Vineland Revisited: Prop 19

[rich]

and happening everywhere

check out this longish but informative piece on border security and
Texas law enforcement

Lots of federal monies (even more so under Obama) being directed down
there, costing millions for hardly any benefit beyond propping up
local sheriffs, tea party ideology, and state political douchebags
like the vile administration of Governor Rick Perry

http://bostonreview.net/BR35.5/barry.php

rich

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> Federal Drug Numbers Are Garbage, RAND Corporation Finds
> from East Bay Express (CA), October 13, 2010
>
>        The government is creating its own reality using unverifiable
>        sources tantamount to 'a little birdy told me', the RAND report
>        shows, calling into question the entirety of the argument for the
>        ongoing drug war, which has contributed to the U.S. having the
>        highest rate of prisoners of any country on the earth, including
>        Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan.
>
>        “Many of the most-quoted estimates are not documented in a
>        manner that allows others to assess their credibility, let alone
>        replicate them,” RAND found. “While a number of estimates are
>        described as being 'intelligence based' or are released by
>        intelligence agencies, this does not mean we should
>        automatically give them high credibility.
>
> http://stopthedrugwar.org/news/2010/oct/13/federal_drug_numbers_are_garbage