A question for the cigarette smokers:
So, have you noticed in the last nine months or so that the cellophane on the ciggie packs is wrapped much tighter than usual? And the little part you’re supposed to pull to open them is often sealed shut?
I’ve noticed this, on both my brand and other people’s brands, both in California and in Wyoming. I usually end up cutting the wrapping off with a knife.
I’m wondering if this is subtle Obama-administration social engineering to try to get people to quit?
That may sound tin-foil hat, but consider the fact that Barry “no new taxes” Obama has a “Regulatory Czar” Cass Sunstein, who was behind raising the tax on smokes by a dollar a pack. This was ostensibly to pay for all the glorious new things the Democrats have “given” us, but also to “nudge” people toward Obama’s glorious vision of a smoke-free fat-free gun-free hippie zombie American public.
Cass Sunstein wrote a book called Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
The book is basically about the left’s plan to “nudge” us into health. Sunstein is also very anti-gun, anti-meat, wants to outlaw hunting, and wants to give animals human “legal rights” so they can sue us. Among a bunch of other similar things.
Cass Sunstein says of the word “Nudge” in the book’s title:
By a nudge we mean anything that influences our choices. A school cafeteria might try to nudge kids toward good diets by putting the healthiest foods at front. We think that it’s time for institutions, including government, to become much more user-friendly by enlisting the science of choice to make life easier for people and by gentling nudging them in directions that will make their lives better.
I know smoking is bad, but don’t want some academic bureaucrat in Washington deciding what I can do in my home in Wyoming. He calls it a “nudge”, I call it “1984-esque social engineering” …. by people who gently tyrannize the majority because they “know what’s best for us.”
Cass Sunstein has a really big head, so he MUST be smarter than us.
And I know how leftie these bastards work. They get an inch, then they go for a mile.
Also, Sunstein is Jewish, so he must certainly be aware of the Yiddish slang “nudge” (click here for audio of correct pronunciation).
I think that’s what he was really going for in his book title, and in all his work for Obama:
| http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nudge–verb (used with object) 1. to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood. –verb (used without object) 2. to nag, whine, or carp. –noun 3. a person who nudges; pest. |
“Nudge” is from the same root as the Yiddish word nudnick:
MWD
What I don’t undertand is after all the things that have gone on over the history of time in regards to the Jewish Heritage, how come you still see Jewish people supporting the exact type of oppression that was used against them for so many generations?
.. and that’s “Some” Jewish people, not all.
Dunno. I always wonder that myself. For such a strong, independent people who have survived so much shit, there certainly seem to be a lot of leftist activist nanny state Jews.
I’m a member of the Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership, and they’re against all this crap.
http://www.jpfo.org/
MWD
I haven’t noticed the cellophane on the regular cigarettes because I switched to a brand manufactured by a native american tribe as soon as the new taxes were enacted. Any way to deny the government more tax revenue!!
I noticed something similar in regards to traffic control. Ever wonder why sometimes, late at night, you’re driving and coming up to a lone light? You can see it a mile out. Then, just as you get close to it, the thing turns red. Why? There’s no car waiting to go. It’s because they want to slow you down. Or there’s a cop sitting on the other side waiting for someone to run it.
In Pennsylvania we have a law regarding takeout beer from bars and restaurants- they limit you to two sixpacks. You can come back and buy as many as you like, but you can only carry 2 out at a time.
When government can’t outright force people into compliance, they annoy them into compliance.
Tobacco is under state law, not federal. I don’t understand how Obama is to blame in this situation.
TS:
While there are state laws,
There are many federal tobacco laws:
http://www.law.capital.edu/Tobacco/federal_laws.asp
Think (or search) before you post.
Moreover, the whole Obama administration isn’t paying a lot of attention to what they can do, they’re just doing it.
See this link:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/dec/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2009
MWD
Michael, your post dealt with the packaging of cigarettes. That’s what I was referring to when I said that tobacco is under state law. All of the federal laws for tobacco are pre-Obama. So, again, how is he to blame?
Constitutionally, there’s no a reason requirement for health care should be under Federal law, but they’re taking it there.
MWD
i wonder whether the president’s smokes open-up easier… although, i presume he’s got an assistant to handle them for him. great new blog, man!
Thanks Mark, that’s an honor coming from you!
Does Barry Obama still smoke? I bet he’s still on again / off again, and trying to punish everyone else for his filthy habit.
MWD
Do as I say Children, NOT as I do.
-Robert H.
Really enjoying the new blog!
That sunstien fellow is a real peice of shit…I was just complaining the other day that this is supposed to be a free republic and as such, we shouldn’t have people with the title “czar”…but you know what? Nobody asked for them, nobody elected them…they just showed up one day and started exerting power over us. I think Czar is a pretty good moniker for such a person.
You can “nudge” all you want, fathead; but don’t act suprised suprised if free people nudge back….