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Shortly after the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy summoned his press secretary Pierre Salinger to the presidential office. “I need a lot of cigars,” the President explained.
“How many, Mr. President?” Salinger asked.
“About 1,000 Petit Upmanns.”
“And, when do you need them, Mr. President?”
“Tomorrow morning.”
Salinger spent the night driving from one cigar store to the next buying up as many of the Petit Upmann cigars as he could find. He returned to the White House the next morning and reported that he had acquired 1,200. President Kennedy smiled, pulled a sheet of paper from his desk, and signed it at the bottom. It was an Executive Order banning the sale of any and all Cuban imports in the United States.
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Holy cow. 1st? Really? (If it posts in that order.)
Makes me feel as lucky as the last guy to buy 1,200 Cuban cigars.
Cigars for me, but not for thee.
Ah! How I miss the days when one could smoke and not be made to feel either like a demon or a pariah.
Nobody can think, and that’s a pro-blem.