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• On August 26th, 2011 said:

  None of the ranting matters. You can write humor, logic (lack of), ludicrousity by nutballs and changing to some type of religious order, RYO vs already rolled, pipe tobacco vs RYO or cigars, it won’t change ANYTHING - UNLESS YOU CONTACT YOUR SENATOR TO OPPOSE THIS BILL. As much as we appreciate Kevin giving us space here to rant, Pipesmagazine message is a WAKE UP CALL TO US, and giving you the info to have the testicularity to move forward and do something about this! The only thing that will do ANY GOOD is to PERSONALLY contact (phone and letter - forget email) your Senators’ offices. Tell them that you would appreciate a return message when this matter appears in front of your Senator, as you would like to know what he/she has done to oppose this bill, and his vote of record on it. Find out when it is going before committee (I asked - it’s not known yet - Congress recessed for the hurricane) and call the Senators’ offices the day before, speaking to a representative, saying that you oppose this bill! Work on it, or end up paying for it.

  
  Commented on the post Largest Proposed Pipe Tobacco Tax Increase Ever on the blog The #1 Source for Pipes and Pipe Tobacco Information.
• On August 28th, 2011 said:

  Thanks for your reinforcement, Motownmick. Congress, well, certain ones in Congress, want tobacco - no matter what tobacco type - to be taxed at a HUGE rate. Why? You can name quite a few reasons, but looking into it further will SHOCK you. well, maybe not. but, they’re doing it, no matter what. The only way to stop it is to raise enough stink to YOUR SENATOR. How many PIPE smokers are in the USA? Let’s say 1/2 million. .5/300 or 0.0016 of the population. How many have heard about this? (Well, it it weren’t for Kevin and PipesMagazine, only a few of us would have….) MAYBE 2,000 of us. So, this bill can only be opposed by how many? “Heck, they’re stupid smokers - the addicted will pay anything (see what happened when we taxed cigarettes that much? only a few fussed - then kept buying them)! They can’t do anything abotu this with such a small number of votes. AND the orgs that will put their name on it - because it’s for handicapped CHILDREN for gosh sakes - will overwhelm the stupid,addicted smokers - no problem.”
  SO FIGHT THIS AS INEQUITABLE - ASK WHY SMOKERS - remember, only 0.0016 of the population - is supposed to fund this (and the SCHIP funding, and……). YOUR SENATOR IS STUPID IF HE THINKS THE HYPER-TAXING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS will completely fund this effort - and tell him/her so. So what happens then? The taxes increase, and we get fed more lies, saying it is for good - for the children, and to save us from ourselves. ATTACK this logic. WRITE LETTERS TO YOUR EDITOR AND YOUR SENATORS. GET OTHER ORGANIZATIONS involved. DO SOMETHING TO EXPOSE THIS TO SOME MORE OF THE PUBLIC. Visit your Senator’s office - with your written letter and let them know that you think this is inequitable taxation, a lie that it will fund this program, and that you will fight it publically.

  
  Commented on the post Largest Proposed Pipe Tobacco Tax Increase Ever on the blog The #1 Source for Pipes and Pipe Tobacco Information.