Discrimination of Smokers (where is my alcohol free lane)

Ok, where to start.
I was under the impression that when the TV took off the ads for tobacco off that it also took the alcohol companies ads off. But now I see hard liquor and now Beer commercials on the television.

Why is not RJR suing under the discrimination law on this. I think that if the alcohol companies can advertise then the tobacco companies should be allowed.

Just heard on the BBC that the WHO (World Health Org) is trying to make harsher rules in other countries on tobacco.

This all just makes me MAD... I think that alcohol cause much more damage to people than smoking.


You don't see a smoker on Skid Row with loss of Job, Home and Family but alcohol will and does cause all of the above. Alcoholism is just like smoking as it is a slow killing machine with many days and or years in hospital after many years of use.

Why are not people going as hard and heavy after the alcohol companies as they are going after the tobacco companies? I think this is unjust and very discriminatory....

3 cases in point (personal experiences)
1. Standing in grocery check out line. Man in front of me with case of beer and 2 bottles of hard liquor. Checker says nothing to him at all.
I get to checker and she says to me. "you know that those cigarettes are bad for you and you should quit". I reply, "Why are you so concerned about me smoking when you just let a customer with a large alcohol purchase check through and you said nothing to him about the dangers of drinking or that he should quit? I should sue you for discrimination." If you are not going to tell everyone about the harm of DRINKING then you should not be telling anyone about the harm of smoking.

2. Checking in at boarding area of Plane. Boarding lady says "Oh you are a smoker (smelled it on my clothes) you should quit" I say "when you smell alcohol on someone do you say the same thing about drinking?" she says "no" I say then why would you say anything to me about smoking. I should you sue your for discrimination. Again why would people give caution to smokers and not to drinkers. This is just unacceptable.

3. Last case in point. Boss always telling me I should quit smoking. Asked boss why he always harasses me about smoking, He says that he is concerned for my health. Ask boss if he is concerned about other employees health. He says yes. I say "then why do you let 2 employees sit at the bar from opening to closing every day drinking till they are drunk and say nothing to them about drinking and quitting?" "until you start harassing them about drinking don't come harass me about smoking." Boss never again said anything about my smoking and also never did anything about the alcoholics in his employee...

What is wrong with these three examples....??

They say that smoking is more dangerous than drinking. But I have yet to see (just a smoker) kill people with a vehicle when he has had too much to smoke... I have never seen a smoker not go to work and get fired from his job from smoking...
Loose his house and family because of smoking.

What RJR needs is ads that compare smoking to drinking. And wake up the country to get on the Band Wagon to stop drinking. Since neither one are illegal It either needs to be a fair across the board against both or shut up and leave the both alone.

They make smoke free zones. Where is my drunk free driving lane???? I take my life in my hands every time I get behind the wheel. There is no drive safe place for me. I run the risk of getting hit by a drunk driver every time I get on the road.
Drinkers are obnoxious,
Drinkers are always in fights
Drinkers are dangerous behind the wheel of a car
Drinkers are Wife and child abusers

You can't say this across the board about smokers.

About the below stats. I am a bit worried about the 2nd leading cause of death here: Poor diet and Inactivity. Does that mean that soon the companies will demand that we eat right and exercise or be fired from our jobs because we are a high medical risk for their company? already some states suport the right of the employer to fire anyone who smokes even on their own time. There are only 22 states at the moment who suport the Persons individual rights.

WHERE WILL IT ALL END. !!!!!!!!!
THIS SHOULD SCARE THE BEGEBIES OUT OF YOU!!!!!
WE ARE SLOWLY LOOSING ALL THE RIGHTS OUR FOREFATHERS
FOUGHT FOR AND MADE FOR US.
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE SEATBELT LAW.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS *****
TO HAVE THE PRIVILAGE OF DOING THIS******
FILL IN THE BLANK..
THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY
THE 10%ERS RULE

The leading causes of death in 2000 (the latest figures available) show alcohol consumption the third highest cause of death in the country.

The Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 19, 2005, Vol. 293, No. 3, p. 298, reported on the leading causes of death in the United States:

• Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths)
• Poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%)
• Alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%)
  
  (Note: 16,653 deaths from alcohol-related vehicle crashes are included in both Alcohol consumption above and Motor vehicle crashes below.)

Good reading about smoking and alcohol related illnesses. Seems that most of them have the two in common for risk factors.

Risk Factors for Larynx Cancer

Alcohol

Alcohol: Use of alcohol as a disease risk factor
Condition count: 36; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes: alcoholism (36)
Risk factor classes: Alcoholism (36)
Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

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Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Alcohol' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

Alcoholic liver disease ... Alcohol, Alcoholism

Alcoholism ... family history of alcoholism, inappropriate alcohol use in family, inappropriate alcohol use by friends

B

Beriberi ... alcoholism

Breast Cancer ... excessive alcohol

C

Cancer ... Alcohol

Cardiomyopathy ... alcoholism

Cluster headache ... alcohol

Colorectal cancer ... alcohol

D

Drowning ... alcohol

Dupuytren's contracture ... alcoholism

E

Esophagus Cancer ... excessive alcohol

F

Folate deficiency ... alcohol abuse

G

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... alcohol

Gout ... excessive alcohol, alcoholism

H

Heartburn ... alcoholism

Hepatoma ... alcohol, alcoholism

Hypertension ... alcohol, alcoholism

L

Laryngitis ... alcohol abuse

Larynx Cancer ... excessive alcohol

Learning disabilities ... alcohol during pregnancy

M

Melioidosis ... alcoholism

O

Oral cancer ... excessive alcohol

Osteoporosis ... excessive alcohol

P

Pancreatic cancer ... alcoholism

Pancreatitis ... alcoholism

Peptic Ulcer ... alcohol, alcoholism

Pneumonia ... alcoholism

R

Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... chronic alcohol abuse

S

Scurvy ... alcoholism

Stomach cancer ... alcohol, alcoholism

Stroke ... heavy alcohol consumption

Subdural hematoma ... alcoholism

Suicide ... alcohol abuse

T

Thiamine deficiency ... alcoholism

Transient Ischemic Attack ... heavy alcohol use, alcoholism

Tuberculosis ... alcoholism

Smoking

Smoking: Smoking as a risk factor for diseases or medical conditions
Condition count: 64; see list of conditions below.
Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

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Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Smoking' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

Abruptio Placentae ... smoking

Age-related macular degeneration ... smoking

Aneurysm ... smoking

Angina ... smoking

Asbestos poisoning ... smoking

Asbestosis ... smoking

Atherosclerosis ... smoking

B

Bacterial meningitis ... cigarrette smoke

Bladder Cancer ... tobacco, pipe smoking, cigar smoking, smoking

Buerger's disease ... smoking

C

Cancer ... chewing tobacco, snuff, tobacco, cigar smoking, pipe smoking, smoking

Carbon monoxide poisoning ... environmental tobacco smoke

Cardiomyopathy ... smoking

Cardiovascular diseases ... passive smoke, cigarette smoking

Cataracts ... smoking

Cerebral Arteriosclerosis ... smoking

Cervical Cancer ... passive smoke, smoking

Chronic Bronchitis ... smoking

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... cigarette smoking

Cluster headache ... smoking

Colorectal cancer ... smoking

Coronary heart disease ... smoking

Crohn's disease ... smoking

D

Deep vein thrombosis ... smoking

Depression ... smokers who quit

Depressive disorders ... smoking

E

Emphysema ... smoking

Esophagus Cancer ... smokeless tobacco, Tobacco, Smoking

F

Familial emphysema ... smoking

G

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... smoking

Glaucoma ... smoking

H

Heart attack ... Cigarette smoking

Heart block ... smoking

Heart disease ... smoking

Heart failure ... smoking

Heartburn ... smoking

I

Impotence ... smoking

K

Kidney Cancer ... Tobacco, smoking

L

Laryngitis ... excessive smoking

Larynx Cancer ... cigarette smoking

Learning disabilities ... smoking during pregnancy

Legionnaires' disease ... cigarette smokers

Lung cancer ... passive smoking, cigar smoking, pipe smoking, smoking

M

Meningitis ... cigarrette smoke

Meningococcal disease ... cigarrette smoke

Mesothelioma ... smoking

Mouth conditions ... smoking

O

Open-angle glaucoma ... smoking

Oral cancer ... chewing tobacco, snuff, cigars, pipes, tobacco, smoking

Osteoporosis ... cigarette smoking

P

Pancreatic cancer ... smoking

Peptic Ulcer ... smoking

Peripheral vascular disease ... smoking

Pneumococcal meningitis ... cigarrette smoke

Pneumonia ... smoking

Pontiac fever ... cigarette smokers

Pulmonary embolism ... smoking

S

Stomach cancer ... smoking

Stroke ... cigarette smoking

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... passive cigarette smoke, smoking during pregnancy

Superficial thrombophlebitis ... smoking

T

Thromboembolism ... smoking

Thrombosis ... smoking

Transient Ischemic Attack ... cigarette smoking

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Google Now Has PHONE Search. (NOT GOOD)

this is really true..I tried it..since my phone number is unlisted ..private..it does not show mine..but I tried my mom's number and it showed a map to her house.

please do the block thing for your safety and the children.

Google has implemented a new feature wherein you can type someone's telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will be given a map to their house. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked.


Before forwarding this, I tested it by typing my telephone number in google.com.


My phone number came up, and when I clicked on the Map Quest link, it actually mapped out where I live.


Look up your own number. Think about it--if a child, ANYONE gives out his/her phone number, someone can actually now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious.


In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: http://www.google.com/ Type your phone number in the search bar and hit enter.
The button for this is RIGHT ON THE MAIN PAGE BEFORE THE SEARCH BUTTON!!!!


If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information here is the link to the form http://www.google.com/help/pbremoval.html Google PhoneBook Name Removal
Or if your # shows up you can do a removal on that page towards the bottom of page.


Removal takes 48-hours. If you are unlisted in the phone book, you might not be in there, but it is a good idea just to check. If your number does come up if you hit map, it will show you a direct map to your house.

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Reading Test Passed and GED Taken

See below for history.

Well, Son took the GED (that he needs by may ) to continue in Jr. College. Won't know the results for 2 weeks.
He said that is was like the College test he took but easier. So I have great feelings about this and know that he did well.

He retook the Reading placement test for College Wed last and missed by 4 points (need an 80) then took the timed one (need 41) this last Monday and got a 43 so we are on our way doing college courses that he needs to be doing, to get a degree as a Physical Education Teacher.

There is an excelerated Psychology class that is a requirement for the degree that he is doing and will register tomorrow. It starts March 21 to June 1st. this will be his first College Course with credits (3). So only 9 more credits to go for the 12 required to transfer over to Sam Houston Uni. So he should be on track and ready (almost 1 semester ahead) by August. Now if he could just deceide which College he is going to... Kids.

All is good in the money Dept also.. He has a Pell Grant for this year but you have to apply every semester. But no doubt that it won't be a problem. And no crunch time this time for me. We are on the Yellow Brick Road and doing well.

Hang that stupid High School and them thinking they could ruin his education chances. idiots.


read on (updates)

Son Passed and now has his GED. (Feb 2005) What a road this has been. Alot was learned. Especially that there is no child, that really wants to go to College, than can not do so. There is a really good system inplace (with a little research and paperwork) that will alow any child regardless of income, to further their education. There is no excuse what so ever for a child to not go to college.

(History)
School System-Problelms
Ready for the Funny Farm
Son Finally in Jr. College

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Worm targets MSN Messenger users!

Worm targets MSN Messenger users!
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/feb/03msn.htm

February 03, 2005 17:45 IST

A new variant of Bropia worm is doing the rounds through MSN Messenger, a popular instant messaging platform.

Trend Micro has issued a 'medium risk' alert on the worm, which attempts to send copies of itself in different filenames to all online contacts, pretending to be alluring images. What users get is a comical photo of a roasted chicken with a bikini tan line!

The worm also bears the Agobot worm as part of its payload, capable of opening backdoor on infected systems. Instances of this worm attack have been reported from Taiwan, China, Korea, and the US.

The Worm_Bropia.F leaves a copy of itself in the Windows system folder, and then tries to propagate to other MSN Messenger users by sending a copy of itself under one of these filenames: Bedroom-thongs.pif, Hot.pif , LMAO.pif , LOL.scr Naked_drunk.pif, New_webcam.pif, ROFL.pif, Underwear. Pif and Webcam.pif.

The worm also executes a file called 'sexy.jpg', which displays a photo of a chicken that appears to have cooked in the oven with its bathing suit on.

Once it has infected a system, the worm drops a bot program that Trend Micro detects as Worm_Agobot.ajc, which drops a backdoor into the infected system, and may allow commands to be executed from a remote malicious user.

Worm_Agobot.ajc can also steal the Windows Product ID, as well as the CD keys of certain applications.

"Many corporations have been blocking use of instant messenger programs for employee productivity reasons, and now may have good cause to do so for security reasons as well," commented Joe Hartmann, senior virus researcher for Trend Micro Inc.

"With the popularity of instant messengers, it may be the home users who are most at risk as this worm uses humour to make people forget that they are being infected and backdoors are being opened into their systems."

Worm _Bropia.F arrives in a file about 184 KB in size. It affects Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP platforms.

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Mr. M Jackson is in the news again

Well, here we are at the onset of Mr. Jackson's Trial.

My personal opinion is that he is being railroaded just like Mrs. Stewart was. Only I am hoping that the out come will be better for Mr. Jackson.

Why is it that this country has it out for People who do the most good and are not in the news for "Doing Bad" but in there as to the good that they do? Why is it that the majority of people in this country hate to see some one do well and progress up the ladder of success (not on the backs of others or over others) but on their own merit?

There are many famous people out there that have done far worse things than either Mr. Jackson or Mrs. Stewart (were or are accused o)f but you don't see them being drug over the coals of the justice system or the media.

Everyone is out for a buck or two and want to cause harm or deferment to a persons integrity these days. It is unforgivable....

When the neighbor comes down and ashes me to keep my child out of their tree (because he is afraid of a law suite if the child should get hurt) there is something very wrong in our "Society" (opus there is that word again LOL)

When co-workers are afraid to complement or just have a civil conversation with one another (for fear of a sexual harassment suite) There is something very wrong in our "Society"

When there is an accident and the people immediately hire a "Crook Lawyer" instead of first trying to handling it through the insurance Company (that is what we pay insurance for - for the Companies to handle the accidents for us) There is something very wrong in our "Society"

When the media actually deems you "Guilty" or "Not" before you even go to trial.. There is something very wrong in our "Society"

So back to Mr. Jackson and the millions of dollars that both he and the "State of California" are going to spend to take this to trial...

I am glad that "Broke" California has all that money to burn.... The same goes for The Mr. "Barretta" trial and the Simpson Trial....

I am not saying that they should not have their day in court to prove or disapprove the allegations. Just.... that because of the Media hype and all it is going to cost the Taxpayers more money than if it was just Mr. John Doe on trial for the same thing. Something is wrong with our "Society"...

I Have watched the progress of Mr. Jackson since his first days on TV with his Brothers.
I am appalled with what they had to go through with a "show Biz" father but I do realize that parents must do what they can to forward the career of their children (Children seldom have the push or drive or the sense to see way into the future) and parents can see the big picture and know that in the end the child should be grateful for the pushing...(although I know not all children are) But stating this I am reminded that before the 60's a child's career was much more abused by the parents than in recent times. (thank goodness for some protective laws that have come into effect)

Who knows though that the pushing, etc. from his dad was not what was required in molding him into the Child loving and giving person he has become.
I don't t hink he would or could molest or abuse a child. Usually when people have gone through this in their Child Hood it is not feasible that they could treat someone like they had been treated. Regardless of the 10%ers that are on telly saying that the reason they are bad is because of their upbringing.... Bull Pucky.... They, like most of the young people now days, just want someone to blame for things they do and will not take ownership of their actions...

But the bottom line ( and what I always tell my sons) "It really does not matter what the people on earth say or do to you". "God knows all and you will either be punished or redeemed in the end times for what you do or don't do and be persecuted for"

I am remembering a part from the Bible that says two or more must witness the crime for it to be considered and than just not 1 person can bring charges against you. It does not say anything about circumstantial evidence. It says 2 or more persons....

I know that in this day and age of Forensic Investigation one can get better proof of a crime.
Look at all the accused sex offenders now getting released because the new evidence proves they did not do the crime. Look at the bull evidence that put them behind bars before the new technology.

It is a sad world we live in when a group of people can get together and plot to bring down someone they don't like or want money from.

I want to say to those boys that are the accusers that "Remember that God knows all and that
you should be very careful". There have been a few case in the news of children accusing their dads of abuse and when the child grows up they confess that the adults around them corkscrews them into a falsehood. I sure hope that this case is not like that and that Mr. Jackson has his integrity spoilt and possible jail time and then the grown kid comes back and confesses that they were manipulated by an adult.

I have seen sex harassment charges brought on people just because the person bringing the charges did not like them. And instead of researching it to the hilt they act as if the person is guilty right off...And after the person is finale found not guilty the stigma still goes with them through out life. We as responsible people (especially the media) should really look at and weigh the evidence before OPENING MOUTH to accuse.

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