House voting now to fund the War on Drugs for the next 5 years

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Voting to end debate and bring the vote to the floor

221 yea
188 nay

almost down party lines. surprise surprise

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. I'm tired of the War on Drugs

can't we just surrender and use the money for better purposes?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. like rehabilitation centers? Help for addicts instead of jail cells?

Blasphemer!!

:P

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. Job training?

Medical help? Nutrition?

yeah. never happen. Because the guys who FIGHT the war on drugs get to play with a lot of really cool toys and dress up in cool army dude stuff.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. not to mention all the money going into the corportate run prisons...

33% of their revenue would dry up.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. motion passes - now they vote on the funding...

223 yea (1 dem)
198? nay (2 repug)

Did anyone hear the debate? I wonder who brought up the fact that IT'S NOT WORKING!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. HR 2829

link to bill

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7056/hr2829hj.pdf

[Harald Ragnarsson]

7. What I always find amazing about these budget things

For stuff that actually helps people, like medicaid, foodstamps, education, etc, they must be cut because there simply isn't any money.

But for stuff like wars, on Iraq and Drugs and others, why, money is not an issue. We not only got it, but we'll spend more on it this year than we did last.

They enjoy the being able to fuck with people's lives and thrown them in jail part, don't get me wrong. The real attraction for them is, their cronies own companies which provide Police gizmos and their cronies get money. The real reason we all get piss tested? George Bush Sr owned the biggest drug testing company in the country at that time.

Nothing like creating a market for yourself. Cheney did the same thing with Iraq. Start the war over nothing then make billions of dollars "rebuilding" the destruction you CHOSE to make.

As Cynthia McKinney once said, "I can't even believe I'm saying this" when describing the blatant illegality of starting a war which you then directly profit from.

That these types of things which should fill the streets with pitchforks and torches barely elicits any response from the American People makes me feel like I live in a Twilight Episode.

[Turbineguy]

8. This American belief

that the courts and the justice system can solve all society's ills does not seem to be working too well.

The jails are full of people who will have to be assimilated back into society.