Anyone have an ERoEI for the war on drugs?

No they didn't. They just weren't on the side you thought they were.

But, agreed wrt legalization.

Blondie,

You are so right it hurts.

Unfortunately we seldom do what is right but rather what is politically expedient and we have too many cops,lawyers,judges,and politicians depending on the war on drugs for things to change in this respect until thirty or forty million older voterswho know in thier hearts about the devil weed are replaced by younger ones.

It is patently ridiculous to lock up somebody for smoking pot when he copuld be paying a couple of thousend bucks a year in taxes on his smoke-and still getting it cheaper than black market.

Legalizing drug take would do away with 99 percent of drug related crime,and allow society to focus on treatment rather than punishment.

True conservatives and liberterians adhere to this pov,as well as younger folks who detest the republican establishment.

It's time for a little political bridge building.

Don’t drive over the speed limit or commit a crime and you can live here 30 years without even meeting a cop let alone be oppressed by one.

That's news to Robbie Tolan.

Rockman,

You are dead on regarding crime and self defense.We do suffer the occasional bank robbery around here,but even guys dumb enough to rob a bank know that bank clerks aren't allowed to bring a gun to work.

Such burglars as we have are extremely careful to make sure thier victims are not home,and home invasions are so rare that most folks don't know what the words mean.

Convenience store robberies are rare ,even though most of the chain stores have a no waepon policy.Ya just can't be sure a redneck store clerk cares more about his job than his life,ya see,and rednecks are notorious for hauling out thier piece when threatened. THEREFORE store robberies are rare.You don't go to jail in Va or the Carolinas for defending yourself.
Physical violence is limited mostly to the wife abuse category.

We do lose an occasional citizen to a jealous husband with a pistol or a careless drunk,but as I see it,jealous husbands and drunks can and do kill with golf clubs and automobiles.

We lose thousands of lives every year to accidents and untreated disease.The people so hot to collect our weapons don't seem to be very excited about this preventable loss of life,thus leaving me wondering about thier true motives.

Now if somebody like Bernie Madoff stole my life savings,or my parents life savings,his life wouldn't be worth a wooden nickel-if he lived around here.I find it HARD to understand why SOMEBODY of the many who have been robbed by such white collar criminals doesn't just shoot one of them ONCE in a while.

I'm sure a few such incidences would have a salutary effect on the incidence of big time white collar crime.

Call me an unreconstructed redneck if you like,but I AM rational.Mostly.

I'm really sorry about the kid the cops shot.

THe ones involved should be busted to clerks with no possibility of ever carrying a firearm on business again,at least.

Thier superiors should busted to privates and never be promoted again.

This policy works keeping the armed forces leadership on thier toes.

Remember that I'm just a crabby old farmer and not to be taken too seriously-unless the subject is ag.