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Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Property Rights Newsletter April 30, 2010 - Issue #566 "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws, but conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights! Abuse of power against a section of the population: Proposes to Increase Tobacco Taxes by Up to 300 Percent. What if Kansas’ state sales tax went from 5.3 percent to more than 15 percent? How about paying state sales tax of 75 cents per gallon of gas instead of 25 cents? Those are among the questions being asked by the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association as Kansas legislators consider ways to raise tax revenues instead of lowering expenditures as it seeks to close a budget gap of over $400 million.
From The USA Mailbag
AL: The Mobile County Health Department is considering a plan to automatically deduct four points from the health rating of any restaurant where smoking is permitted. A separate proposal under consideration is the placing of a decal on the front door of any restaurant that allows smoking. CO: Lakewood Smoking Ban Update. The last meeting of the Dream Team. Another case of biting the hand that feeds you. KS: Watch: A full interview with bar owner Sheila Martin, a fire-breathin' gal who's fought the Antis tooth-and-nail in a half dozen cities with both victories and losses and who is mad as hell at the way they rammed a state ban through. She's traveled all over Kansas with Tshirts and literature to educate bar owners about what was coming down the line and is now organizing them to keep on fighting. The Antismokers may think the war is over in Kansas, but they are so wrong. MI: Arabs fume over hookah smoke ban, Detroit suburb’s many cafes face tough choice. Choose between food or allowing smoking. MI: Watch: Michigan Smoking Ban by Megan Whalen. USA: Premium Cigar Manufacturers, Retailers, Consumers Already Paying VAT-Like Tax in U.S. McCalla recommended that all U.S. voters – smokers and non-smokers alike – should "become knowledgeable about SCHIP and VAT and, indeed, our nation’s entire system of federal and state taxation and let their elected representatives know how they feel." USA: Watch: Colbert Report - Sunday Morning Fact-Checking - Jake Tapper explains why he hired PolitiFact's Bill Adair to fact-check his Sunday morning talk show, "This Week."
From The Canadian Mailbag
Death. B.C. mom sues Pfizer after daughter's suicide. Patricia Clow and two other B.C. women are suing Pfizer, alleging that the company failed to provide adequate warning to Canadians about the potential risk of serious injury and death related to Champix. Fraudster gets 3-1/2 years prison for embezzling $634,000 from province. Lloyd Carr set up bogus contracts for work that was never done to divert AADAC cash into his own pockets. Tobacco growers smoke out pests. Robert and Margaret Huber are the only people in Ontario to acquire a licence from the federal government allowing them to produce and market natural tobacco mulch laced with cayenne pepper for homeowners to apply in flower gardens, lawns and on shrubs.
The Slippery Slope After Tobacco
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights! Seat Belts: Pickup seat belt law passes in Georgia. Some opponents said the bill would move Georgia toward becoming a "nanny state" and disputed claims that the law could bring any federal money.
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Friday, April 23, 2010

The Property Rights Newsletter April 23, 2010 - Issue #565 "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can." - Samuel Adams
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights! Eminent Domain: NY. Hotel Conference Center May Trump Private Property in Eminent Domain Case. But Smith-Ward blasts the offers as a "very insulting price for our property," and said she was stunned to learn that the city was considering seizing the business she and her husband Doug had sunk their life savings into only to hand their land over to someone else. She told Fox News she always thought eminent domain was "for power lines, roads, schools, hospitals and not for a private developer." Five years ago the United States Supreme Court ruled that communities could use the power of eminent domain to help private interests, if the result was for the public good. Eminent Domain: Utah's Bid to Take Back Its Land. Gov. Gary Herbert signed two bills authorizing efforts to invoke eminent domain as a way to reclaim land from the U.S. government, which owns more than 60% of Utah. Lawmakers say the gambit could lead to a court ruling that permits Utah to take back valuable parcels, including a coal-rich plateau, from the feds.
From The USA Mailbag
AL: Proposed Smoking Ban for Restaurants Deemed "Ludicrous." CO: Proposed Lakewood Smoking Ban Update. Smoking in Tobacco Stores, Hookah Bars will be illegal? GA: Christian Coalition slams tobacco tax idea. The GCC believes that the only justification for sales or use taxes is the exclusive need for government revenue, and is not a tool to control lifestyle, health, or the environment. KS: Senate Bill 516, Proposed Tobacco Tax Increases Will Backfire, says Premium Cigar Association. NC: Want Revenge - Here are the Guilty and the Heroes. SC: Lexington council on verge of easing smoking rules. Initial approval given to snuffing out part of law. SC: Spartanburg City Council split on smoking ban. Staff to research implications; issue might not resurface until fall.
From The International Mailbag
Canada: McCarthy Tétrault, Jones Day on Giant Canadian Tobacco Smuggling Settlement. The Canadian government earlier claimed that billions of dollars in tax revenue were lost in the scheme. Canada: Mike Kennedy v. Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit. Docket 33442. Supreme Court rejects appeal on smoking in private club. Switzerland: New ban just hit and they've already had 40,000 Swiss sign up as club members at private clubs that will allow smoking. UK: Children are being used as a smokescreen. Campaigners will not be happy until Britain is completely cigarette-free, says Alexander Chancellor. UK: Freedom2Choose: Eddie Douthwaite's interview with Leith. World Conference against Prohibition: Watch the Videos!
The Slippery Slope After Tobacco
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights! Junk Food: Not Just at the Concession Stand, It's Also on the Movie Screen, Study Finds. The researchers say that: Candy/confections (26%) and salty snacks (21%) were the most prevalent food brands, and sugar-sweetened beverages (76%) were the most prevalent beverage brands. Most of the placements were for high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods or product lines. Watch: The New War Against Classic Mixed Drinks. Watch: Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month: NY Salt-Banner Felix Ortiz.
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights!Paul Kearns His haunting original music video about war,
Aftermath. Thanks for reminding us that good men died for our freedom and property rights.
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Friday, April 02, 2010

The Property Rights Newsletter April 2, 2010 - Issue #564 "That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and when the government assumes other functions it is usurpation and oppression." - Alabama, Declaration of Rights Article I Section 35
Property Rights for all include Smokers Rights! The Republic in Crisis. By Jeremy Richards, Ph.D., Director of Historical Research, Citizens Freedom Alliance, Inc. The United States has been creeping towards this crisis for a long time. Here's a question: If the federal government can do this, what can it NOT do? Is there now no area of our lives that the Nanny State won't poke its nose into? By Stephen Glover. Enough! Once upon a time doctors presented themselves as people who might, if we were lucky, cure or mitigate our ailments. Nannies: Why is The "Live Free or Die" State Banning Fish Pedicures? By ReasonTV. The always-expanding Nanny State does more than treat adults like children, it can also smother job creation—even in the "live free or die" state of New Hampshire. USA: Florida lawmakers are considering a crackdown on parents or adults with an affinity for smoking while driving. Gary Nolan Regional Dir. of Citizens Freedom Alliance asked "where do we draw the line?" USA: Senate Backs Ban on Mail-Order Cigarettes. Public health advocates argued that mail-order sales enabled underage smoking. State governments also oppose the practice because it evades their cigarette taxes. Big tobacco companies favor the ban, to eliminate competition from cheaper cigarettes. President Obama is expected to sign the measure.
Ban Damage Hurts Everyone
AK: Alaskan dies in fall in snow while smoking. Alaska state troopers say 51-year-old Sherri Bouton was unresponsive when she was found Wednesday morning and likely died of exposure. GA: Chantix, Anti-Smoking Drug Helped Cause Mayor Donald Walker's Suicide. The GBI crime lab report says, "He was taking Chantix to stop smoking, which caused severe depression." NC: Police: Smoking at Asheville bar leads to knife assault. Nash began yelling at employees when he was escorted outside, then pulled out a knife and cut two of them on their abdomens and arms. Canada: A sad reminder: Nursing home death made worse by lack of accountability. Death puts spotlight on anti-smoking law. And, Nursing homes not building special rooms, forcing smokers outside. UK: Linda Buchanan pushed onto railway track after smoking row, when she caught carptenter Ionel Rapisca lighting up a cigarette. More Ban Damage: Deaths, Injuries, Rape, and more! How many people have to die or be hurt before the Antis realize that smoking bans are a bad idea, and dangerous to people? There are thousands of other victims with injuries from smoking bans that never reach the media. What is the exact "body count" the Antis are waiting for? Would they please apologize to these people, and the grieving families for putting their lives and their loved ones into harms way? Would you like to explain to a child whose Mommy or Daddy will not be coming home that you don't like the smell of smoke? Tell someone that their spouse or child is dead because you didn't want people to do something legal in a place you never go to anyway? If the Antis don't like to be around smoke, they should use their freedom of choice to not enter a building where the owner has decided to allow it. They should not be allowed to push their will on others at the expense of human life.
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