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<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Well, here it is . . . Nicorrette and NicoDerm CQ distributor GlaxoSmithKline&rsquo;s over-the-counter retail new diet pill, Alli.&nbsp; Now smacking around the fat ones to sell more drugs can begin in earnest, the campaign brewing well-developed a decade of experience with pushing smokers to munch nicotine gum in place of enjoying a smoke.&nbsp; Consumers are reportedly lapping ALLI up in record numbers.&nbsp; A fat blocker, the pill has a remarkable side effect: take a pill, eat high fat foods, and crap your pants.&nbsp; We can hear the workplace gossip at Advanced Social Marketing Concepts already . . . </span></font></p>

<p><strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <a href="../../../writers/turci/files/belmont2.htm" target="_blank"> Appalled but not surprised</a> </span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> &ndash;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Gian Turci, CEO of FORCES International, weighs in on the trashing of property rights in California.&nbsp; Disgusted but not surprised at the revolting turn of events, Mr. Turci places the blame squarely where it is deserved: on us.&nbsp; Yes, anti-tobacco has been working strenuously for years to batter down the door that separates the home from &quot;the public.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, anti-tobacco, its pharmaceutical patrons and corrupt politicians have promulgated the fraud that secondhand smoke is deadly.&nbsp; That said, the responsibility for maintaining freedom is with the governed and we, the people, have been asleep at the wheel for too long.&nbsp; At a time of unbelievable prosperity and comfort we amuse ourselves with our gadgets and trust that government will keep the ship of state afloat without bothering us.&nbsp; Wrong!&nbsp; The nature of us humans is to push and shove our way to the top of the heap and those who do make that arduous trek are inevitably consumed with the notion that they, not the common people, are best suited to run society and everyone’s lives.&nbsp; We let them get a way with it and we have it in our power to stop the control freaks in their tracks.</span></p>

<p><strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <a href="../../../writers/kjono/files/turnip.htm" target="_blank"> The turnip truck of state</a> </span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> &ndash;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">It’s no secret that President Bush’s approval ratings are in the toilet.&nbsp; What hasn’t been highlighted, however, is that Congress’s approval ratings make Bush’s look like accolades.&nbsp; It’s a sad fact that people of all political persuasions are fed up with the &quot;same old, same old&quot; that is Washington, DC.&nbsp; Normal Kjono takes time to write to his representative and one of his senators, both members of the political party now in charge, to express disappointment that the culture of special interests still holds sway.&nbsp; From the never-ending Iraq war to the continuing demonization of those who smoke, the politicians persist in promoting the goals of rich interests, such as anti-tobacco and the pharmaceutical industry, over the interests of the residents of the United States.&nbsp; Approval ratings indicate political subservience to odious special interests groups is a recipe for another housecleaning next year.&nbsp; Politicians who refuse to represent those who sent them to Washington do so at their peril.</span></p>

<p><strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The North American and Western European fascination with girth is being picked up in the People’s Republic of China.&nbsp; No one should be surprised that the anti-obesity agenda, based as it is on coercion, fraud and propaganda, will prove to be a big hit in the world’s largest totalitarian nation.&nbsp; Anti-fat crusaders in the western democracies are green with envy at the power social engineers in China have to boss around and bully the people.&nbsp; Common ground between the &quot;free&quot; world and the dictatorships are due to the pre-eminence both societies give to Big Health.&nbsp; Eating, smoking, drinking and &quot;appropriate&quot; leisure time activities are no longer personal choices but must be regulated by the state to maximize what it imagines to be efficiency and social cohesion.</span></p>
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<p><strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><em>The smoking ban has passed the House again, however, and is tipped to go all the way.) One of the Republicans who killed the smoking ban gave a sorrowful quote to the New York Times: &quot;I’m surprised that a lot of the ‘Live Free or Diers’ who usually confront us with statements like ‘stay out of our life’ or ‘we don’t need more legislation’ were the ones asking us to ban smoking.&quot;</em></span></p>