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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Civil rights leader

Posted at 6:11 AM | Permalink

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I think people that smoke are not too smart. I think smoking should be banned from all commerical buildings. I think smoking should be banned from all movies. So, if Sleeepy Ted gets us accustomed to funding things from cig taxes, how do we fund these activities if the gubmint's goal of abolishing smoking is successful? I am voting NO.

Posted by pdxjim | October 14, 2007 8:42 AM

Wow. Seeing Joe Camel after all these years is really shocking.

Whoever designed that thing was able to squeeze in cartoon genitalia from both sexes pretty well. There's something for everybody in Joe Camel's face.

Must ... resist .... urge .... to start .... smoking .... again!!

Posted by none | October 14, 2007 9:51 AM

The Statesman Journal editorial say we should vote YES because tobacco has spent $10M. That is the only reason they give. Even for them, that is lazy.

Posted by Mike | October 14, 2007 2:03 PM

I wanna live forever, I ride my bike next to cement trucks because the government gives me the right of way.I ride mass transit because the government says it's safe. Im gonna live to be 93 because i donn't smoke cant you see. I wanna live in a condo in downtown because exhaust doesn't bother me the way those evil smokers do

Posted by ace | October 14, 2007 7:08 PM

One of the all-time "The train has left the station" moments comes when one of the actors in a No on 50 commercial exclaims, "Well I'm not gonna let them start messing with our Constitution now!" High comedy.

Posted by stanton | October 14, 2007 11:08 PM

Something about all the ads suggests that the characters in them are smokers. You can almost smell the cigarette stink.

Check out this gal from one of the flyers. Are those hands poised for a smoke or what?

Posted by Jack Bog | October 14, 2007 11:20 PM

Here's another one:

Enjoy your smokes, ladies!

Posted by Jack Bog | October 14, 2007 11:25 PM

OK, so for years my wife and I make easy work of wading through dozens of confusing referendums by voting "no" if it seeks to amend the constitution to accomplish something that seems legislative in nature. My wife's first reaction on seeing Measure 50 is the same - wanting to vote no simply because of the Constitutional aspects of it (and she wasn't even swayed by Joe Camel's TV ads, as she doesn't even watch TV). So what do I tell her? Why is this a Constitutional amendment rather than a statutory change? I pored thru the voters' pamphlet this weekend and had reviewed the supporters' websites but found nothing to explain why it was framed this way.

Posted by Rich | October 15, 2007 11:08 AM

i have a modest proposal:

eliminate "corporate freedom of speech."

ban all campaigning or support of campaigns by for-profit corporations. forever. maybe recently created nonprofits too.

based on the last 30-40 years, that'd eliminate nearly all deceptive ballot measure advertising of this kind.

Posted by ecohuman.com | October 15, 2007 1:01 PM

I think the pro-measure 50 commercials that show that little girl with cancer are just as shameful as anything the tobacco lobby has sponsored. Its all getting creepy.

Posted by Jon | October 15, 2007 8:52 PM

What we have here is a great example of the perfect being the enemy of the merely good.

In a perfect world, we would not have to amend the Oregon constitution to increase the tax on cigarettes. In a perfect world, health insurance would be provided for everyone who can't pay for it, including the children targeted by Measure 50.

But in a perfect world, tobacco would be classified as a Schedule II drug by the DEA and you'd get busted for possessing a pack of cigarettes, let alone smoking them.

So nothing's perfect and our elected representatives don't have the guts to ban the sale of tobacco, so instead they use it as a source of funding for health care. Makes sense to me. Cigarettes make you sick, so tax them to help make people well.

I think we should apply the same reasoning to television and funding for schools.

Posted by Gil Johnson | October 15, 2007 9:57 PM

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Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
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J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
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Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
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Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
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D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
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La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
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Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
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Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

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