I enjoyed the dialogue on the program. BUT.. I feel the real
villain is the American people themselves.. We tend to approve
of that which lines our pockets. We ask for personal freedom,
yet accept no responsibility for our actions. Case in point, the
tobacco industry: those of us who make our living, or are
addicted to the product, tobacco, feel this is a bad stand for
government to take (against the free use and distribution of the
substance). Our culpability in this venture or addiction is
unmistakable. We, through our desires, impact our society with
the cost of our foolishness. We demand our right to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness be covered by the social
umbrella of indigent health care. We become infermed and with a
death rattle in our voices, call out for help from the public we
have foisted our glutenus appetites over the general good. We
are either for or against that which benifits humanity. How else
can it be reasoned?  John Fenske homer, ak   If the Tobacco
Industry is guilty of racke