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To: pompsander who wrote (746880)	8/3/2006 5:04:57 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769670

No...alcohol, gambling and tobacco are legal products....enough of the nanny state... J.

To: pompsander who wrote (746880)	8/3/2006 5:42:31 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

three losers: two old fool losers and an young loser Carter - Mondale Teaming Up Again E-MailPrint Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: August 3, 2006 Filed at 5:09 p.m. ET CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Former President Carter and his vice president, Walter Mondale, are teaming up again -- this time at a fundraiser to help Carter's son, Jack, in his longshot bid to oust Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign. ''It will be a real bit of old Americana,'' Jack Carter said of the event scheduled Friday in Minneapolis at a private home on the Mississippi River. While Jimmy Carter and Mondale see each other periodically, Jack Carter said it's the first time in more than 20 years that they've been together at a fundraiser. He also said his father has done few such events over the years. Carter is challenging Ensign, who had $3.3 million in the bank at the end of June. Carter had $482,000 in cash on hand then and says he's down to about $380,000. Asked whether his eldest-son status figured in getting his father and mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, to attend the Minneapolis event, Jack Carter said, ''I tend to think of it as me being a lot more qualified for this Senate seat than anyone else.'' Jack Carter said the fundraiser is being held in Minnesota because Mondale lives there. Mondale, 78, is senior counsel at a Minneapolis law firm. Jack Carter's parents were on hand when he launched his Senate campaign in Nevada last February. At that time, Jimmy Carter, 81, said his son ''doesn't need any help from me,'' but added that he hoped to return to the state for campaign appearances. The former president and first lady are scheduled to appear in Las Vegas at a Sept. 29 fundraiser to benefit the Clark County Democratic Party.

To: pompsander who wrote (746880)	8/3/2006 6:08:50 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

pompsander, Just remove the safety net. Even though doctors have lobbied hard enough to have alcoholism deemed a disease, it is nothing but an addiction, and should not be support by the government. Let the drunks go into their self made hell. Same for chain smokers. Either of these in moderation is not a problem for anyone.

To: pompsander who wrote (746880)	8/3/2006 7:12:36 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Or are people to be allowed their vices of choice, but not given a safety net if the vice consumes them and would the libbers be willing to support such a thought? How about 1st degree murder if a drunk kills someone on the highway. How about life in prison for a first offence selling drugs to a kid. How about automatic license loss and car locked up for one year for anyone caught DWI...INCLUDING Mel Gibson.