Pipe Smoking Tobacco

Please read the articles recently added to www.pipesmokersintelligencer.org to view what our ELECTED goverment officials are trying to dump on the citizens of America who use and enjoy pipe tobacco- You might just be surprised.
I challenge the pipesmoking citizens of our country-The Great United States of America--to review lessons learned in the history of our country, where tobacco was grown, sold AND TAXED--from the first English colonists, to the political/economic condition of modern times; today.
I propose this: Tobacco history tells us, that at the discovery of North America, the original Native peoples gave tobacco as a divine gift to the new explorers and colonists, for the benefit of goodwill and happiness and peace (and maybe a few religious benefits of "The Great Spirit", as well). Let's give the tobacco industry back to the original native peoples of this land we share--and the land upon which they live is indeed their sovereign land- they self-govern it. When the native Americans cultivate, manufacture and sell tobacco on their own land, that would make for more simple and direct benefits to them--and probably benefit pipesmokers--without unfair taxes and interferences from anti-tobacco elected politicians who can not dictate ANYTHING Native Americans can do on their land. I believe tobacco is a divine gift, it is grown and crafted to be enjoyed in moderation as one of my personal pursuits of happiness and liberty. I'm sure George Washington would have agreed with me. --Eric Whitaker

Thank a Native American person for the divine gift of tobacco--don't reward a corrupt politician with more tobacco tax money!