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To: maceng2 who wrote (35011)	11/8/2000 4:12:49 AM
From: IceShark	Respond to of 436258

Oh, Lord! Bill Daley, current Sec. of Commerce, brother of current Chicago mayor Richard Daley, and son of Richard The First of Chicago, that delivered the Chicago graveyard vote to Kennedy, just came out and said there will be a recount in Florida. No concession. Let the games begin. -g-

To: maceng2 who wrote (35011)	11/8/2000 4:22:21 AM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

From what I heard there was a huge problem with drugs in the USA (probably Europe too) during the early 1920's. While I know the focus of this thread is the stock markets and there is an emphasis on history repeating itself, I'm not referring to the 20's and am not aware of any facts from that time. Banning things, just gives money to criminals as far as I can see. Yes, this is the exact problem. The drug trade operates like big business (I mean shit, it is like billions a year in the US alone). There's not a bunch of idiots running the show, except only the ones you see get caught other than a few times the cops get lucky. It's supply/demand at its core. As more people get busted, it's more lucrative to get into the game. I've witnessed it, it's all supply/demand and there's just too much friggin money that comes out of nowhere for busting dealers to be successful. That strategy completely ignores the demand scenario and gives more incentive to get in on the supply side. It's not very hard to earn $1K a week doing low risk stuff, which equals $100K per year after taxes.

To: maceng2 who wrote (35011)	11/8/2000 10:45:47 AM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

"From what I heard there was a huge problem with drugs in the USA (probably Europe too) during the early 1920's. You could buy a kilo of cocaine at the local drugstore no problem for a few cents. " Cocaine was made illegal in 1914 under the Harrison Narcotics act. One significant reason for making it illegal was because it caused Negro men to rape white women. It was also in the original formula for Coca Cola. There was no significant drug problem in this country previous to the passage of prohibition. Regards, Barb