Why Do Conservatives Still Love the Drug War?

Campaign for Liberty ^ | 2010-04-02 | Jacob Hornberger

[Rockingham]

In most states that is illegal.

[Ken H]

I'm not sure I get your point. Do you support fedgov's national drug prohibition?

[geologist]

Yes. However the federal government is doing nothing. Which was the point of the comment. The ranchers are terrorized, their property trashed by illegals crossing it.

Drugs are the worst, of course; yet it is all bad and uncontrolled ... easy to say. Devastating to the people that live along the border.

God help us in our day, in the precious name of Jesus, amen.

[geologist]

What I know is ... whoever is and was President, he did next to nothing to to address situations that are escalating and killing the tourist trade in Mexico, ... over 2200 people have been killed in the last couple of years in Drug Wars. They are torturing, cutting heads ,and arms off,. it is savage and godless people that are living to create the tyranny of the drug WARS and more. The Department of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs are not addressing this situation at all.

Do not forget under Bill Clinton the WACO debacle happened. Women and children burned to death ... for wanting to be left alone. In a religious sect (Koresh? was it?) no matter it was handled in an inexcusable manner.

Mistakes are made. We must learn from them.

God help us in our day, in the precious name of Jesus, amen.

[tacticalogic]

Yes. However the federal government is doing nothing. Which was the point of the comment. The ranchers are terrorized, their property trashed by illegals crossing it.

Indeed. They've abandoned the the things they're supposed to be doing in order to pursue things they aren't.

[tjbandrowsky]

Lol! Your litany of red herrings doesn’t cause a net drop in GDP or diminish productivity in the work place the way drugs do. But in any case I’m all in favor of supporting your right to legalize drugs if you are in favor of my right as a business owner to test you, track you, and otherwise make sure I’m not paying someone who shows up to work with half their brains. Since most pro-drug advocates want big government to protect them from that, I’d have to ask, whose really for big government, and who isn’t?