what is the “gold standard” for studies it would have been rejected. That makes this a slippery slope issue. I resent lies told to bring it about. <br /><br />I don’t think that anyone doubts that smoking and exposure to smoke represents health risks. But how great is that risk to second hand smoke? As you pointed out; cars probably represent one of the greatest risks that people will face and no one wants to get rid of cars. <br /><br />As for guns; it has been shown that states which actually required people to arm themselves had a serious drop in the crime rate. <br /><br />As for eating “right”; well that is important, but have good genes is even more important...and that even includes smoking. <br /><br />When I was in the Navy there was an article in Stars and Stripes about a 104 year old man who claimed that the secret to his long life was drinking, smoking and eating candy bars. <br /><br />This brings us to the real question. How much of this is about good health policy and how much is about control?<br /><br />And as for Louise....put that cigarette out right now and get yourself a juicer and restrict your drinking to raw juice from now on. Just kidding...the stuff tastes terrible ....no matter what they say on TV.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-54083182218155882432009-10-26T07:05:14.804-07:002009-10-26T07:05:14.804-07:00Cynicism can be a good thing.
Sarcasm,in my exper...Cynicism can be a good thing.<br /><br />Sarcasm,in my experience,does not translate well on the Web unless it's a cartoon or graphic of some kind. People tend to read everything as actual opinion so satire has to be fairly broad to make its point.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-12933001758089891682009-10-26T06:52:42.005-07:002009-10-26T06:52:42.005-07:00You'll have to overlook my cynicism. I've...You'll have to overlook my cynicism. I've been observing the destruction of our Constitutional Republic for far too long.Buzzghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897676479222811119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-85901297511614244442009-10-25T18:03:47.602-07:002009-10-25T18:03:47.602-07:00First of all, SEMPER VERITAS. That's what all...First of all, SEMPER VERITAS. That's what all of us are about; I hope. <br />In all of this mutual angst over the destruction of the Constitution, and other sins too numerous to mention,it is good to remember something that Ronald Reagon once said; "If it moves, tax it; if it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it."Buzzghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897676479222811119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-41694622923406754452009-10-25T17:51:48.604-07:002009-10-25T17:51:48.604-07:00Alan, this is a wonderful commentary. As I smoked ...Alan, this is a wonderful commentary. As I smoked my cigarette and drank a Coke I laughed all the way through it.Louise Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844509343077052288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-44295145912696975592009-10-25T16:47:20.679-07:002009-10-25T16:47:20.679-07:00I have been accused of being sarcastic on occasion...I have been accused of being sarcastic on occasion and I try to hide it with a bit of satire...which, of course, this "list" is all about. <br /><br />If a bit of truth escapes from the page, there's not much I can do about it.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-51415461145977355012009-10-25T16:07:48.416-07:002009-10-25T16:07:48.416-07:00Leave us not forget that in the immortal words of ...Leave us not forget that in the immortal words of Rahm Emmanuel; "We should not let a good crisis go to waste because it allows you to do things you could not otherwise do." Or words to that effect. <br />The manufacture of false crises, emergencies is the hallmark of the Socialist/Communist machine. That way the "Government" can ride to the rescue all the while compounding the problem, real or imagined. <br />My grandfather would not have liked this world we live in today.Buzzghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897676479222811119noreply@blogger.com