01-11-2009, 10:12 PM
[font=Times New Roman][/font=Times New Roman]Hey Lee. Single Malt Scotch is good. Try The Glendronach, if you can find it. It's aged in old Sherry casks and is a bit pricey. If you ever get your hands on any, I'd like a sip because it's been a while. Well, perhaps more than just a sip, but no one likes a sloppy drunk either.
The illegal drug issue is complex. We know it creates jobs and provides excuses for the expansion of law enforcement, but it's much more than that. For instance, if all drugs were legalized tomorrow, there's a good chance that we would have an explosion of felony crime that would be greater than the world has ever known, and it wouldn't be due to millions of consumers going berserk and getting hooked on drugs rather than booze or gambling. No, the nasty crime would come from armies of rank and file drug dealers who are also part of present society. They would be without jobs and I have serious questions as to how many of them would just shrug their shoulders, walk away, and go out looking for regular work without being provided with constructive oversight, motivation, and support. Then, of course, we have our trusted public officials who won't be able to put their kids through law school without getting their steady piece of the action, and that abstract concept merely scratches the surface of the issue and how the war on drugs is corrupting everything we know.
These are a few of the dilemmas which face anyone who is seriously interested in putting a halt to the wasteful madness. I like living in this country and we have lots of enemies who hate our guts and are activelly engaged in trying to destroy our way of life. Some of them even supply the drugs we're at war against, and they justifiably sneer at how idiotic we are. The economy is nuts as well, yet it's government business as usual on an issue that can generate billions in revenue which can be used to fight wars on poverty, ignorance, disease, and those who pray on their knees for our destruction. Instead, we pigheadedly continue with a course of action that helps drain the world economy, destroys lives with jails and shootouts, and casts a pall over all of civilization.
The illegal drug issue is complex. We know it creates jobs and provides excuses for the expansion of law enforcement, but it's much more than that. For instance, if all drugs were legalized tomorrow, there's a good chance that we would have an explosion of felony crime that would be greater than the world has ever known, and it wouldn't be due to millions of consumers going berserk and getting hooked on drugs rather than booze or gambling. No, the nasty crime would come from armies of rank and file drug dealers who are also part of present society. They would be without jobs and I have serious questions as to how many of them would just shrug their shoulders, walk away, and go out looking for regular work without being provided with constructive oversight, motivation, and support. Then, of course, we have our trusted public officials who won't be able to put their kids through law school without getting their steady piece of the action, and that abstract concept merely scratches the surface of the issue and how the war on drugs is corrupting everything we know.
These are a few of the dilemmas which face anyone who is seriously interested in putting a halt to the wasteful madness. I like living in this country and we have lots of enemies who hate our guts and are activelly engaged in trying to destroy our way of life. Some of them even supply the drugs we're at war against, and they justifiably sneer at how idiotic we are. The economy is nuts as well, yet it's government business as usual on an issue that can generate billions in revenue which can be used to fight wars on poverty, ignorance, disease, and those who pray on their knees for our destruction. Instead, we pigheadedly continue with a course of action that helps drain the world economy, destroys lives with jails and shootouts, and casts a pall over all of civilization.