XPost: nyc.transit 
 From: pickens486@nyc.rr.com 
  
 Phil wrote: 
 > 
 > On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:47:06 GMT, slim  wrote: 
 > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > >Sabine Gimse wrote: 
 > >> 
 > >> Phil  wrote: 
 > >> >   On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 07:54:19 -0500, "Era Maclaurin" 
 > >> >    wrote: 
 > >> > 
 > >> >   >Phil  wrote: 
 > >> >   >>   steveo@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill) wrote: 
 > >> >   >> 
 > >> >   >>   >    As the industry gears up for this week's international 
 auto 
 > >> >   >>   >    show in Manhattan, the number of vehicles owned by city 
 > >> >   >>   >    dwellers has dropped for three years in a row. 
 > >> >   >> 
 > >> >   >>   Maybe the anti-tobacco people can credit this to Bloomberg's 
 smoking ban. 
 > >> >   > 
 > >> >   >Oh, a smoker's wittle feelins wuz hurt. 
 > >> > 
 > >> >   I don't smoke. 
 > >> > 
 > >> >   I just don't like it when the anti-tobacco supporters bring up 
 > >> >   unrelated facts to show how much better NYC is since the smoking 
 ban. 
 > >> 
 > >> No one mentioned any of that, thus it was you who 
 > >> brought up non-sequitor information. 
 > > 
 > >Thats what Phil does. He never comes out and says what he means, 
 > >then he gets his knickers in a wad when he's called out. 
 > > 
 > >I wonder how many shares of Big Tobacco stack he has! 
 > 
 > yawn. 
  
 So WHY are you defending Big Tobaccy, Phil? 
  
 Its the "American" thing to do?