Nerobama will attempt to bring many if not all industries under Government control before he’s done. Tobacco is a soft target . . . a kind of pre-game warm-up for the coming take-over of the medical industry. The medical industry will be a hard target because there is a lot of built-in resistance among the American people, who generally have a conservative attitude because they like their doctors and the health care that they and their families now receive. I think the battle over the medical industry will shape up like the battle over amnesty. The Destroyer-crats have the votes to do it, but the public will resist. The challenge for Nerobama and the Destroyer-crats is to break that resistance. One way they are doing this is (as we have seen on other threads here at S&L) by silencing lobbyists for the medical profession and medical industry.

Very true for fascism. Big business thrived under Hitler and Mussilini.

But with true socialism, the government owns the means of production.

Obamy seems to lean towards facism, at least for the moment. It fits his lie that he is in favor of capitalism and they he is only taking over businesses because he has to do it, and only for short periods of time.

Personally, I think he will stay with fascism for the first 20 years or so, until his original big money backers die off and he is able to replace them with his fully-indoctrinated thugs/commissars. At that point, he will convert to full communism……the better to control the marks and punish the offenders, you know.

Of course dat would be KOOLS, brah! And you know he NEVER buys his own pack, smokes O.P.’s. But don’t offer him a Marlboro– he won’t touch it. You know they be liken they Menthols!

Typical noon time interaction, downtown Harrisburg, PA.: I’m lighting a cigarette during my break, when I’m approached by a local Obama supporter…

“Yo, yo. Hey Dude yo!” Says the O-bot.
“Yes,” I say.
“Yo menk, you got a cigarette?”
“Yeah sure,” I reply, shaking out a Marlboro and offering.
“No, No, No man. I kent smoke dat *hit, you gots KOOLS!” He says.
“Uh, no”
“AW man, you ain’t got MENTHOLS?!”
“No, I’m sorry, this is all I’ve got.” I say, still holding out the pack towards him.
“You gotta a quarter den?”

Funny part of this story? As he turns away, his photo ID badge swings from beneath his jacket and I catch a glimpse. He’s from a local “Communty Organization!” Wish I smoked Newports now–he may someday be President. Might’ve made me ambassador to Swasiland!

Outfits seeking a monopoly are always doing seemingly counter-intuitive crap like this.

Screw Phillip Morris.

BTW, I believe Phillip Morris belongs to Kraft General Foods.

I recommend that anybody who smokes stop buying KGF food products.

Thank you, obi-wan, for making me legit.

I’ve wondered about this for a bit too, and I think he clearly still smokes (at the least tobacco). I don’t care if he or anyone else smokes, he does. But what I think it says is that this is a man that does not have the inner strength to overcome difficult things himself. Speaking as a former smoker, I know how difficult it is to quit. While there is a chemical addiction the real addiction is psychological when it comes to smoking. It’s as much a form of medicated control as it is an unhealthy outlet for stress and anxiety. You don’t quit unless you find another suitable activity, meditation, or means to deal with whatever it is – life, problems, whatever – and that means identifying the reasons of why you need to “deal” with it in the first place. Other than that, it just comes down to fortitude, and people that try to control everything don’t usually have much of it – it’s what inspires their controlling behavior in the first place.

As for the industry, they probably saw this company. Marlboro is probably the most intelligent business-wise but still, it’s a stupid thing to support.

If we say it, “it” becomes more real.

God help us!!!

When the dictatorship is in full flower (say about 2011), EVERY group, even the ones who supported the take-over, will be in danger.

If the fools think Obamunists will have loyalty to some sub-group once the jackboot is firmly in place, they are in for some rude surprises…..particularly queers……unless, of course, Obamy is queer himself, rather than the power-drunk eunuch he appears to be.