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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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17 Aug 2006 08:42:18 PM |
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Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
The government had asked the judge to make the companies pay $10
billion for smoking cessation programs, though the Justice
Department's own expert said $130 billion was needed.
That reduction in recommended remedies led to accusations that Robert
McCallum, an associate attorney general appointed by President Bush,
had tried to weaken the case.
However, an internal Justice Department investigation cleared him of
wrongdoing, saying he was supporting a figure he thought could be
sustained on appeal.
McCallum currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Australia.
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The suit was first filed in 1999 under the Clinton administration.
The Bush administration pursued it after receiving early criticism for
openly discussing the case's perceived weaknesses and attempting
unsuccessfully to settle it.
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The defendants in the federal lawsuit were: Philip Morris USA Inc. and
its parent, Altria Group Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Co.; British American Tobacco Ltd.; Lorillard
Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; Counsel for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.;
and the now-defunct Tobacco Institute.
From The Associated Press, 8/17/06:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/08/17/ap2957647.html
Associated Press
Judge: Tobacco Firms Deceived Smokers
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the nation's top cigarette makers
violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the
health hazards of smoking, but said she couldn't order them to pay the
billions of dollars the government had sought.
______________________________________________
Proving, once again, that if you're a big tobacco company, crime does
pay.
Harry
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| User: "ViperSpit" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
17 Aug 2006 09:17:28 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pv6ae2d3eieid77sudhdd4fvvql5da00ji@4ax.com...
HEY HARRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIBERAL BUDDY WHO KILLED
JONBENET RAMSEY ?????
HAVE YOU POSTED ANY LINK REGARDING THIS ***** UP FROM YOUR LIBERAL
BUDDY ?
I think between this liberal murder and the thousands murdered by Clinton in
Kosovo, you might want to take
a double take on American heroes kicking terrorist asses in Iraq you
dumbfuck Pinko.
heh heh
Spit
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| User: "The PretZel" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
18 Aug 2006 01:34:44 AM |
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On 2006-08-17 19:17:28 -0700, "ViperSpit" <liberalsewer@snakeden.net> said:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pv6ae2d3eieid77sudhdd4fvvql5da00ji@4ax.com...
HEY HARRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIBERAL BUDDY WHO KILLED
JONBENET RAMSEY ?????
Yawn. Isn't it amazing how Rightards magically know the party and
ideological affiliation of any suspect hitting the news? DiaperShit
doesn't know how to focus on the posts' topic. Maybe your alter-ego
wife blow-up doll can help, eh?
HAVE YOU POSTED ANY LINK REGARDING THIS ***** UP FROM YOUR LIBERAL
BUDDY ?
Child molestation and murder is a Repug trait, Diaper.
I think between this liberal murder and the thousands murdered by
Clinton in Kosovo, you might want to take
a double take on American heroes kicking terrorist asses in Iraq you
dumbfuck Pinko.
NATO are murderers? Didn't they fight against and keep in-check the
Soviet Union?
heh heh
Spit
Screwing your blow-up doll "wife"?
--
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their
own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their
notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."
- Thomas Jefferson
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
20 Aug 2006 10:20:21 PM |
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ViperSpit wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pv6ae2d3eieid77sudhdd4fvvql5da00ji@4ax.com...
HEY HARRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIBERAL BUDDY WHO KILLED
JONBENET RAMSEY ?????
HAVE YOU POSTED ANY LINK REGARDING THIS ***** UP FROM YOUR LIBERAL
BUDDY ?
I think between this liberal murder and the thousands murdered by Clinton in
Kosovo, you might want to take
a double take on American heroes kicking terrorist asses in Iraq you
dumbfuck Pinko.
heh heh
Spit
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/top/5_1_WA17_ADAMS_S10817.htm
Green Oaks mayor indicted on 33 counts of child pornography
WAUKEGAN --
A Lake County grand jury Wednesday indicted Thomas Adams, longtime
Green Oaks mayor and former chairman of the Lake County Republican
Central Committee, on 33 counts of possession and distribution of
child pornography.
...
heh heh
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| User: "Ken Lovering" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
18 Aug 2006 02:03:12 AM |
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..................and...........if you didn't know............you sure the
***** knew once you inhaled.
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pv6ae2d3eieid77sudhdd4fvvql5da00ji@4ax.com...
The government had asked the judge to make the companies pay $10
billion for smoking cessation programs, though the Justice
Department's own expert said $130 billion was needed.
That reduction in recommended remedies led to accusations that Robert
McCallum, an associate attorney general appointed by President Bush,
had tried to weaken the case.
However, an internal Justice Department investigation cleared him of
wrongdoing, saying he was supporting a figure he thought could be
sustained on appeal.
McCallum currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Australia.
.............................................................................
.........................................
The suit was first filed in 1999 under the Clinton administration.
The Bush administration pursued it after receiving early criticism for
openly discussing the case's perceived weaknesses and attempting
unsuccessfully to settle it.
.............................................................................
...................................
The defendants in the federal lawsuit were: Philip Morris USA Inc. and
its parent, Altria Group Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Co.; British American Tobacco Ltd.; Lorillard
Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; Counsel for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.;
and the now-defunct Tobacco Institute.
From The Associated Press, 8/17/06:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/08/17/ap2957647.html
Associated Press
Judge: Tobacco Firms Deceived Smokers
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the nation's top cigarette makers
violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the
health hazards of smoking, but said she couldn't order them to pay the
billions of dollars the government had sought.
______________________________________________
Proving, once again, that if you're a big tobacco company, crime does
pay.
Harry
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| User: "john" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
17 Aug 2006 10:06:21 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
The government had asked the judge to make the companies pay $10
billion for smoking cessation programs, though the Justice
Department's own expert said $130 billion was needed.
That reduction in recommended remedies led to accusations that Robert
McCallum, an associate attorney general appointed by President Bush,
had tried to weaken the case.
However, an internal Justice Department investigation cleared him of
wrongdoing, saying he was supporting a figure he thought could be
sustained on appeal.
McCallum currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Australia.
....................................................................................................................
The suit was first filed in 1999 under the Clinton administration.
The Bush administration pursued it after receiving early criticism for
openly discussing the case's perceived weaknesses and attempting
unsuccessfully to settle it.
..............................................................................................................
The defendants in the federal lawsuit were: Philip Morris USA Inc. and
its parent, Altria Group Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Co.; British American Tobacco Ltd.; Lorillard
Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; Counsel for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.;
and the now-defunct Tobacco Institute.
From The Associated Press, 8/17/06:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/08/17/ap2957647.html
Associated Press
Judge: Tobacco Firms Deceived Smokers
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the nation's top cigarette makers
violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the
health hazards of smoking, but said she couldn't order them to pay the
billions of dollars the government had sought.
______________________________________________
Proving, once again, that if you're a big tobacco company, crime does
pay.
Harry
The US Army got a lot of soldiers hooked on cigarettes.
Dad, who joined in 1934, said they gave them cigarettes. Most recruits
never smoked prior to joining the Army, at least at Camp Jackson, near
Tullahoma, Tn, at least. Apparently the nicotine was seen as an
effective way to increase performance and cut appetites.
Dad dies from the addiction to cigarettes that caused lung cancer then
metastasized into cancer of the meninges. It was a horrible death.
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| User: "Ken Lovering" |
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| Title: Re: Tobacco companies get away with murder..literally |
18 Aug 2006 02:02:32 AM |
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It's total *****. I was in high school 68-72 and could pamphlets from the
government on the harms of smoking back then.
There is nobody alive today, who didn't know.
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pv6ae2d3eieid77sudhdd4fvvql5da00ji@4ax.com...
The government had asked the judge to make the companies pay $10
billion for smoking cessation programs, though the Justice
Department's own expert said $130 billion was needed.
That reduction in recommended remedies led to accusations that Robert
McCallum, an associate attorney general appointed by President Bush,
had tried to weaken the case.
However, an internal Justice Department investigation cleared him of
wrongdoing, saying he was supporting a figure he thought could be
sustained on appeal.
McCallum currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Australia.
.............................................................................
.........................................
The suit was first filed in 1999 under the Clinton administration.
The Bush administration pursued it after receiving early criticism for
openly discussing the case's perceived weaknesses and attempting
unsuccessfully to settle it.
.............................................................................
...................................
The defendants in the federal lawsuit were: Philip Morris USA Inc. and
its parent, Altria Group Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Co.; British American Tobacco Ltd.; Lorillard
Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; Counsel for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.;
and the now-defunct Tobacco Institute.
From The Associated Press, 8/17/06:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/08/17/ap2957647.html
Associated Press
Judge: Tobacco Firms Deceived Smokers
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the nation's top cigarette makers
violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the
health hazards of smoking, but said she couldn't order them to pay the
billions of dollars the government had sought.
______________________________________________
Proving, once again, that if you're a big tobacco company, crime does
pay.
Harry
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