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USS Stephen W. Groves Scores Interdicts 8.1 Metric Tons of Cocaine
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Posted on 09/15/2006 11:13:07 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Tenacious 1
i appreciate your thoughts.
I don't deny that there are people who are curious and would try drugs. I just think the efforts and money fighting the drugs on war is just another wasted venture by the government to make people feel good while obtaining no valid results.
As I written that I never had the need for drugs --though vicodin works wonders if you can't sleep as I found out when I was in the hospital for hernia and another surgery--- I did have a very unique anti drug message in my earlier years coming from a place many on here would never guess. it was from the music/lyrics of straight edge hardcore punk bands.
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posted on
09/15/2006 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
MAD-AS-HELL
(How to win over terrorist? KILL them with UNKINDNESS.)
To: MonroeDNA
Will gee I guess I didn't really go to my cousin's funeral and he's not really dead. I get so tired of the same old BS from the legalize drugs crowd. The only thing in the blood system of the driver was THC, so maybe your lucky your stoner buds haven't taken you for a ride
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posted on
09/15/2006 12:58:16 PM PDT
by
sticker
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Dang! Sailors have all the fun!
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:01:40 PM PDT
by
meandog
(While Bush will never fill them, Clinton isn't fit to even lick the soles of Reagan's shoes!)
To: navyblue
I'm thinkin that one 3 inch round could have made that chase a lot shorter76-mm on a Frig
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:02:40 PM PDT
by
meandog
(While Bush will never fill them, Clinton isn't fit to even lick the soles of Reagan's shoes!)
To: GingisK
Nothing smaller than a five inch in use on those frigates these days. Dating myself, huh? Well, works for me. I didn't mind those 5" or the 40mm stuff going off near me, but those 3 inch things had an awful"crack" when they went off.
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:10:34 PM PDT
by
navyblue
(Semper ubi sub ubi)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
To sum up my thoughts in general, I don't want the government interfering with how citizens behave until their behavior destructively interrupts my life. "Your rights end where mine begin." In the same, but opposite respect, I don't believe the government should encourage or subsidize dependent behavior on ANYTHING whether it be welfare or drugs.
As for the "War on Drugs?" To be effective, we would have to raid several countries if we wanted to curb the drug problem in the US. It would be far easier than curbing terrorism. Since Drugs are about supply and demand and personal choice, we can hardly justify our invading south America to kill and destroy drug cartels. Terrorism on the other hand is the imposition of violence on innocents. It is a cause more worthy. I don't believe the answer to curbing illicit use of narcotics is to give up and make it legal. It is a cop-out.
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:12:19 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(War Monger...In the name of liberty, let's go to war!!!!)
To: LetsRok
I'm not totally against the idea.
However, I say "Remove the crew from the boat (and imprison them) and as long as it's not in an area of frequent shipping (deep enough water), sink it with the cargo on board."
Film the seizure on tape as well as the naval gunfire that sinks the ship. Make sure the video gets sent to youtube.com, the MSM, etc.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Piracy on the High Seas AND a violation of the "Posse Comitatus" Act.
I know, I know. Since it was passed no one has ever been prosecuted under the Posse Comitatus act.
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:15:14 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(USAF Air Rescue "That others may live.")
To: meandog
76-mm on a Frig Okay. But at 25.4 mm to an inch, I'll take that as a 3 inch gun.
You say to-may-toe and I say to-mah-toe. Damn metric stuph!
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posted on
09/15/2006 1:20:07 PM PDT
by
navyblue
(Semper ubi sub ubi)
To: navyblue
Dating myself, huh? Not necessarily. There are several postings that indicate I am in error. My son is currently serving in the Navy; and, he did indicate that his ship was refitted with 5" guns. They will eventually refit those with 155mm so the same ammo can be shared with the army and Marines.
He grinched when they pulled the .50 cals off the mounts, but was delighted with the 30mm gatling guns that replaced them. (Except that they don't get to practice with the gatling guns much .... and they are truely noisy.)
Myself, well, I wish the New Jersey were still in service. I like really big stuff. ;-D
I was an army puke.
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posted on
09/15/2006 2:59:13 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: ryan71
She is armed with one 3 inch (76mm) gun. Small but very fast and deadly. She's sleek and sexy, really. Thanks for the correction.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:00:34 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: MonroeDNA
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:04:20 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Willing to fight for oil)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
But, we never learn from what we experienced from Prohibition.
Sure we did, things like:
Don't pick on really popular intoxicating drugs of abuse like alcohol, no matter how damaging.
Bigger prisons make more jobs even after a depression.
Don't bother getting Constitutional authorization for it.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:13:41 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: Tenacious 1
If three good decision makers made bad decisions and ruined their lives
You understand the failed logic of your statement? It is neither valid nor true.
I also fail to accept that increased availability would have a significant increase in the number of users. Obviously you have 3 friends who had access. Should you have been so inclined, you would have had access, too.
I would also point out that most decriminalizers feel that society should provide some help for addicts instead of jail time.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:15:36 PM PDT
by
dyed_in_the_wool
("O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends" - Koran 5.51)
To: Owl_Eagle
[ Seems like more trouble than its worth, smuggling cocaine across the ocean. It'd be a whole lot easier just to get some illegal to carry it across the border. ]
Exactely... Eighteen wheeler loads of many things including cocaine across the border.. Wonder what a border patrolman costs these days along a 2000 mile border..
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:45:00 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
To: MonroeDNA
Wrong Mr Naive, most potheads are into alot more than just pot. I know, I was one. Good work Sailors!
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:52:00 PM PDT
by
bray
(Voting for the Rats is a Deathwish)
To: CholeraJoe
Piracy on the High Seas AND a violation of the "Posse Comitatus" Act.Neither, and any jackass that would accuse the United States Navy of that should be ashamed of his horrendous ignorance and.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:58:05 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(The Democrats have decided it will either be a Democrat led America, or no America at all.)
To: misterrob
Libertarians? Don't you mean dealers and users? Now that there are some responses from them, we can see it's the same slogans. Success is failure, failure is failure, and status quo is failure.
Congratulations to the USN on a great bust.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:03:11 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
But, we never learn from what we experienced from Prohibition. What Prohibition? Possession was legal. Doctors could prescribe whiskey as "medicine." Low alcohol beer was legal. Law enforcement officers couldn't enter establishments that were serving it. It was Prohibition in name only.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:12:08 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
evidence in countries that have legalized drugs show no increase in addicts. Please move to one of those countries where you'll be happy.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:13:47 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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