brentandrews
August 14th, 2005, 06:59 PM
I Love Drugs No. 9
I would end the war on drugs. I would stop government drug dealing, retire the CIA and the FBI and the DEA and indict their secret agents for crimes against humanity.
The war on drugs is a war on sovreign people by the rogue government of the United States - a government whose course must be righted before all its people are behind bars for one thing or another.
Put me in charge and there'd be no more government meetings - no city councils, no congresses, no legislative grudge matches - for three years. In three years, we'll see if we need our representatives to go back to their desks to be worshipped and wined by lobbyists and to waste the taxpayers' money.
We'll see.
Let's see how the people manage without this outlaw government acting in our "best interests" always thinking of new ways to put us in prison, new inane laws to restrict freedom in our free country, new ways to waste more money.
I studied the war on drugs as a newspaper reporter and saw how it rips the heart out of America, victimizes the sick and the weak. Meanwhile it's making governments rich on seized assets and cash, and turning cops who are supposed to protect and serve into drug dealers, secret police, extortionists and rip-off artists.
The problem is, Americans love drugs. Americans love booze and drugs and their children love booze and drugs. Americans also despise government. No government is going to tell Americans what to do.
We are, after all, a sovreign people. If we want drugs, no government can get in our way.
The worst part about the war on drugs is the lie being perpetrated by police organizations everywhere that marijuana - loved by so many - is "not a priority." Because it is the most widely used illegal drug, it's the one the police love to sell the most. There's money in pot dealing and we all know how government loves money.
Marijuana is good medicine. It helped this alcoholic get sober. Cancer and AIDS patients who use marijuana say it keeps their food down. Best of all, patients can grow it at home very cheaply.
The war on drugs keeps creating worse drugs - witness crack and meth. The CIA's drug dealing in the 1980s started the crack cocaine explosion. Meth is easy to mix at home in secret. Marijuana is nothing like these drugs, but it remains a cash cow for government.
I quit my job as a newspaper reporter determined to end the war on drugs. Sometimes it's like banging my head against the wall.
My letter-writing campaign recently found me on the Website of U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, Republican from Tennessee. As worthless as Congress is, I've been reaching out to members trying to stop the war on drugs before it turns into a real war, where the people fight back. I've been getting nowhere, of course, but you do what you have to do. I have to fight to end the war on drugs. Eric Schlosser said "This war is over, if you want it" in Rolling Stone in 1999 and I want it.
Using Sen. Frist's Website feedback form I wrote my most virulent letter to date. I was trying hard because I thought Frist was special. Surely this senator who could devine Terry Schaivo's mental condition from 800 miles away must have some second sight.
In that case, he should be able to see that the war on drugs is a failure and must end. Medical marijuana was at the time being stamped out by the U.S. Supreme Court, just another freedom quashed by those black-robed fascists. I wrote a rather lengthy letter to Frist, deviner of Terry Schiavo, that was so terribly hateful I thought the FBI might follow up with me at home.
But old Frist knows his business. He wouldn't send the pirates of Waco to kill me and burn my house, because I have friends. I have the best attorney in Franklin. Instead he sent this lukewarm letter:
July 1, 2005
Mr. Thomas Andrews
--- Maplegrove
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
Dear Mr. Andrews,
Thank you for contacting me regarding health care issues. It is an honor to serve you as Majority Leader of the United States Senate and a privilege to respond to your thoughts and concerns.
As a physician, my life has been dedicated to improving lives through medical advances and compassionate care. I am able to take those principles and apply them to my work on health care policy issues here in the Senate. I do believe we need to create a health care system that is patient-centered, consumer driven, provider friendly, and provides affordable, quality care to all.
Communicating with Americans is extremely important to me, and therefore I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on health care. As a member of both the Senate Committe on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and the Senate Committee on Finance, I closely monitor all health-related legislation. As we continue to examine these important issues, I will certainly keep your views in mind.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this important issue and I hope you will continue to share your thoughts and concerns with me throughout my tenure in the United States Senate.
Sincerely,
SIGNED
William H. Frist, M.D.
Majority Leader
United States Senate
P.S. Please visit http://frist.senate.gov to register for my e-mail newsletter.
Thanks for nothing, senator.
I would end the war on drugs. I would stop government drug dealing, retire the CIA and the FBI and the DEA and indict their secret agents for crimes against humanity.
The war on drugs is a war on sovreign people by the rogue government of the United States - a government whose course must be righted before all its people are behind bars for one thing or another.
Put me in charge and there'd be no more government meetings - no city councils, no congresses, no legislative grudge matches - for three years. In three years, we'll see if we need our representatives to go back to their desks to be worshipped and wined by lobbyists and to waste the taxpayers' money.
We'll see.
Let's see how the people manage without this outlaw government acting in our "best interests" always thinking of new ways to put us in prison, new inane laws to restrict freedom in our free country, new ways to waste more money.
I studied the war on drugs as a newspaper reporter and saw how it rips the heart out of America, victimizes the sick and the weak. Meanwhile it's making governments rich on seized assets and cash, and turning cops who are supposed to protect and serve into drug dealers, secret police, extortionists and rip-off artists.
The problem is, Americans love drugs. Americans love booze and drugs and their children love booze and drugs. Americans also despise government. No government is going to tell Americans what to do.
We are, after all, a sovreign people. If we want drugs, no government can get in our way.
The worst part about the war on drugs is the lie being perpetrated by police organizations everywhere that marijuana - loved by so many - is "not a priority." Because it is the most widely used illegal drug, it's the one the police love to sell the most. There's money in pot dealing and we all know how government loves money.
Marijuana is good medicine. It helped this alcoholic get sober. Cancer and AIDS patients who use marijuana say it keeps their food down. Best of all, patients can grow it at home very cheaply.
The war on drugs keeps creating worse drugs - witness crack and meth. The CIA's drug dealing in the 1980s started the crack cocaine explosion. Meth is easy to mix at home in secret. Marijuana is nothing like these drugs, but it remains a cash cow for government.
I quit my job as a newspaper reporter determined to end the war on drugs. Sometimes it's like banging my head against the wall.
My letter-writing campaign recently found me on the Website of U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, Republican from Tennessee. As worthless as Congress is, I've been reaching out to members trying to stop the war on drugs before it turns into a real war, where the people fight back. I've been getting nowhere, of course, but you do what you have to do. I have to fight to end the war on drugs. Eric Schlosser said "This war is over, if you want it" in Rolling Stone in 1999 and I want it.
Using Sen. Frist's Website feedback form I wrote my most virulent letter to date. I was trying hard because I thought Frist was special. Surely this senator who could devine Terry Schaivo's mental condition from 800 miles away must have some second sight.
In that case, he should be able to see that the war on drugs is a failure and must end. Medical marijuana was at the time being stamped out by the U.S. Supreme Court, just another freedom quashed by those black-robed fascists. I wrote a rather lengthy letter to Frist, deviner of Terry Schiavo, that was so terribly hateful I thought the FBI might follow up with me at home.
But old Frist knows his business. He wouldn't send the pirates of Waco to kill me and burn my house, because I have friends. I have the best attorney in Franklin. Instead he sent this lukewarm letter:
July 1, 2005
Mr. Thomas Andrews
--- Maplegrove
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
Dear Mr. Andrews,
Thank you for contacting me regarding health care issues. It is an honor to serve you as Majority Leader of the United States Senate and a privilege to respond to your thoughts and concerns.
As a physician, my life has been dedicated to improving lives through medical advances and compassionate care. I am able to take those principles and apply them to my work on health care policy issues here in the Senate. I do believe we need to create a health care system that is patient-centered, consumer driven, provider friendly, and provides affordable, quality care to all.
Communicating with Americans is extremely important to me, and therefore I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on health care. As a member of both the Senate Committe on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and the Senate Committee on Finance, I closely monitor all health-related legislation. As we continue to examine these important issues, I will certainly keep your views in mind.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this important issue and I hope you will continue to share your thoughts and concerns with me throughout my tenure in the United States Senate.
Sincerely,
SIGNED
William H. Frist, M.D.
Majority Leader
United States Senate
P.S. Please visit http://frist.senate.gov to register for my e-mail newsletter.
Thanks for nothing, senator.