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Why Smoking is Still Legal

July 10th, 2008 · 546 Comments

The Tobacco industry really has it easy.  They have the best customers on the planet.  Their customers don’t just want their products, they need them.  Cigarettes are addictive and quitting the habit is hard to do.  So as long as big tobacco companies keep making what they make, they’re guaranteed to sell their products to [...]

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Who’s Not Getting Any Oil? …China!

July 7th, 2008 · 1355 Comments

Today I read a story on CNN.com about a boy who was saddened by the fact that his step dad was going to be deployed in Iraq.  I read it and thought “Why is the United States still in Iraq.”   It’s obviously not to stop Iraq or Saddam from creating weapons of mass [...]

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