Evil, Part I
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">From our forum we publish this multi-part, exceptional posting from Mr. Winston Smith. </span></span></p>
Drivelling Democrats: a European’s View
<p align="justify">In a debate recently held in New Hampshire, all the major Democratic candidates for president came out in favour of a national smoking ban that completely obliterates the rights of 60 million American smokers who, as we know, have no rights at all because they are second-class citizens.</p>
Perpetual Surveillance
<p align="justify">Two Stalinists got together in London to promote the brave new world of saturation surveillance. They say that people just love the grid of cameras recording every one of their day-to-day-activities.</p>
Who’s a Dummy?
<p align="justify">No talking. No eating. Not even a glass of water. No music either. Act like a crash dummy, you must be a dummy in your car, your part has been assigned. This is the latest official "health and safety" advisory from the United Kingdom.</p>
Marriott Hotels: a Bust Within a Boom
<p align="justify">Marriott share values plunge as profits decline. Future earnings are forecast to remain below Wall Street expectations. </p>
Hobbled Minds
<p align="justify">It’s said that he who attends a lame person learns how to hobble along. In other words, sharing experience with another or others may influence one’s own perceptions and behaviour: for example, if one spends most of his time with softheaded folks, after a few years he’ll have a good chance of becoming a cuckoo himself. </p>
Freedom to Breathe Act and the Tobacco Law Center
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1">FORCES USA President Maryetta Ables gives us the background on the Freedom to Breathe Act in Minnesota and tells how this relates to anti-smoking activities nationally and internationally.</font></p>
Hawaii tells Japan: ‘OK to smoke’
<p align="justify">A government-backed marketing campaign to reassure Japanese tourists that they can still smoke in Hawaii has lit up a public health row in the US islands.</p>
A Pub Owner With Two Fists
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt">The trash science-based smoking ban in </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">England</span><span style="font-size: 8pt"> has several challengers, but few with the intelligence of Nick Hogan.</span></p>
SCHIP Has Been Vetoed
<p align="justify">As expected, President Bush has vetoed the children’s health care bill known as SCHIP, and as expected the Democrats vow to override, a political posture with little chance of actual success.</p>