AALF FORCES International Press Release Surgeon General's report fraudulent Smoker's Rebellion

Good IDEAS here, folks! MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2007!

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THE GREAT SMOKER'S REBELLION - A CALL TO ACTION!

The American Cancer (or Con!) Society has designated November 15th, 2007 as the day that all good Americans should stop smoking, even if just for one day.

I propose that we should NOT stop smoking on that day. In fact, I think we should take the following actions on November 15th:

1) Call in SICK to work! If all of us do it, there will be an economic consequence that politicians cannot ignore. It will show that we have power. If we all do it, it will absolutely cripple the economy for that day. If you are worried about repercussions, arrange to have the day off in advance - you do not have to specify the real reason to your employer. Just tell them it is a "family thing".

2) Do NOT spend any money on this day! Stock up on whatever you need to get through it ahead of time! If 25% of us stop spending for one day, we WILL be noticed!

3) On November 15th, mark all of your money by writing (or using a pre-inked stamp "SMOKERS MONEY" in preparation for use after this day. Keep marking your money until December 31st, 2007.

4) Use this day to email, fax, or write your public officials (Federal, State, County, City) to express your displeasure at being taxed unfairly, and/or to express your displeasure with unfair tobacco
taxes and smoking bans. If you cannot get through, KEEP TRYING! Let's take their phone and fax systems out for the entire day!

5) If a member of the media wants to interview you, please agree! Tell them that you are SICK AND TIRED of being TAXED AT EVERY TURN to pay for everything from schools, to roads, to health insurance while the non-smokers get a free ride!

6) If anyone asks questions, ANSWER THEM! Tax increases in the several hundred percentage points to the several thousand percentage points are horribly unfair.

7) If you have a particularly heart wrenching story of an elderly person, who has been addicted their entire life, having to try to quit due to unfair taxes, try to get it into the press.

IF WE ALL DO THIS, THE PRESS WILL COVER IT - THEY WILL NOT HAVE A CHOICE! IF THREE OF US DO THIS, THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. WE MUST BE VERY PROACTIVE HERE, IN THE SAME WAY THE ANTIS ARE. LET'S STOP ALLOWING THE ANTIS TO

FRAME THE DEBATE IN THEIR FAVOR!

Just My Opinion, Jeff Weinstein, Chicago, Illinois

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I agree wholeheartedly, Jeff!
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Lynda Farley - AKA 'Smokin' Kentucky Granny'

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FORCES INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE (PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Official Complaint Filed Over the Surgeon General Report on Passive Smoking

29-Oct-2007 - USA - FORCES International has presented an official complaint based on rigorous scientific analysis of the 2006 Surgeon General's (SG) Report on Passive Smoking to the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) of the United States in Washington, DC, and the complaint has been forwarded to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

FORCES's complaint concerns several worrisome aspects of the SG Report, including deficient data-gathering methodology, data cherry-picking, and misrepresentation of flimsy evidence, which reveal not simply bias, but a clear determination to reach or reinforce predetermined political conclusions.

Based on such sham scientific bases, smoking bans are implemented in the United States and abroad, and have severe negative impacts on both the economies and the social fabric.

"Considering how serious and widespread this institutional problem is, we realize that we will not change the world overnight," said Gian Turci, FORCES International CEO, "but we are morally and ethically compelled to report this grave misconduct of the SG to the ORI."

Maryetta Ables, President of the organization, stated: "Innocent smoking citizens have become target practice for discrimination and social hatred. They are accused of anything from being killers to child abusers, all based on junk science, propagated with an appalling blindness to scientific and social ethics."

The complaint has been presented also on behalf of several foreign branches of FORCES (such as FORCES Germany and FORCES Italy), as well as affiliate organizations such as the UK's Freedom to Choose, and other independent organizations.

FORCES International will maintain a section on its international website www.forces.org on the progress of the complaint. The direct link to that page is

http://www.forces.org/static_page/ori/complaint.php

FORCES International is an educational non-profit organization of volunteer workers funded by volunteer contributions.

Contacts:
USA: Maryetta Ables, President
Phone: 001 304-765-5394

EUROPE: Gian Turci, CEO
Phone: +39 010 388 459

Contacts for the signatory organizations:
Netzwerk Rauchen - FORCES Germany: Christoph Loevenich, President
Phone: +49 (0) 171 204 8698

FORCES Italiana: Gian Turci, President
Phone: +39 010 388459

Freedom to Choose: Colin Grainger, Chairman (United Kingdom)
Phone: +44 1261 842834 and (cell phone) +44-7917-366641

The Heartland Institute: Joseph Bast, President
Phone: 001 312 377 4000

Reason Foundation: Dr. Adrian Moore, Vice President
Phone: 001 661 477 3107

Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions: Jim Waters
Phone: 001 270 843 4642

Further information on signatory contacts is
available at:
http://www.forces.org/static_page/ori/complaint.php
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Lynda Farley - VP Membership, FORCES Int.

532 Farley Road, Edmonton, Kentucky, 42129

(270)432-7272 My RESUME

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