XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: ghekhuis@earthlink.net   
      
   On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:03:19 -0800, VFW  wrote:   
      
   >In article <7ng6n59nl3dvrhc28fmn8vkpufsd87aa3u@4ax.com>,   
   > Mr.B1ack  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 40 years of drug war PROFITS - fiscal and political.   
   >>   
   >> Until you can take the profit out of it, the 'war'   
   >> will continue.   
   >>   
   >> How many cops earn a living from it ?   
   >>   
   >> Prosecutors ?   
   >>   
   >> Judges ?   
   >>   
   >> Jailers ?   
   >>   
   >> How much do the for-profit prisons make ?   
   >>   
   >> How much money spent on witch ... er ... drug-   
   >> tests and such ?   
   >>   
   >> How many campaign dollars from dumb-ass soccer   
   >> moms who think the pols will save little Timmy   
   >> from becoming a pothead by making him an ass-   
   >> raped AIDs-infected drug felon instead ?   
   >>   
   >> How much money is made selling 'drug warrior'   
   >> accessories around the globe - from bulletproof   
   >> vests to sniffer dogs to helicopters and armored   
   >> vehicles and infrared vision systems and .... ?   
   >>   
   >> How WOULD we pay off our friendly despots in   
   >> 3rd-world shitholes if it weren't for all the   
   >> 'interdiction' money and junk we send 'em ?   
   >>   
   >> How WOULD we justify meddling in the affairs   
   >> of so many countries ?   
   >>   
   >> (the last two are exactly why Reagan rebooted   
   >> the 'drug war' ... right when Iran/Contra cash   
   >> was about to be discovered)   
   >>   
   >> How would we justify kicking-down the poor and   
   >> minorities and turning them all into felons if   
   >> it weren't for the 'drugs' excuse ??? Why,   
   >> 'driving while black' could become, you know,   
   >> like LEGAL !   
   >>   
   >> MANY kinds of "profit" here ... and you've gotta   
   >> eliminate pretty much ALL of them before the plug   
   >> is pulled on this 'war' against thoughtcrime.   
   >   
   >Pot made legal might just be within sight.   
   >Four states have this coming up on the ballot.   
   >Can Amsterdam tourism be far behind?   
      
   Would that be bad?  The airline industry would pick up, hotel bookings   
   would increase, tourists would come in droves to spend their foreign   
   currency here, on an American grown product (there is no doubt in my   
   mind that Americans can grow the best dope in the world, if we put our   
   heart and minds in it).  It might be our best economic hope to get out   
   from under China's thumb.  Talk about a "shovel ready" stimulus   
   package that doesn't cost the taxpayer anything!   
      
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