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TERRY’S TIDBITS

By Terry Gray

BREAKING UP A SET

Get off of it; it was a breast, exposed during a game where grown men beat each other up.  It wasn’t even the whole set, and that should be what is upsetting.  I don’t believe in breaking up sets. 

Dogs have breasts, hogs have them, and chickens have them. 

Women that undergo mastectomies wish they could show off the breasts they once had.

Some women enlarge them, some reduce them, some tattoo them, and some pierce them.

Most men like them.

They are no different than toes except they are associated with sex.  They are associated with sex because they have been treated as taboo.  They are guilty by association.   But what is wrong with sex?  Everyone on this planet is the result of sex.  Most people like it. 

I know people that associate toes with sex. 

Men even have breasts but they are too small to be considered sexual.

Turn on National Geographic on PBS or buy the magazine.  There are breast everywhere and not a complaint to be heard.  “It’s educational.”  Yeah, well, the kind of education that kids are getting over this dramatic display of Victorian morals against breasts is only going to serve to stir up the interest.  Check out Baywatch.

George Carlin said that the slang word for breast was one of the seven words you couldn’t say on television.  He didn’t understand why.  They are friendly things and really sound friendly too. 

I’d much rather see a breast than a gunfight or figure skating.

We are a democratic society.  I say we do a poll and see what the true stance on breasts is.  I bet the majority favor them.

SMOKING FOR CHILDREN

“Taverns for Tots” is a group of bars in Toledo that is collecting money for homeless women and children and for children’s charities.  They’ve found some way to collect money for charities while providing smoking atmospheres for the adult patrons.  The anti-smokers are screaming that they are using the kids in a scam.  It amazes me that the antis would have the guts to bring that up.  How long has the “It’s for the Children” campaign been going on and how many issues have been associated with that statement?

“It’s for the children” has been used by those advocating government regulation of soft drinks in school vending machines, the fat content of fast food hamburgers, vehicle emissions testing, control of adult entertainment, and smoking bans, to name a few. 

Hitler used the children for many things in his successful campaign to rule Germany.  He also screwed with the constitution until it was so weak that he was able to toss it out, but that is another story. 

He began his campaign against smoking by eliminating smoking ads and then banning smoking in public places.  He raised the legal age to smoke to 25.  He did all of this for the good of the Aryan nation and for the children.  He made the girl scouts of Germany sign promises that they wouldn’t smoke.  Most of the girls later rebelled and smoked anyway.

The great thing about “Taverns for Tots” is that it is real.  They are doing a lot of good and doing it through voluntary contributions.  How can the antis argue with that?  How many kids would suffer if the antis, in their fervent efforts to ease kids’ suffering, shut down “Taverns for Tots?”  How deep does the fervor go?  Don’t the antis realize that many good things come from tobacco?  Look at what Brown and Williamson did for Louisville.  A lot of medical research has been funded by tobacco companies.  And at least some of the master tobacco settlement money must be going to things other than Kentucky horse farms and funding propaganda for the antis, or is it?  Where does the $240,000,000 that Kentucky smokers pay in tobacco taxes go?  What taxes will be raised to take the place of all the money associated with tobacco?  It has to come from somewhere.  JUST THINK, PEOPLE!

Proponents of raising taxes for users of tobacco products don’t seem to project a very honest picture of things.  Maybe they just don’t understand.  I’ve seen a lot of ignorance when it comes to attempts to curb smoking.

They want us believe, among other things, that raising the price will help smokers quit.  This started out as a method to keep kids from starting the habit, but, as always, the antis just can’t sit still.  They say that low-income people have a hard time affording healthcare.  No kidding, we all do.  Then they say that low-income people are a majority of the smoking population.  If we raise the price of cigarettes, then many low-income people won’t be able to afford cigarettes.  They will be able to afford healthcare because they will have more money by not smoking, and, with the help of the added tax on cigarettes, healthcare will be more affordable.  What a crock of garbage.

First of all, this is prohibition by robbery.  Higher prices on tobacco products is not a tax; it is a fine, a punishment.

If the tax on cigarettes goes up to 75 cents a pack, it will rake in an estimated $720,000 per day in new state tobacco revenue.  That is based on 1 million smokers in Kentucky each smoking 1 pack a day.  The total annual take would be $502,800,000, ½ a billion bucks.  Kentucky smokers, numbering 27% of Kentucky’s population, whether they are sick or well, would be paying for 50% of the entire state’s healthcare costs of 1.1 billion.

Now don’t talk to me about fair.

Here are some proposed anti-smoking signs that you may see soon.  What do they tell you about the mentality of anti-smoking groups?

“PARENTS THAT SMOKE DON’T LOVE THEIR CHILDREN.”

“IF YOU LOVE A SMOKER, YOU LOVE EVIL.”

“SMOKERS ARE EVIL.”

“SMOKERS KILL CHILDREN LIKE HITLER DID.”

“IN ENGLAND CIGARETTES ARE CALLED FAGS.”

“TAX SMOKERS INTO POVERTY.”

“TAX SMOKERS TO SUPPORT THE REST OF US.”

Just thought you should know.

COLD MORNINGS, FRIENDLY REMINDERS

The Louisville Police are now handing out tickets to those automobile owners that warm up their cars in cold weather.  It doesn’t seem to matter that you have two keys and lock you car while it’s doing its thing or that you have a remote starter.

The mayor on television this morning let us know that police weren’t going around looking for unattended running cars, but they could ticket you if they just ran across a vehicle warming up.  He stressed two things:  these tickets are just a way of reminding us that the city is in control of our lives and that we need to use some common sense.

Common Sense?  If my car is running and I’m not around, it will take a cop a lot less time to try my doors than it will to write a ticket.                 

SMOKE FREE – LOSING

 

In an article in the Louisville Courier Journal on February 19, 2004, Smoke Free Louisville’s Julie Brackett uttered these words:  "We don't get to celebrate very often."  Smoke Free Louisville is losing the battle to control Louisville.  The citizens don’t want a smoking ban (several polls have indicated this), the city council doesn’t want a smoke ban (they oppose it 24-2), and the state is trying to pass legislation that would stop local governments from passing bans (SB 130).  I can understand why Smoke Free Louisville seldom gets to celebrate; they are oppressors, and people don’t like being dictated to.

So, Ms. Brackett, what is the reason that you are celebrating? I missed that part.  Somehow, the antis, in their twisted perception of reality, find victory where there is nothing but failure.  I guess in light of this, Murphy, of Murphy’s Law fame, was an optimist.

Smoke Free Louisville pushed for a smoking ban, whined when City Councilman Doug Hawkins put it up for a vote, celebrated when the vote was postponed, pushed again, and are now celebrating that it has been killed again.  Cybil lives!

Julie, find Mike Kuntz and go home to your planet.  There are nice cesspools waiting there just for you.  Hey, where is Mike Kuntz anyway?

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