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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (5847)	4/7/2004 6:49:10 AM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 20039

O/T Ah, the drug war is a whole other ball of wax. Certainly most of the "drug war" doesn't reach a beneficial cost/benefit criteria. The cost in police manhours alone is a great reason to end the drug war. Think of how much better the police's time could be spent if they weren't dealing with petty drug offenses. I mean, why should a cop be taken off the beat for half his shift to process a small marijuana bust?!? That doesn't make any sense at all. If they want to keep it illegal, they should just let the police ticket MJ users and get on with their job of getting dangerous criminals off the streets. Most of the violence associated with illicit drugs results from the black market created by the fact that drugs are illegal. A black market that causes fierce competition over illegal drug turfs and markets, and raises prices well beyond their natural levels, which causes more crime as users must steal and rob to feed their habit. Certainly, alcohol, a legal drug, causes much more death and violence than all the illicit drugs combined. Now, this is certainly a case where the government cure is worse than the disease. As far as yellow police tape at the WTC on Sept 10, 2001, that's nothing unusual in a big city like New York. There are police investigaitons all the time.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (5847)	4/7/2004 1:13:04 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

THE PROGRESS REPORT: April 7, 2004 PLAYING DEFENSE Rice Will Testify Tomorrow After weeks of stonewalling, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice finally is preparing to testify before the 9/11 Commission tomorrow. Since even before the Commission's creation more than two years ago, the White House has acted as if it has something to hide, trying to impede the panel's vital work by hindering access to documents, limiting funding and restricting testimony. The NYT reports the “White House is still deciding what kind of tone [Rice] should strike as she explains the intelligence lapses leading up to the attacks.” Members of the panel are meeting today to discuss the process. Some are opposed to a proposal which would allow each member of the panel 10 minutes to question her. "You can't get much done in 10 minutes," one member of the commission said. "That really might be seen as letting her off the hook." The Center for American Progress has put together a roster of documents and questions to assist in not letting the Administration off that hook. See the many ways the White House has tried to stall, obstruct and block the Commission since the beginning. americanprogress.org Follow along with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's testimony with this viewing guide from the Center for American Progress. americanprogress.org Read the questions the country needs Rice to answer, but probably won't be asked. americanprogress.org Examine the unsubstantiated and contradictory assertions Rice made in her previous appearance on '60 Minutes.' americanprogress.org