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ryanbush
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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???


Open123 wrote:

ryanbush wrote:

I don't smoke, very rarely do indulge in alcohol, guns on the other hand are a hobby of mine.... 


 

Well, unless we repeal the 2nd Amendment, your hobby is safe.  

 

Interestingly enough--keeping in theme with this thread--the only Amendment ever repealed was the one prohibiting alcohol.


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

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Open123 wrote:

Well, unless we repeal the 2nd Amendment, your hobby is safe.  


 I think we learn a little more on Tuesday about this...


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

why was so much deleted?


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

Somebody took it into politics..big no no!
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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???


Burned2manybridgesB4 wrote:
Somebody took it into politics..big no no!

ahh... fair enough :smileywink:  I just wish they would have let us know why.... thx 


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

Because it had strayed to include one of the 5 things we don't talk about here

 

Discussions including race, nationality, sex, religion, politics;

 

 


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???

Every other lifestyle choice can be purchased with credit cards. I can't really come up with a logical reason why tobacco companies shouldn't have their own co-branded cards.


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Re: Why doesn't "big tobacco" get into the CC biz???


Burned2manybridgesB4 wrote:
Somebody took it into politics..big no no!

Well, up until then, I thought this thread was hysterically funny!

 

 


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