John Ashcroft heralds the end of a major drug ring with 11 indictments

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | April 20, 2002 | Torsten Ove

[buzzyboop]

Note to clymers at LA Times.... It sure looks to me like John Ashcroft is doing his job. This story is an example.

[friendly]

John Ashcroft soars with the eagles.

[vannrox]

John Ashcroft heralds the end of a major drug ring with 11 indictments

--- Democrats Voice their Anger!

"I am stunned" said one alleged defendant. "We were told that Reno would look the other way. How could she do this to us?"


"I am Furious!" said another alleged defendant, "I poured millions of dollars in the DNC coffers. And this is how I get paid! Wait until I talk to my buddies in Washington. Then we'll see.

[kidd]

Allegheny County had 129 heroin-related deaths in 2001, he said, an 88 percent increase over the previous year.

Hopefully, with this bust, this will drop significantly. Good work.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ah, yes. The end of the war on some drugs is now in sight. Soon all the children and puppies of the world will be safe for all time.

[grimalkin]

Note to clymers at LA Times.... It sure looks to me like John Ashcroft is doing his job. This story is an example.

Is it just me or has there been a surge in drug busts recently? I can only say, "Good work!"

[alpowolf]

The U.S. attorney's office has moved to seize $5 million in cash or bank accounts and more than 20 properties and businesses owned by Beasley or used by the drug network, including J.B.'s Coffee Shop and Diner at 2615 Perrysville and Beeda Bees Beauty Salon at 2537 Perrysville

Ah yes. Here we see why the WOD is fought with such zeal.

[zarf]

Allegheny County had 129 heroin-related deaths in 2001, he said, an 88 percent increase over the previous year.

Am I supposed to be upset that Darwin is doing his job?

This WOD is an insane waste of money.....

[miamimark]

more than 20 properties and businesses owned

Follow the paper trail at the auctions. Look at who the insiders are that end up with the property.

Rosie O'donell paid $6.5 mil for a marijuana bust house that was bought at auction for $600k and then flipped for almost $6 mil profit.

[Cultural Jihad]

Ah, yes. The end of the war on some drugs is now in sight. Soon all the children and puppies of the world will be safe for all time.

Rape, theft, and murder have been illegal ever since before we had laws. Suppose we ought to just shrug and legalize those behaviors, too, since we are losing those wars. In fact, there's an endless list of things we could legalize in order to punish those uppity bootleggers.

[tpaine]

Truly pitiful. A jerkwater 'weed & seed' operation is hearlded as a major bust, -- as tons of the crap pour over the borders into megacity markets.

This 'triumph' is drug war propaganda , pure & simple. - A perfect example of feds justifying the existance of their bureaucracy.

[tpaine]

Jihadist hype, by a known fedophile.

[galt-jw]

the premise that laws do not have any ability to affect the behavior of those who choose to ignore them is self evident here. even if they legalize smack and blow tommorow, i still dont want any. in effect, what we are trying to do is to make someone obey laws, and ya cant. if you want to remove them from society, that makes sense if they put others at risk. just dont think you can stop people from being evil, stupid etc with a law. the law is to protect us, but cant prevent bad actors from acting badly. criminals never think there is a plausible chance of getting caught. thats why they get caught-not bright.

[Cultural Jihad]

Follow the paper trail at the auctions. Look at who the insiders are that end up with the property.

The article was talking about businesses used in the trafficking of heroin, which caused over 129 deaths. One supposes that according to the moral-liberal ideologues, if Rosie O'Donnel had gotten one of the heroin homes cheap, that it would have been better to see 129 heroin deaths than Rosie getting a home.

Why should a criminal enjoy the fruits of their criminal enterprise? You talk about "insider trading" as if you are griping that you didn't get a fair shot at getting the seized home or a boat or a nicer car. Drug auctions are listed publicly. You can even log into eBay to bid on a variety of items. Pssst. Slip me a hundred dollars and I'll send you the URL.

[palo verde]

Truly pitiful. A jerkwater 'weed & seed' operation is hearlded as a major bust, -- as tons of the crap pour over the borders into megacity markets

bingo!!

[palo verde]

perceptive post

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[southern rock]

Allegheny County had 129 heroin-related deaths in 2001, he said, an 88 percent increase over the previous year.

Am I supposed to be upset that Darwin is doing his job?

Exactly. Preventing " heroin-related deaths" is not worth 1 red cent of taxpayer money.

[RJCogburn]

It sure looks to me like John Ashcroft is doing his job.

Look again. Ashcroft is not doing his job a bit so far as the more important issue of corruption in government. How many people will be without their drugs next week because of this 'bust'? The supply will continue to meet the demand, but government corruption is ignored.

The man is a disgrace and a very dangerous person.