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

[stan]

that's my problem  -  I am always happy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I don't need this aggravition Stan


> 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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