Bomb Away!

June 21 2006
6:15pm Tempe:
After an extended period of deliberation and introspection, Poffrono finally spoke in regard to present Israeli military operations:

"If Tempe was bombed by Islamic Fascists and I was killed, no doubt I would be numbered amongst civilian casualties. True I've never served in the military and I don't own a single weapon. Even so, I'm not an "innocent civilian". I am at war with Islamic Fascists! I support the effort with tax dollars. I believe in freedom and I loath governments with state religion. Add it up and that makes me a legitimate target - I'm bombable! So is my mom who voted for George W and my dad who designed the missiles being fired from the F15 fighters."
Poffrono took a hearty puff of his pipe and a sip of Miller Light before adding:
"Negotiation and concessions are foolhardy when trifling with militant religious whack jobs. Appeasement will never work with an enemy whose aim is genocide of an entire creed. Hezbollah and the likes of them don't need to be bitch slapped by an Israel with one hand tied behind her back. Hezbollah and their kind need to be obliterated outright. Let Israel destroy them now while they still can! Lebanese blood is on the hands of all of those who promote or condone Islamic jihad."

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:55pm Tempe:
Poffrono was unavailable for comment on July 04 but today he spoke out regarding the North Korean missile firings:

"North Korea's missiles were fired fittingly on the Fourth of July. Kim Jong Ill wants attention and he's becoming more adept at getting it with every passing day. Although he is definitely goofy looking and likely certifiable, Ill is not stupid. He's managed to indoctrinate most of his subjects while allowing them to freeze their little a holes off. North Koreans liken Ill to a god while they eat grass and even each other at times. Now Ill is on his way to holding the world hostage. Recently Iran did some saber rattling and got some attention. The result was an "incentive package" or bone if you will. Presently Iran is considering the "incentive package" (aka reward for bad behavior) and they said they'll get beck to us. Given enough time to weigh his options, Ill now busts his move. Now it's his turn to get paid."

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Arizona To Increase Sin Tax

PHOENIX -- "Arizona voters are likely going to have to decide whether to sharply boost the tax on cigarettes to fund programs for early childhood development.
Backers of an initiative drive filed more than 206,000 signatures Wednesday to put a measure on the November ballot to boost the levy by 80 cents a pack."

Arizona voters come November will choose whether to embark on a new government program touted to help underprivileged children. The measure, spearheaded by renowned do-gooders Eddie and Nadine Basha, aims to take a shot at smokers and help poor kids simultaneously. The initiative appears to be a politically brilliant maneuver according to Poffono.
"If the proposition passes, Arizona will get a new entitlement program supposedly free of charge. The majority of Arizona voters do not smoke so the new program won't cost most of us one red cent", Poffrono said. He later predicted, "Since smokers are an easy target and aiding poor children is an easy sell, this measure is likely to pass in November."

Proponents however concede that ultimately the program is self defeating:


One curious element of the measure is that if Basha is successful it actually would mean less money for the programs she wants to finance. That because more people quitting means fewer cigarettes sold -- and lower tax revenues. Basha said, though, that the net growth in state population, both native and migrating from elsewhere, should keep revenues relatively stable for awhile. "We believe we have a 10-year window," she said.



What Then?

Basha said that decade will "prove to the citizens of Arizona these are successful types of programs." At that point, she said, either the Legislature or the voters will have to decide whether to keep financing them.

In other words, it's only a matter of time before we all get taxed. Also, the story did not acknowledge that many Arizona smokers may simply get their smokes from duty free internet sites. Smokers aren't the brightest people in the world but it doesn't take a mathematician to find a way of avoiding the state cigarette tax. When smokers increasingly evade the tax by purchasing elsewhere, the Basha's will likely claim that their social engineering project was a success. They will suggest that a decrease in cigarette tax revenue is attributed to people kicking the habit.
The end result could cause a net reduction in revenue after the state exceeds Smokers' tolerable threshold of punitive tax. Already smokers contribute more than a hundred million to the state annually. Although Basha's plan is fundamentally flawed on many levels, at its source is genuine good intentions. The bashas are generous and have dedicated themselves to promoting child welfare locally. That said; the road to a socialist state is paved with good intentions.

In closing Poffrono issued a tongue and cheek proposal to Nadine Basha.
"Since obesity is a growing health concern for our children, maybe it's time for us fat people to pay our fair share. How about a 20 cent tax on a pint of Ben and Jerry's for starters?"


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Another way smokers can avoid the silly cigarette tax is to learn how to roll their own. By purchasing tobacco and rolling it themselves, smokers will avoid the tax altogether.

Hey Baby - It's The Fourth Of July!

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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