Blak Smyth 07:21 AM 08-26-2011
I found this a little interesting:
Note: President Kennedy signed the Cuban trade embargo in 1962 but not before sending a lackey to purchase 1,200 fine Cuban cigars on his behalf! (According to moreintelligentlife.com)
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CigarSquid 07:41 AM 08-26-2011
Interesting. Some big deals there when it declines.
WittyUserName 07:48 AM 08-26-2011
Interesting indeed.
Bill86 07:54 AM 08-26-2011
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Brutus2600 07:58 AM 08-26-2011
Wow...America smoked a lot of cigars in the early 1900's!
Skywalker 08:04 AM 08-26-2011
Emjaysmash 08:05 AM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Bill86:
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Vote it down?
Dunkel 08:12 AM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Bill86:
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Typical of a politician! To Hell with everyone else, as long as I get mine!
I hope this didn't violate any rules as I made a point not to mention of what party JFK belonged to.
pnoon 08:16 AM 08-26-2011
Let's be careful here. Rules prohibit "politics" and "political discussion". Mentioning (or not mentioning) a party has no bearing on our rules.
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pnoon 08:17 AM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Bill86:
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Put...the...bottle...down.
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kjd2121 02:13 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Bill86:
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Do you believe he was the only one??
Brooks W 02:19 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Bill86:
Isn't that beyond ridiculous? What an arsehole!
He signs something against cuba but not before buying shittons of smokes. He redefines the word douchebag.
Who the hell didn't call him on that and vote it down.
Three Points:
1. This happened over 40 years ago.
2. Technically, he was well within his rights to buy those cigars, as ANY citizen of the U.S. could have done the same thing at the same time.
3. He is dead.
kgoings 02:21 PM 08-26-2011
Skywalker 02:23 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Brooks W:
Three Points:
1. This happened over 40 years ago.
2. Technically, he was well within his rights to buy those cigars, as ANY citizen of the U.S. could have done the same thing at the same time.
3. He is dead.
4. Love the internet!:-)
icehog3 02:29 PM 08-26-2011
Civil rights, avoiding war with the Soviet Union, etc.....1200 cigars makes JFK a DB?
:-)
kgoings 02:31 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Civil rights, avoiding war with the Soviet Union, etc.....1200 cigars makes JFK a DB? :-)
I would have done the same thing...guess I'm a DB
:-) :-)
But I would have called my friends and told them to do so also!
:-)
Skywalker 02:32 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by kgoings:
but i would have called my friends and told them to do so also! :d
botl
Blak Smyth 02:33 PM 08-26-2011
I was really surprised that so many more americans smoked cigars in the 20s & 30s.
I guess maybe there was less stimulation back then with TV and stuff like that maybe.
I feel cigars are gonna make a big comeback!
I wonder if the decline after the embargo is due to poor quality cigars from other countries at the time. Wasnt Cuban cigars the standard??? Maybe its taken the the past 50 years to get NCs up to par. Just a guess on my behalf!!!!
Brutus2600 02:39 PM 08-26-2011
Originally Posted by Ogre:
I wonder if the decline after the embargo is due to poor quality cigars from other countries at the time. Wasnt Cuban cigars the standard??? Maybe its taken the the past 50 years to get NCs up to par. Just a guess on my behalf!!!!
Strong point!
