[Rhodes22-list] Bonds and drugs

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Funny you mention Bonds, I just had a conversation with my youngest son
about that subject last night.  Alex is a baseball fanatic (I like going to
the ballpark but could care less) and thinks there should definitely be an
asterisk.  Bonds didn't set the records "fair and square" and the record
books should explain that issue.

The ex-husband of our employee that I traveled to the Gulf to help also
works for us part time.  He showed in court yesterday to show support and he
and I discussed the drug issue until the wee hours.  I've witnessed a lot of
good people waste their lives with drugs, but I've seen more good people
wasted by the legal system on a witch hunt.  I say we declare victory and
move on!

I wasn't a big Nancy Reagan fan (loved Ronny) but I'd say she had a pretty
good plan, "just say no!"  I think rap music and the culture it glorifies is
just as harmful as drugs but I don't advocate censorship.  I just "say no!"

Seems to work for a lot of things.

Brad

On 8/8/07, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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