Stupid Court Judgements, Tax Cuts and The Vic!

Ramblings-A superior court in Los Angeles yesterday awarded a 56 year old man dying of lung cancer $3 billion yesterday. The man, who doctors give 6 months to a year to live, says he isn't that worried about collecting the money. Rather, he says, he wanted to fire a shot at Phillip Morris because they misled him.

I am 40 years old. As long as I can remember, cigarette smoking has been bad for your health and warnings have been issued about those hazards. If the plaintiff started smoking when he was 16, he has had 40 years to kick the habit. Now I smoke the occasional cigarette, while enjoying some cold beer. And I will be the first to admit that quitting smoking is a very hard thing to do. Hard, but not impossible. I saw my father stop “cold turkey”. My grandmother also kicked the habit.

So why do the courts in this country continue to punish cigarette makers when they are selling a completely legal product? It's simple. If you don't want the health problems associated with smoking, then don't smoke. If you already do smoke-stop. Our litigious society has basically made responsibility for one self a thing of the past. It's time we all exercised some self control and quit blaming everyone and everything else for our shortfalls.

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Kudos to the President for getting his tax cut legislation passed and signed into law. I'm sure the administration will take all kinds of shots from the democrats. But the fact that after 10 years of being overtaxed in order to keep the budget “balanced” we finally will get some relief for at least a few years!

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I went to Victory Field last night to catch the Indians play. The “Vic” is such a nice little ballpark. But other than Win a Car night or Fireworks night, there never seems to be much of a crowd there. I know there are lots of things to do in Indy these days. But on a very nice late spring evening, sitting and watching a baseball game was ideal. I know the Tribe has not been playing very well of late, but they did win the AAA World Series last year and for at least this week have been winning. Go out and support the team. It's a great place to take the family or for a guys night out.