Mark Olson: Tobacco not Causing Cancer

by Matt Martin | 21 Comments

There was a lot of craziness going on on the House floor yesterday due to the debate over the smoking ban bill but, as usual, Rep. Mark Olson (R-Big Lake) managed to up the crazy to a whole new level.

Yep, that’s right, Mark Olson is asserting that if you drink 32 glasses of water after smoking that you’ll have absolutely no risk of cancer… wow. He also kept talking about centurions when he meant centenarians. Although, maybe he really did mean centurions; I guess I can’t really account for how professional officers of the Roman Army reacted to tobacco…

April 27, 2007, 12:59 pm | Category: MN State House and MN State Senate |

21 Responses to “Mark Olson: Tobacco not Causing Cancer”

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  • SeanH
    April 27, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    Wow

  • Demrock6
    April 27, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    Forget Kansas, What is the Matter with Big Lake?

  • blueJ
    April 27, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    This is incredible.

    We have known for a long time that he is eccentric, but I’ve never seen anything like this. June 7 can’t come soon enough. That’s when his three-times-delayed trial on a domestic assault charge will finally happen.

  • j
    April 27, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    Ever heard about drowning yourself by drinking too much water?? Absolutely true.

  • Avidor
    April 27, 2007 at 3:34 pm

    Rep. Mark Olson on the death penalty in 2003 (from the Strib:

    “It never should have been removed,” said Rep. Mark Olson, R-Big Lake, referring to Minnesota’s abolition of the death penalty in 1911. Mistakes might be made in putting the wrong person to death, Olson said, but the chances are slight and wrongful executions could be compared to “friendly fire.”

  • Richard
    April 27, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    I smoke somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 to 10 cigs a day. Is Olson suggesting I drink up to 320 glasses of water to counteract the effects?

  • mrw
    April 27, 2007 at 5:23 pm

    Only if you want to die. Looks like Big Water has a friend in the leg.

  • Avidor
    April 27, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    Famous case of a woman who died from drinking too much water.

  • Arthur Alexander
    April 27, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mark Olson is nuts, everybody knows it - including his former caucus. They kicked him out, remember?

    Anyway, Matt, we’re all waiting to hear your knee-jerk defense of Lori Swanson’s efforts to prevent her office from unionizing. Oh, and Mike Hatch’s efforts to force AG underlings to post defenses of her conduct to local blogs.

  • nancy
    April 27, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    How about saying special election???

  • mary
    April 27, 2007 at 8:15 pm

    Where are the men in the white coats when you need them?

  • Peter
    April 27, 2007 at 10:56 pm

    Where’s Kiffmeyer when she would be a breath of fresh air?

  • Cathy
    April 28, 2007 at 6:39 am

    It sounds like he has lost it! His comments in last few weeks during the legislature sessionhave been nothing short of crazy!

  • Southern Minny Moderate
    April 28, 2007 at 7:19 am

    Sounds like Olsaon wants her to be out drinking water.

  • Avidor
    April 28, 2007 at 7:54 am

    Kiffmeyer is a “breath of fresh air”…WTF!!!???!!

    Learn about Jim Huhtala.

  • Beckfeld
    April 28, 2007 at 11:15 am

    This is the 3rd time in the last week Olson has said water is the cure. (sounds like Col, Jack Ripper from “DR. Strangelove”)
    First he said it was the cure for diabetes and doctors were afraid of saying this, Then he said it was the cure for mental illness and now this. His 6 months of education at wright county vo tec taught him a lot about medicine.

  • Andy
    April 28, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    Olson is spewing the same health mis-information spread by convicted felon Kevin Trudeau in his infomercials promoting his book “Natural cures they don’t want you to know about.”

  • Mockingbird
    April 29, 2007 at 11:55 am

    Drink enough water…
    I guess there’s logic there - after all,
    Aquaman & the Submariner never got cancer in the comic books!

    It only stands to reason.

    All that’s missing - is a colonic & Brazilian Power Crystals?
    Minnesota has nutjobs beyond Michelle Bachmann, I guess.

  • Avidor
    April 29, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    Olson and Bachmann were pals in the legislature. Bachmann was part of the Pod Squad with Olson and Zimmermann that sponsored legislation for and promoted the Personal Rapid Transit boodoggle.

  • Mockingbird
    April 29, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Sort of an internal baptism moment?

    Any chance it cures brainfarts?
    Nope, unless he’s not been through the treatment.

    People as dense as this should be recalled - a thinning of the herd.
    Eventually he’ll be out playing in traffic.

  • Bryan S.
    April 29, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    I just have this feeling that Mark Olson is sponsored by bottled water companies.

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