Joe, not only has it strengthened the gangs selling drugs but has caused many other major problems. See LEAP.cc for more details on this War on Drugs.

I'd say moderation in most things, especially at Thanksgiving when you have an urge to eat that second piece of pecan pie.

Substitute "drug use" for drinking and "drug" for Alcohol in the above quote and you have an exact description of this so called War on Drugs. See LEAP.cc on the web.

H.L. always hits the nail squarely on the head.

The exact same goes for this "War on Drugs" which actually a war on people.

Thank goodness we can get a jury trial here in Texas for everything from murder to a parking ticket. Mike's example is pretty commonplace in bench trials.

Alcohol prohibition didn't work in 1920 and drug prohibition doesn't work now. But the government keeps spending millions on a "war on drugs" that doesn't solve anything and only makes matters worse. Check out LEAP.cc on the web and see what former drug cops think about it.

Bruce, are you nuts. Who else but governments run elections.
Ask people from Venezuela if you doubt this.

It isn't Obama being president that is so scary, it's that we have so many people willing to elect him a second time. Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on me again.

When you rob Peter to pay Paul you will always have the support of Paul. This works pretty well until Peter runs out of money. Reminds me of the old joke about a cop asking two vagrants how they make a living. The first one says that he borrows money from the second one. The cop then asks number two how he makes a living and he says to the cop, he pays me back. Sounds a lot like our government.

Of course, none of this applies when you have a King like Obama.

We saw a great example of this when Obama care was passed. Over 70% of American citizens opposed it but Nancy , Harry, and the rest of the usual suspects rammed it through anyway.

And then Stalin sent you off to Siberia and you never came back.

The last line in this quote sums it up very well. This country is the perfect example.

Unfortunantly we have granted "dukedoms" to the few, they reside in the Oval office and the Congress.

What's even scarier than having Obama as president is knowing that we have so many people willing to vote him in.

L. Hanson, perhaps you should sober up before sending that sort of nonsense.

Good comment Mike.

I'm with J on this one.

There is no morality, code or not, in the government. They love to tell us how to behave while they do as they please. A Woodrow Wilson quote sums up government pretty well; "Government, in it's final analysis, is organized force".

5 stars for the Spooner quote.

My first vote was for Eisenhower back in 1951 which dates me as an old codger. His worst mistake was appointing Earl Warren to the Supreme Court for which he said later that he regretted. Since then I've voted for the most part to keep one scoundrel out only to be replaced by another less villanous. Even at that I never thought that we would ever elect a communist but that day arrived 4 years ago and the nightmare continues.

I'm with GWAP and Sher, both made good comments. After last night, the nightmare continues.

I go along with J on this one.

Another way to judge a man's character is by how he treats animals.