Planet Scott

A somewhat vain look at the life of an overworked, undersexed, 40 yr. old, Caucasian man.

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Pics of me
Pics of my kids
Pics of ex-wife
Pic of my dog
Pics of my 4x4
Pics of my snowmobiles
Pics of my cabin
Pics of other silly stuff

Bio
My Job

Mushrooms
Why Toyotas are good
and Fords are bad

The Bill of Rights

My thoughts on:
    Politics
    Fags & Lesbians
    The war on drugs
    Marriage


   
   


   

The War on Drugs

Our Government is at war.  Not with the Taliban or Al-quaida, but with its own people.  By percentage, the US Government incarcerates more of its own citizens than any other civilized nation.  This would not be the case if it were not for the War on Drugs.  Many of our inmates are doing time for non-violent drug charges. I once read that the cost of incarcerating a prisoner has exceeded $65,000 per year.  Considering the nature of non-violent drug offenders, don't you think that this money could be better spent on treatment rather than incarceration. At the federal and state levels, officials are insisting that the taxpayer pony up for more prison construction.  This would not be necessary if the much needed cell space were freed by releasing non-violent drug offenders into drug treatment programs.  The problem is especially severe in our federal prison system, where 3 out of every 4 prisoners are serving time for drug related offenses. 
So how did we get in this pickle?  During the 80's and 90's, it was politically correct to "get tough on drugs".  Both republicans and democrats jumped on the bandwagon in their zeal to get elected/re-elected.  Legislators hastily passes increasingly harsher penalties without any regard to the repercussions on society.  These new, tougher laws have not deterred drug use or drug trafficking in this country.  In fact, the black market for drugs has flourished under this prohibitive action. 
Following the repeal of the 18th amendment, our government had the balls to admit that they had made a mistake.  I think its about time they make a similar admission regarding our failed War on Drugs.

 

Links
(Stuff that I think is OK)

Information
Wallawalla.Com
Local Doppler weather
Mapquest
Snow Pack Levels
Google Search
Spywareinfo.com
4x4 sites:
Toyota links
Toyotaoffroad.com
4wheeloffroad.com
Off-road.com
Snowmobile sites:
Redline Snowmobiles
SkiDoo
Polaris Snowmobiles
Arctic Cat Snowmobiles
Miscellaneous
Libertarian.org
Conspiracies
Joke of the day
Sammy Hagar
Ted Nugent
The Offspring
Audioslave
software -Tucows
NORML



 

 

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