This is my first order from Thompson and I am not really all that impressed.
All of the cigars were dry. Several of the wrappers were split (from drying out) and they did not burn evenly and they burned too hot.
Had I known they have an auction site where I could get a better deal, I might have tried there first.
Bottom line, if you are not in a hurry (willing to wait a few months) to try what you get and are willing to give them some time to rehydrate, you might enjoy them a little better than I did.
I suppose it is a way to get a general idea of what different cigars taste like but don’t expect quality.
“Let us put our cards on the table. And each state what we want Congress and the President to do to help end this economic disaster. And please suspend the use party rhetoric and suspend your hatred of the President, and Leaders in Congress on a personal basis.” ~ Darryl A. Byron
This is my response (add to the discussion, what do you think?):
I know this could never happen. Just let me dream for a moment. lol
1. Reduce the government to only have the offices and positions that are truly needed.
2. Stop rewarding each government office for frivolous spending. Current status quo is if you spend all of your budget you get the same and maybe more next year, this is typical government behavior when it comes to our money. Need proof, talk to any one that works for any level of government that knows anything about the budgets they follow (city, county, state, federal, defense, etc.). Instead, all funding must be verified that it is needed and that it is spent correctly. No over paying and getting kick backs. No paying a cousin twice what the job should have cost so that your nephew can date your daughter and take her somewhere nice crap. lol Also, if a contractor is paid to do a job and they do a piss poor job doing it (case in point, our highways), make them do it again at their cost (the contractors), not the governments.
3. Require that every candidate for any office be below a certain income level, say… no more than 150K – 200K per year or a net worth for the previous ten years to be not in excess of one million dollars (in all assets). It does no good to have people in office that have lived their entire lives eating from golden spoons and being waited on by a butler (you know what I mean, the super rich that have always been rich). These people have no grasp on what life is like or about for the majority of Americans. Stop rewarding the rich with power over the poor. Anyone above this income level can not be eligible for any public office.
4. Stop the current status quo of import and export fees. Restore it to the way it was when it worked for the betterment of OUR nation. Imports must be taxed, exports should not be taxed. Simple. When an American company can leave our borders, pay chump change for labor, not abide by any ethics in production, import their product and sell it for less than we can make it here. That is a problem. We need companies to return here and pay fair wages to produce quality products, the only way that will ever happen is if it cost them more to get their products to the consumer from outside than it does from within.
Well that would be a start in the right direction I think. Surely there is more.
To all of my Christian friends in the world (you know who you are). I may say things that may offend you, I am sorry ahead of time.
I would never say anything to offend you as a person so please don’t take it personally. My views of religion (christian and otherwise) may be somewhat extreme to most.
Having said that, I believe that my beliefs are based in and come from truth. I have no problem with you following your beliefs, it does not bother me and I do not think less of you in any way.
Please just understand that I do not and will not believe the same as you do. It is my journey that has brought me these understandings and beliefs. I accept you as you are, I would hope that you can do the same for me.
I am also willing and able to back every one of my beliefs with solid proof should I be asked. I try not to discuss religion with my friends because I want my friends to remain my friends and I understand that it may be hard for some to accept my views (even when presented with factual truth). Therefore I do not always share my views.
I also remember how hard it was for me when I discovered the truth and how it felt to have my world crumble around me. I do not wish this on anyone and that is why I refrain from voicing my views and beliefs.
If you ask me (about my beliefs) I will tell you but it will be reluctantly. I believe that faith in something, whatever it may be, whether it is true or false, is an integral part of the human condition and I do not want to falter anyone’s faith. I accept your faith and your belief, that doesn’t mean I agree.
So, please forgive me if I do say something that offends you, it is not my intention, ever.
If you want to know my religious views, peruse my blog, they are not what they once were.
I am not Atheist and I am not Religious. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. LOL
If some one some where can explain why these discrepancies exist in the Bible and people can still tell you with a straight face that the Bible is the infallible word of God, I would like to hear it.
I think one thing that would help in the effort to stop illegal ownership would be a national database where people could report their stolen guns if they wanted to (but only if they wanted to). Right now, there is no way for us Gun Dealers (or anyone for that matter) to know if the gun they are buying from an individual is stolen or not.
Sure, there are sites that will let you pay them to check their database of stolen guns but that is just one site and it all depends on if someone knew about that site and actually reported it to that site.
You shouldn’t have to pay for this, this should be a free service to everyone and should be available to everyone, just like the NICS service is available to dealers, so should a national database for stolen guns be available to anyone that wishes to signup.
This wouldn’t stop illegal gun ownership but I think it might slow down the theft of guns if when a person showed up with a stolen gun to sell to you if you were able to call a number or login to a web site and presto, you knew whether it was stolen or not.
No individual or company that wants to be on the outside of a jail cell would dare buy a gun that was listed as stolen, even if it was a really good price (a steal, if you will).
Make the database available to anyone so that an individual could check before they bought the gun from another individual too.
Most people who own guns legally would not willingly sell their guns to someone that shouldn’t have them so I think that the bulk of illegal gun ownership stems from stolen gun sales. I have no proof of this, it is only my opinion.
Perhaps I will start just such a database and make it free to everyone. If it was designed correctly and made available to everyone, I believe it could stem the illegal ownership of guns.
Just so you do not think that I am purely anti-Christian, here is a bit of Anti-Muslim for you. The facts are that I am Anti-Religious. Any religion that is based on anything that has to do with the bible is based on lies. The Muslim religion is based on the bible to some degree. Therefore I have no respect for it, at all.
As you can see from this video, the Qur’an also has errors and discrepancies, just like the bible and the Torah do.
Therefore, I see no reason for any of these religions to be allowed to influence our society. They are deceptive and controlling and anti-human race. They all promote death, dishonorable actions, lying, murder, and many other immoral acts.
We can hope that through the information age, the human race will overcome all of these lies and rise above this crap to be all that we can be. Leave behind these lies to embrace the verifiable truth.
For a fuller rational analysis of the Qur’an see: محنتي مع القرآن
