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Chuck, Bloomy added a two and a half buck tax to each pack of smokes sold in the five boroughs,  That's worse than the tax over here in Jersey.  (Not that I pay taxes on smokes anyway -- boxes of filter tubes, bags of tobacco and a few little machines to stuff the one with the other)  (And that's probably illegal in this state, like having a couple cans of smokeless powder, but I am not going to research every gorram law I'm probably breaking).

I'm less than eight miles from where the World Trade Center used to be.  The smoke plume was very visible from here. (And no, I don't believe the official stories, but I don't believe any of the other stories either) But since I'm from Los Angeles, the collapse (or for that matter the construction) of a skyscraper isn't something I can take seriously.  Hell, I disapprove of and won't go near the towers they built in my hometown.  (Don't like to be showered by hundreds of feet of broken glass when the Earth moves)

Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

"What I know [about the art of the sword] boils down to this:  If you see a guy running at you with a sword, put two rounds in his chest to slow him down, then one into his brain to finish him off".  Aaron Allston, _Sidhe Devil_

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chuck Youse <cyouse at serialtechnologies.com>
> On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 20:04 -0400, mike delyea wrote:
> > A bit of French also helps.  I don't know if you guys in the
> > U.S. have "voir dire" but you better bring your lawyer ( and then
> > dispose of him/her).
> 
> Of course we do!  We have juries like everyone else, the Constitution
> guarantees it.. but come to think of it, the Constitution also
> guarantees against unreasonable searches, and our right to bear arms,
> and due process, habeas corpus .... hmm, but the PATRIOT Act and other
> nonsense these days don't pay any attention to that.
> 
> Funny how the folks in middle America are all pissed off and ready to
> hand over their rights in an attempt to ward off terrorism, all because
> of this World Trade Center thing.  Meanwhile those of us in New York
> City (we were the ones violated, folks, and we still have a gaping hole
> in the ground and people with debilitating respiratory ailments as a
> result of that whole plane thing) are appalled at what the government is
> getting away with under the guise of protecting freedom.  It's very
> Orwellian - give up our freedoms to protect freedom.  Patrick Henry is
> rolling over in his grave.  Disgusting.
> 
> Oh my, I haven't even had anything to drink.  Don't mind me.
> 
> And by the way, French isn't ALL that useful.  If you're using your
> French to discern the meaning of "voir dire," you've probably got it
> wrong ... At the least "voir" part.. ;)
> 
> A bientot,
> C.
> 
> 
> 
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