Agree, It's interesting that the Indians of the Andes have used the cocaine leaves for over a thousand years without all of the addiction issues. They were sold in the super market for altitude sickness. Not that they aren't dangerous but all addictions are dangerous and a little elevation of consciousness in other than drug ways is always preferable IMHO.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Free market in drugs. > Ray, > > How right you so often are. > > We should stop the drug war overnight - or we say, between tea and breakfast. > > Decriminalize all drugs. Allow them to be sold at any pharmacy. > > This would take the profit out of drugs. It would no longer be worthwhile > to seduce children and adults into the habit. Those who have it would no > longer suffer the underdose/overdose syndrome. once it's no longer a > felony, those who are hooked would be more available so remedial work could > be done. > > We would also stop chasing around the jungles of Columbia harming the > One-Winged Nuthatch. > > Harry > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > Ray wrote: > > >It is an interesting thing to find out how much capital for the current > >world is based upon former deals with Nazis, or being the Drug Lords that > >conquered China and made addicts of millions to open the market for > >tea. So the Iraqi oil is the future capital for the work in the 21st > >century. Of course we don't like the current drug Lords very much and > >so have to kill and make destitute with Chemical warfare the peoples > >living in the Rain Forest. If the 1491 article that I posted on the > >list earlier from the Atlantic Magazine is true then we are destroying the > >last great Garden of the pre-Columbian builders because we can't control > >our own addictions. Baghdad is next. That Judeo-Christian Ideal is > >amazing. Makes you understand burning the Alexandrian Library. > > > >Today I'm watching the current dance around tax structures and Dividends, > >which we didn't discuss when I posted the Cramer article earlier, but > >George Bush listened to and proposed yesterday. And > >furthermore, reading the NYTimes article this morning, how the States > >are going to be ravaged even further by the Dividend deal because it will > >stop their taxes on Dividends tied to the Federal Government and the rise > >in purchasing tax exempt dividends will make Municipal Bonds raise their > >rates to compete which makes less money for State programs. All for > >Capitalism. And for the people who "pay most of the Taxes." > > > >Actually since most of that money is earned and taxed already those > >complainants could avoid taxes all together if they would just say no to > >investing. In that case the only taxes they would pay would be the same > >as anyone else and less than the workers who are still paying income > >tax. They would only be consumers. If you only have wealth but no > >"Income" then you have only sales and property taxes. > > > >The same sort of deal that they have with the French where the Socialists > >have maintained a lovely retreat for the super wealthy with a terrific job > >market in culture and fine things (compared to the US) and a good > >standard of living for the average Frenchman making them comfortable > >around the super rich and not like the immigrant servants here who wash > >their dirty linen. > > > >Its interesting how the propaganda here says that Socialism is the old > >Communist tyranny that had to create the perfect human to exist while > >France knows better and speaks of Liberty, Equality and the Fraternal > >order of all French people. Even the English run to the South of France > >once they get money. Who wouldn't rather live there even though their > >"Tongues hath become their enemies." > > > > From the CIA Factbook: > >The Socialist-led government.... remains committed to a capitalism in > >which they maintain social equity by means of laws, tax policies, and > >social spending that reduce income disparity and the impact of free > >markets on public health and welfare. > > > >What other Socialist countries are there that succeed over what is > >happening here as far as attracting the Super Wealthy? Here in the US > >no one wants to immigrate to Oklahoma or South Dakota and Wyoming has so > >few people that they have more Senators than Congressmen. Yes I > >know, but Houston is only for the "on the way" with the exception of the > >fundamentalists wealthy who love rattlesnakes. By and large the Super > >wealthy here prefer the Northeast, Florida, and Palm Springs in > >California. None of these places, with the exception of Florida, are > >bastions of classical or even neo Classical Liberal thought. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > >REH > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:59 AM > >Subject: RE: [Futurework] My second hypothesis > > > > > You know, when you look at it, oil is not a bad reason to wage war. After > > > all the industialized economies are addicted to oil and in so many ways we > > > have created oil dependent consumer needs as well (witness, SUVs). It > > > seems hypocritical for all the Pogos (we have seen the enemy and it is us) > > > in the world to consume oil on the one hand and then complain about > > invading > > > another country in order to maintain the oil supplies. > > > > > > May be able to maintain an air of righteous indignation, but that won't go > > > far when oil prices spike and the economy tanks. What might be bothering > > > people is that the move in Iraq, if oil really is the key, reveals just > > what > > > our economies are all about. And this is making people feel uncomfortable. > > > > > > Faustian bargains and all that. > > > > > > arthur > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/2002 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
