war on drugs

We got one:

By Bob Barr, Huffington Post, Posted on September 18, 2008

Gee, ya think?

While I know firsthand the damage a life of drug abuse can cause a person, I would argue that any drug-related damage is usually horribly compounded by the judicial system's often draconian, asinine and woefully ignorant approach to dealing with drugs.

In November the wrong person will be elected and we will be cursed with another 4 years of the same old crap. Which one is the wrong one...both.

This election has a Rolaids nature too it. I cannot look at either of the two front runners without feeling as if the air is thick and still like just before the approaching storm.

I’ve never been to Berwyn Heights, which is apparently a suburb of Washington, D.C., and from what I’m reading, I’m not going there. I’m particularly not bying a house there. It seems that drug dealers have come up with a new twist. They ship a package to someone’s house, don’t require a signature, and then come and swipe the package before you come home.

In restoring the voting rights to convicted felons after they've successfully completed their sentence, society tells them they've been re-accepted into the community. This is critically important for felons who truly do want to make the changes in their lives they believe will lead them to a "normal" existence.

Bob Barr, former Georgia congressman and Libertarian party nominee for president, has sent out an e-mail excoriating John McCain and Barack Obama for their stances on illegal immigration. Money quote:

Say Uncle wonders how come born again libertarian Presidential candidate wasn’t down with the cause when he was in Congress, back when it could have done some good: