On 04-18-10, ROSS SAUER said to BOB KLAHN:


RS>Did you see who met with, and had his picture taken with Nixon?


RS>Elvis Presley, who was "disgusted" with the drug culture,
especially pot.



RS>All the while he was taking enough painkillers and amphetamines to kill a
RS>moose, and that's what finally killed him.



Maybe he `doctor-shopped'.


Hey.....here's something that ought to interst you:


Vacationing a human right, EU chief says


By Katherine Laidlaw, National Post April 19,


The plan would see taxpayers footing some of the bill for families facing
"difficult social, financial or personal" circumstances.


The European Union has declared travelling a human right, and is
launching a scheme to subsidize vacations with taxpayers' dollars for those
too poor to afford their own trips.


Antonio Tajani, the European Union commissioner for enterprise and industry,
proposed a strategy that could cost European taxpayers hundreds of millions of
euros a year, The Times of London reports.


"Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a
formidable indicator of our quality of life," Mr. Tajani told a group of
ministers at The European Tourism Stakeholders Conference in Madrid on April
15.


Mr. Tajani was appointed to his post by Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi.


The plan -- just who gets to enjoy the travel package has yet to be determined
-- would see taxpayers footing some of the vacation bill for seniors, youths
between the ages of 18 and 25, disabled people, and families facing "difficult
social, financial or personal" circumstances. The disabled and elderly can
also be accompanied by one other person. The EU and its taxpayers are slated
to fund 30% of the cost of these tours, which could range from youth exploring
abandoned factories and power plants in Manchester to retirees taking discount
trips to Madrid, all in the name of cultural appreciation.


"The commission is literally considering paying people to go on
holiday," Mats
Persson, of pro-reform think-tank Open Europe, told Britain's News of the
world.


"In this economic climate, it's astonishing that the EU wants to bribe people
with cheap holidays."


Mr. Tajani said the program will be piloted until 2013, and then fully
launched.


Intended to instill a sense of cultural pride in Europeans, Mr. Tajani's
human-rights travel will also help bridge the continent's north-south divide
and pad resorts' business in their off-season, the Times reports.


Northern Europeans will be encouraged to visit southern Europe, and vice
versa.


Mr. Tajani wants to ensure people's "right to be tourists" remains intact.





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