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

[Robert Skinner]

Good one, Rik!

Jerry Pournell said it - Death due to stupid 
behavior is "evolution in action".

/Robert Skinner
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Rik Sandberg wrote:
> 
> 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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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."