Smoke Em' They're Good For You (Videos)

Tony Marvin 1953


1949


How granny lived so long..



Aw go ahead don't be a wussy



Hey girls you too
It can pay to smoke







Smoke For The Good Of The Country Ever wonder why Medicare is in such financial trouble?
It's because too many damn people now make it to 65.

Want to help save farm agriculture?
Why not MAGA by supporting these poor tobacco farmers of yesteryear?

Anyone else tired of seeing all the drug ads on TV?
They're boring. Not nearly entertaining as cigarette ads.
(And they came without all them pesky health warnings)

Yes indeed there's nothing like relaxing enjoying one last cigarette in bed before the firemen arrive.


I bet many (along with Trump) think fake media is something brand new.
Here's a flash-- it ain't !


The point of this post is to say...No matter the era--media (including the internet) will always try and send whatever message to those willing to believe what they are selling. Something everyone should keep in mind no matter which source one relies on.

Oh how life could be made so much simpler if someone could invent one of these...

Chart Topper From 1948 Not So PC (Videos)

February 7, 1948

SOURCE: Google Books--"Billboard Magazine"

I'm not expecting any remakes anytime soon :-)

While I was pursuing through Arthur Godfrey material I came across this video from 1953. Sort of reminds me of the floods we've experienced over recent months. One of the surprising things I learned was Andy Rooney was once a writer for Godfrey's show--"Talent Scouts".




Another clip from that same show...

In The News (10/03/2017)

It Ain't Her
A few weeks ago the family of Natalee Holloway--the girl who disappeared in Aruba--received a tip her murdered body was buried in a backyard grave. Independent forensic analysis has now proved the skeletal remains did not match her DNA. So the mystery continues.


New Yorkers Getting Short End Of The Stick?
'The New York Post', New York gives billions more than it gets in federal spending--"For every dollar New York State taxpayers sent to D.C., last year, they received back just 84 cents, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. “Most states received more than they paid,” he said. On average, states received $1.18 cents per tax dollar sent to the federal government, but New York paid $40.9 billion more, by DiNapoli’s reckoning."

Yeah well it doesn't make sense that the federal government should pay every state more then they take in. Then on the other hand he went on to say--"Policymakers should take that into account while considering eliminating state and local income tax deductions. That makes sense too. If New Yorkers are already being short changed over other states imagine losing New York taxpayers ability to deduct 8.82% off their gross income for federal taxation. California's state income tax rate is 13.3%. In some states their income taxes range from 8.95%-9.9%. Some states have no income taxes at all. Eliminating these kind of deductions could wind up costing certain taxpayers' far more then others. This is what makes federal tax overhaul so complicated.


Good News--Key West Is Back In Business
Key West, Florida's tourist Bureau announced as of October 1st they were back in business and ready to receive guests. This is the screen grab I did today at 3:00 PM (10/03/2017). It's the second ship to pull in today.

You can check out the latest live stream for yourself HERE

When these ships pull in places like 'Sloppy Joe's Bar' become busy again.
Yeah and 'Kermit’s Key West Key Lime Shoppe' isn't hurting either.

Weighing In On The Las Vegas Mass Shooting

I've been reluctant because I'm sure--I like many others--are up to our ears in the over coverage. However I do want address some thoughts I have on the shooting.

Late Night TV Shows
I don't watch them because who wants to be inundated with everything that was already over exhaustively covered throughout the day. I don't know what ever happened to being able to escape for a few hours before bed with some unrelated comedy entertainment. Gosh sake--I for one--feel we don't need these hosts to get in on the act. Enough is enough already.

Speaking Of TV Hosts
Megyn Kelly promised on her very first morning show on NBC she had enough of politics. Somehow her show was going be something completely different from her previous gig at FOX News. Well that lasted about as long as a ice cream cone on a hot sidewalk. Today (Tuesday, 10/03/2017) she began by emotionally weighing in on the shooting. "I do feel helpless in these times. Do you? The mental health laws are not going to change and we know it. The gun laws, right? And even if they did change, you would get people like this guy"

Of course Sean Hannity last night too had to check in. His position is "it's too soon to start talking about it". Accusing cold hearted Democrats of playing politics instead of focusing on the victims. My response would this headline from 'The New York Times'--477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action From Congress

MSNBC's Morning Joe' co host Mika Brzezinski. complained not a single Republican would come on the program to discuss it.

Meanwhile over at "Fox And Friends" this morning one of the guests accused CNN of being partly to blame.


My OpinionsOf course we could require manufacturers to produce semiautomatics that couldn't be modified without infringing on gun ownership rights. BUT WE AIN'T GONNA.

We could update the second amendment to reflect today's advanced firearms. Back when our forefathers wrote it a ram, flint, powder and a lead shot was the latest technology BUT WE AIN'T GONNA.

For every 10 people swearing by guns--10 more will swear at guns. For some altering the constitution is as blasphemous as someone wishing to change the bible verses accounting for mankind's beginnings in Genesis. Face it--for many the constitution has become a sacred unalterable document. A religion as it were.

We go through this through every shooting. With 10 on the right--10 on the left--all we're accomplishing is more animosity towards one another. You know what would help? If a whole lot of those in the public spotlight would shut the hell up.

If it were possible to take away all the guns and knives these bastards would still find a way to kill other people. There's plenty of other options this shooter could have chosen. A chemical attack, fertilizer bomb, mowing down people in a vehicle or since he had a pilots license could have a crashed his plane into them.

The battle between good and evil has always been since the beginning of time. This constant bickering will not change that. So talk hosts need to knock it off. This accomplishes nothing. Evil people have always existed. There's no way of eliminating them in this world of the living. For some death will come sooner then for others whether by age, disease or at the hands of another--no one escapes death. It's all part of our temporary being.

If you had a certain number of days left to spend how would you use them?
Pissing and moaning trying to change the world you're shortly going to leave behind?
OR......

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CNN veteran anchor Don Lemon, 51

Alt-right poster boy Milo Yiannopoulos gets married in Hawaii

History Of Puerto Rico (Videos)

We all know Puerto Rico is a territory belonging to the United States. What many of us don't know how it became one or the controversies regarding it's history. Here's a few videos which I hope will serve to enlighten those very things.

Here's One Person's Very Brief POV



Setting The Record Straight



I've Heard Puerto Rico Doesn't Want To Become A State---WRONG
We won't let them!


Here's The Reason Why They Aren't Allowed To Become A State

June 2017


Want More Evidence?



From The Horse's Mouth--The U.S. House Of Representatives

Point Of Fact---The United States Has Not Adopted An Official Language


Mike Pence on Puerto Rico's Status (2010)

Another Reason Why He should Be Our President
So in other words because of U.S. politics Puerto Ricans shall retain the status of always being thought of as second class citizens.

One of the reasons Puerto Rico is so far in debt is because though they pay taxes to the United States (other then federal tax on incomes) they receive so little in return. No federal dollars for their highways, schools, Medicaid, grants or many of the other things states take for granted. They need to come up with the money for themselves. Thus placing them at an extreme disadvantage. Because we've denied them statehood along with the benefits all the other 50 states enjoy we now blame them for the fix they're in. Then turn around and deny them statehood because of it. Talk about a fixed race. Imagine if the state you live in were cutoff from federal dollars. How do you think it would work out?

Right now Puerto Rico needs help--lot's of help. Granted we are planning to help restore their infrastructure. However when all is said and done residents themselves will never receive the same federal benefits as those in Houston, New Jersey, Louisiana and Florida after their storms because of Puerto Rico's lack of statehood.

We granted statehood to Hawaii and Alaska. Why not Puerto Rico? Perhaps it's because Hawaii and Alaska are both strategic locations for our military. Alaska is also is rich in deposits. If that's the criteria Puerto Rico doesn't stand a chance for statehood since it has neither. I'd like to think not--but it does make one wonder.

There are plenty of people right now who resent our tax dollars being used. Well here's an idea. Allow them to become a state. Then citizens and businesses on the island would be required to pay income taxes just as we do. Businesses on the island would also become part of our trade deals offering them opportunity to financially advance themselves. They'd be allowed to vote for the kind of representation in Washington that would help them prosper.

Right now they're only treated as half citizensGive them the same as you would want for yourself and family No one wants to think of themselves as property of a nation. It's time to step up and do the right thing.

Ricardo Rossello, Governor of Puerto Rico | CNBC (06/09/2017)