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

[Steven Alm]

Thanks for your post, Brad.  I've never been to Scotland, but I've been to
Arizona (there's a song there somewhere)

But speaking of drug use--what about the Barry Bonds thing?  MLB banned
steroids in 2002 and I assume Bonds has been tested constantly since then.
If he used steroids before 2002, he wasn't breaking any rules, right?  Does
his record count?  I say it does but it has to be with an asterisk.  Any
thoughts?

Twins win tonight (Sanatana LHP) against KC 11-4!

Slim

On 8/8/07, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> Slim,
>
> Once upon a time I thought I knew something about scotch.  Then I had a
> layover in Scotland.  I love Dewars, brother Johnny, the J&B boys.  They
> (the Scots) treated me like an uneducated heathen.  I've illegally
> siphoned
> 87 octane as a kid that tasted better than the single-malted stuff they
> said
> was good, but I digress, I'm a heathen.  My drug of choice is Miller Lite.
> You'll piss yourself to death before you drink yourself there.  Everything
> is good in moderation.  I'm not sure where the battle line should be
> drawn,
> but I know damn well that my employee that I went to battle for today
> shouldn't be in as much trouble as she is.
>
> On other issues, my brother called me within minutes of the MSP bridge
> collapse and explained what happened.  Film at eleven.  I'm running short
> on
> time and will fill-in-the-blanks tomorrow.
>
> Brad
>
>
> On 8/8/07, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > First,  thanks for lurking on our behalf, Brad.  Thankfully (and
> > selfishly)
> > nobody I know was involved.
> >
> > Here's my take on the drug thing:  Having lived and worked with
> musicians,
> > bar flies, bikers and various other marginal-type groups of people all
> my
> > adult life, I can say with certainty that the law has nothing whatsoever
> > to
> > do with peoples' decision to do what they want.  When someone asks,
> "Hey,
> > wanna go out and burn one?"  I've never heard anyone say, "No, that's
> > against the law."  Nobody I know of cares what the law says.  Nobody
> stays
> > away from dangerous drugs because it's against the law.  Smart people
> stay
> > away from dangerous drugs because they're dangerous.
> >
> > I will admit to my share of experimentation in days gone by.  And by
> > golly,
> > most of my stories are way too much fun to be posted in polite
> > company.  But
> > that was when I was a young party boy and now I'm an old party boy and I
>
> > know better!  Sorta.
> >
> > Next, the lines are blurred on what is a dangerous drug.  They play
> > heroine
> > as bad but doctors everywhere freely prescribe Vicodin, Hydrocodone,
> > Percoset, Tramadol, Fiorinol, etc.  I fiendishly enjoyed seeing Rush
> > Limbau
> > busted for his illicit drug use after his years of railing away at
> > drugies.
> > F**k him and his hypocritical ass!
> >
> > Myself, I'm not smart enough to stay away from dangerous drugs.  I'm a
> > drug
> > addict.   I'm addicted to Dewars Scotch Whiskey.   I can't  wait for my
> > daily fix.   I have, however , broken my addiction to Camel
> > Filters.  These
> > two drugs have caused the deaths of  many, many more people than all the
>
> > others combined.
> >
> > There's no reason not to legalize marijuana.  Heroine is already legal
> > (Vicodin, et al)
> > Cocain will be used whether it's legal or not.  Methamphetamine is
> really
> > a
> > bad one and should remain illegal.
> >
> > Keep it in perspective, folks.
> >
> > Slim
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/8/07, Robert Skinner < robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good one, Rik!
> > >
> > > Jerry Pournell said it - Death due to stupid
> > > behavior is "evolution in action".
> > >
> > > /Robert Skinner
> > > ---------------------------------------
> > > 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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