It's like history repeated itself a decade later because we weren't paying attention the first time, class? class?

/ Off to graze, I guess.

There are actually real problems and crimes to solve out there. The drug war is only cultivating an underground business that is never going to go away, and will only perpetuate the allure of gangs and organized crime (Prohibition...history repeating itself...). There are proposed solutions, and there are arguments against those, but I think the U.S. is grown up enough as a nation to stop beating a dead horse and develop a true drug policy that reflects realistic goals and specific outcomes. I have relatives who are addicted to meth, and seeing the police waste their time on something that is inconsequential, when compared to the real gateway drug (alcohol), makes me sick. I know that keeping cannabis illegal is far too profitable for law enforcement, and in a way it may help to fund other genuinely beneficial endeavors, but there's another side to that coin. Excise taxes are proven to be a good way to raise funds for education or whatever a state government needs, and cannabis is a gold mine that is waiting to be exploited. Good old capitalism is at work in the black market, and opening the blinds to lighten that dirty place up a bit will certainly be a step toward solving problems, rather than creating new ones like what's happened to the people in this video. I do have to agree that they shouldn't have broken the law that they are so lucky to have in the first place, but a little civil disobedience can go a long way.

Well.. as I see it.. he's been fighting a corrupt system for over 44 years now. He even had to filibuster for 5 months straight just to end the draft for the Vietnam war... I'd be plenty pissed off too seeing history repeat itself yet again and now with the media owned by just a few very powerful corporations that have ties to the military industrial complex.

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Good addition. Thanks.

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
your new playlist was one of the first things that came to mind while i watched, naturally.
what say you? santayana seal of disapproval?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Despotism-Democracy-Documentary-on-1946-or-2007

ahhh now don't get defensive, i wasn't attacking, just putting out my perspective too. the "hate soldiers" comment was comparing myself to this asshole in the video, i wasn't suggesting anyone suggested that.
and my political stance is not a "belief"... i just look at the evidence, and history repeating itself, and i don't see any evidence that the bush administration is to be trusted to bring democracy to the middle east. if you got some, i would actually feel better about the world and be a happier person. you could say i am looking for good news... when i find the word "halliburton" and "cost plus" in the same sentence i don't WANT to believe it but it's true, so i have to admit to myself that yes, bush is a greedy bastard who sends people to die just so his friends can make money. look at where the priorities were... oil ministry, permanent bases, installing puppet.

History Repeats itself - why didn't the Orthodox Jews pictured in the vid FIGHT BACK and beat the FUK out of this guy instead of running away???? You can't complain about being a victim if you live your life as a coward. FIGHT BACK DAMNIT!

let's cross our fingers and hope history repeats itself.