Category Archives: Uncle Sam
Smoke and Mirrors
The FDA plans to require cigarette manufacturers to place large images on each pack showing the wages of smoking. The images include a toe tag on a corpse, cancerous lungs, gums, and smoke exiting a hole in a cancer patient’s throat. Some tobacco companies have sued claiming the mandate is a first amendment violation.
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Border Sam
Here’s a Washington Post story about border paradoxes. One of the unintended consequences of tighter border control in California and Texas is more illegal crossings in Arizona. Another is the idea that with more border security, illegal workers already here stay here.
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Greek Bail Out
Unfortunately, the real Greek Chorus, public union workers in the streets of Athens, sang a different tune – Burn Down The Banks! To that end they sacrificed 3 lives. A small price to pay to preserve a way of life that includes a 2 month pay bonus every year and a full salary pension pension at 60. Go here for more Greek geek from David Ignatius.
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