HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0013.207 2002-2004
WELL `~HEI~ ~E ARE JULY 2nd, 2003 JUST 2
DAYS BEFORE JULY THE 4th, OUR ANNUAL
CELEBRATION OF THIS COUNTRY'S FREEDOM
FROM TYRANNY, FROM OPPRESSION. "WE HOLD
THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY
ARE ENDOWED $Y THEIR CREATOR WITH
CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG
THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSL~~T
OF HAPPINESS". YET WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
PASS A LAW THAT WILL TAKE US ONE STEP
FURTHER DOWN THE PATH OF LESS FREEDOMS
AND MORE LAW AND ORDER. WITHIN THERE
LIES THE IRONY. SO HEAR THESE WORDS
THAT THEY MIGHT TEACH YOU.
IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY MANY PROBLEMS
ARE CREATED, IN THE PURSUIT OF THE
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. THE SOCIAL PROBLEM OF
SMOKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH US. BACK
IN THE 19 TEENS AND 20s HENRY FORD
CALLED THEM THE "LITTLE WHITE SLAVERS"
AND WOULD NOT EMPLOY ANY ONE WHO SMOKED
YET THE TOBACCO COMPANIES GREW, ALONG
WITH THE POPULATION, AND THEY GOT MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE ADDICTED TO THEIR
PRODUCT. VICTIMS, FOR SURE.
SOCIETY HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE PAST
FOUR OR FIVE DECADES AND THE
INFORMATION AND DIS-INFORMATION HAS
COME FULL CIRCLE TO THIS POINT IN TIME
WHERE THE "TRUTH" BEHIND THE "RED
CURTAIN" IS BEING EXPOSED, THEREBY
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, ATTACKIKG THE
TOBACCO COMPANIES AND NOT IT'S VICTIMS.
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AND THAT IS HOW A TRULY FREE SOCIETY
SHOULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT
CAPITALISM CREATES, THROUGH CAPITALISM,
COMPETITION, CHOICE, AND A FREE
MARKETPLACE. THE TEEN LEADERS FROM THE
BIG ISLAND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SUMMED
IT UP VERY NICELY "OUR MISSION IS TO
ATTACK THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, NOT THE
CONSUMER, TO EXPOSE THE TOBACCO
INDUSTRY'S MANIPULATIVE TACTICS AND
THEIR EFFECTS, AND TO EDUCATE, PROTECT
AND EMPOWER OUR GENERATION."
WHAT IS NEEDED IS A COMPLETE REVOLUTION
IN OUR ORDINARY, HABITUAL WAYS OF
THINKING AND FEELING, FOR IT IS TRULY
NOT WORKING THIS AUTHORITARIAN WAY.
WE MUST ALLOW THE CAPITALISTIC PROCESS
TO SOLVE THIS SOCIAL PROBLEM, THAT WAS
CREATED BY CAPITALISM AND NOT BE
BLINDED BY THE GLARE OF THE PRESENT AND
THE DISTORTING LENS OF BIASES AND
POLITICS, THAT SOME IN THIS ROOM HOLD
AS TRUE. THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD.
IN THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES, IT IS
YOUR JOB TO KEEP THE ENTIRE ECONOMY
STRONG BY ALLOWING THE MARKET PLACE AND
THE CAPITALISTIC COMMUNITY TO SOLVE
I T ' S OWN PROBLEMS . DO NOT TAKE I T UPON
YOURSELVES TO PASS ANY LAW THAT WILL
SOLVE NOTHING, BUT WILL BRING LAWSUITS
AGAINST THIS COUNTY BY ALL THOSE WHO
WILL SUFFER FINANCIAL LOSSES, BECAUSE
OF YOUR UNEDUCATED AND MISGUIDED
ACTIONS.
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