[Rhodes22-list] I don't need this aggravition Stan

[Rik Sandberg]

Brad,

Good to see you're back.

Yep. The war on drugs didn't/doesn't/won't work (just like prohibition) 
Take the money out of it and the problem will go away. Make it legal and 
let Darwin sort out the winners and losers.

Rik

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Stan,
>
> Damn it! Life was good!  I was minding my own business, not worried about
> the list (but for lurking to see if Slim and Mary Ann was OK after the
> bridge collapse) and the world ran fine without my advice.  I'm jumping
> back-in to AGREE with you.  Sometimes I think you might have lived a good
> life and learned a thing or two - but then I just close my eyes, click my
> heels, and that thought goes away.
>
> Here's the deal on Nixon and energy.  He saw the problem.  Hell, every
> President since FDR (who first cut the deal for cheap oil with the Middle
> East) saw the problem. No one has had the political guts to deal with the
> issue. Drugs and oil are the same.  We are addicted to scarce
> resources. Drugs are a minor issue in my humble opinion.  Make them legal!
> I just got off the phone with my youngest son who returned from a six-week
> drug busting cruise in Panama and he admitted, it feels good when we pop
> someone but we're not making a dent in the total importation.  Make them
> legal and cheap and let Darwin sort out the consequences. Our prisons are
> filled with non-violent folks who were just trying to make a living.  Did we
> learn anything from prohibition?
>
> I'm in Gulfport putting out some brush fires, including, showing in court
> tomorrow to support one of my employees who is in legal trouble over, guess
> what, drugs.  She's the best employee we've found after almost two years on
> the MS Gulf Coast and I can't stand to see her shoved around by the legal
> system.
>
> As soon as I get finished making an ass of myself and get things at home
> settled down to a mild simmer, we'll combine forces and finish off the
> worlds problems.
>
> You started this!  Happy?
>
> Brad
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