During the presidential debate
between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, Carter
accused Reagan of opposing
Medicare and Social Security. Reagan simply said "There you go, again."
That
was a defining moment in the debates, thereby giving a distinct edge to
soon-to-be President Ronald Reagan.
It
was truly the same ol’ smoke and mirrors foisted upon the country by
disingenuous Democrats attempting to create and maintain a firm hold on its
subjects.
As
an example, this morning’s television news aired a story about the dangerous
world of “vaping.”
Although
available for about a decade, vaping is something that has seen a meteoric rise
to attention over the past few months because of vaping-related deaths. Maybe.
Cigarette smoking is a dangerous
activity. But vaping has been used by
many – including myself – to stop using tobacco products.
Cigarettes contain many, many
chemicals that are satisfying, and addictive and poisonous. In one word, tobacco is B-A-D.
But in case you missed that
addictive part in the previous sentence, tobacco is said to be every bit
addictive as heroin. Through experience,
I believe that statement.
The self-righteous among us
forced smoking Americans into all sorts of compromising places and weather
conditions to get people to stop smoking.
Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple.
Try to lose weight by simply not
eating. It doesn’t work. And just like smoking cigarettes, shaming and
berating will not convince anyone to modify their behavior. Period.
Vaping uses an electronic
cigarette-like device that turns additives and flavorings into water vapor;
this process emits no odor or dangerous chemicals into the environment, unlike
cigarettes. Marketers-being-marketers,
discovered a way to add nicotine to these vaping devices. Most of the killer ingredients found in
ciggies are not found in vape pens. This
created a safer alternative to smoking tobacco products. Yeah!
However,
marketers-being-marketers realized that since vaping was a safe alternative to
cigarettes, they could market these money-makers to kids. And kids-being-kids jumped onto the vaping
bandwagon, much as they did with Beanie Babies, Pogs, fidget spinners and
cigarettes.
Today’s kids are more informed
than I was as a kid; they are not necessarily smarter, though.
Although feeling invincible,
today’s kids have been vaping, something I’ll bet would go the way of Beanie
Babies, Pogs, and fidget spinners. But,
we’ll never know.
Marketers-being-marketers
realized keeping kids using their products would be financially beneficial to
the companies marketing vaping products by introducing flavors kids like. Bubble gum, mint, and watermelon, are just a
few of the more popular ones available.
Of course the inventive among us
realized that adding THC oil to the vaping system could make you high. Not tall, but stoned.
Tetrahydrocannabinol,
otherwise abbreviated as THC, is the active ingredient in marijuana.
Marijuana is the drug that psychologically alters your mind to affect thinking,
pleasure, time perception, and pain management.
Now THC is being illegally added
to vaping devices to expedite that high.
Yes, it seems as though about 25-people
have died from vaping THC, as of this writing.
So those phony politicians, who have everyone’s best interests in mind,
are making vaping illegal, while ignoring legal vaping products. Other politicians are trying to hold vaping
device manufacturers liable for any, and all, deaths associated with their
products..
Now it would be sensible if those
politicians made cigarettes illegal, but they won’t. And that reason is because cigarettes are
taxed, and taxed heavily. NYC collects
$4.75 per pack tax. There are 20 coffin
nails in a pack, for your information.
That’s a lot of wealth for greedy
politicians to leave on the table; damn smoker’s health. Keep ponying-up taxes for your sins, and all
will be forgiven, which is exactly why marijuana is being made legal. Maybe marijuana users will be shamed to quit,
someday.
There you go, again.
