Hey Stoners, Get Your Passports Out!
Hello again readers, I hope everyone is doing well and feeling good.
The subject of today's rant comes from a story by Reuters called "Mexico's Fox To OK Drug Decriminalization Law". The story reports that Mexico's president, Vincente Fox, is going to sign a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of various drugs. The bill is designed to help combat narcotics trafficking and drug gang violence. The bill would do this by legalizing small amounts of marijuana, opium, heroin, cocaine, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, amphetamines, ecstasy, and peyote. The story goes on to state that this will probably complicate Mexico's relations with the US.
Well, I guess spring break in Cancun just got a lot more interesting. Seriously, I am curious as to how this will complicate Mexico's relations with the US. Mexico is, after all, a sovereign country, they can do as they please when it comes to drug enforcement within their borders. If this will solve the epidemic of drug violence that has plagued Mexico for the last couple of decades, all I can say is, "Pass the bong, man." It should be interesting to see how "Snort" Bush and his administration handles this. I predict that they will severely criticize Mexico, threaten to cut off any foreign aid that may be headed Mexico's way, they will threaten to list Mexico as being off limits to American tourists, and they will threaten to start the second Mexican-American war. After all, we all know that the neo-conservatives only want freedom and democracy if it is freedom and democracy as they say it should be. And as we all know, the Reagan-begun, zero tolerance "War On Drugs" has gone so well and has had such success that it should be a model for the rest of the world when it comes to dealing with drugs. Oh, wait, that failed, whoops, my bad. In all seriousness, this is going to drive Bush and the neo-cons nuts. On one hand, Mexico supplies a great deal of oil to the US and too much criticism from Bush could threaten to cut off that supply. On the other hand, the neo-cons have a stated position as tolerating NO drug use by anyone (except themselves and Rush Limbaugh). The conflict between securing this supply of oil while condemning Mexico's tolerance of drug use should drive the neo-cons absolutely batty. I guess in the coming months we will see which factor is more important to the neo-cons, ensuring a cheap oil supply so that their buddies in Exxon-Mobil can make obscene profits on the backs of the average American, or attempting to further their policy of supporting a failed prohibition that denies individual freedom and wastes taxpayer money.
Until then, however, stoners, get your passports out, it is party time Mexican style!
I am Chuck and my actual question is, "What are you people, on dope?!!?"
The subject of today's rant comes from a story by Reuters called "Mexico's Fox To OK Drug Decriminalization Law". The story reports that Mexico's president, Vincente Fox, is going to sign a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of various drugs. The bill is designed to help combat narcotics trafficking and drug gang violence. The bill would do this by legalizing small amounts of marijuana, opium, heroin, cocaine, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, amphetamines, ecstasy, and peyote. The story goes on to state that this will probably complicate Mexico's relations with the US.
Well, I guess spring break in Cancun just got a lot more interesting. Seriously, I am curious as to how this will complicate Mexico's relations with the US. Mexico is, after all, a sovereign country, they can do as they please when it comes to drug enforcement within their borders. If this will solve the epidemic of drug violence that has plagued Mexico for the last couple of decades, all I can say is, "Pass the bong, man." It should be interesting to see how "Snort" Bush and his administration handles this. I predict that they will severely criticize Mexico, threaten to cut off any foreign aid that may be headed Mexico's way, they will threaten to list Mexico as being off limits to American tourists, and they will threaten to start the second Mexican-American war. After all, we all know that the neo-conservatives only want freedom and democracy if it is freedom and democracy as they say it should be. And as we all know, the Reagan-begun, zero tolerance "War On Drugs" has gone so well and has had such success that it should be a model for the rest of the world when it comes to dealing with drugs. Oh, wait, that failed, whoops, my bad. In all seriousness, this is going to drive Bush and the neo-cons nuts. On one hand, Mexico supplies a great deal of oil to the US and too much criticism from Bush could threaten to cut off that supply. On the other hand, the neo-cons have a stated position as tolerating NO drug use by anyone (except themselves and Rush Limbaugh). The conflict between securing this supply of oil while condemning Mexico's tolerance of drug use should drive the neo-cons absolutely batty. I guess in the coming months we will see which factor is more important to the neo-cons, ensuring a cheap oil supply so that their buddies in Exxon-Mobil can make obscene profits on the backs of the average American, or attempting to further their policy of supporting a failed prohibition that denies individual freedom and wastes taxpayer money.
Until then, however, stoners, get your passports out, it is party time Mexican style!
I am Chuck and my actual question is, "What are you people, on dope?!!?"
posted by Chuck | 01:47
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