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p> CIG ALERT br> Regarding Ryan Sager's piece on Taxing Tobacco on 2/25 he should note that the tobacco extortionists are facing some difficulties in exacting their tribute when bordered by states with an atmosphere more congenial to freedom. Oregon has seen its tobacco tax revenues drop sharply as many people are buying their cigarettes in bulk in Idaho to avoid the Oregon tax. In my own glorious Commonwealth of Virginia, rumor has it that the People's Republic of Maryland is threatening to build a wall between our two states (fine by me so long as it's high enough to keep all of those Maryland autos with no inspections off our roads) to curb the black-market smuggling of low-tax Virginia cigs into the "Free State." br> -- Bill Harrison br> Arlington, VA /p> p> TUCKERED OUT br> The reason Chris Tucker is hanging with Bill Clinton is because Tucker is making a movie about the first black president. This has been widely reported. br> --

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