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

To: sea_urchin who wrote (6674)	5/27/2004 2:08:56 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

True, the U.S. hasn't signed off on Kyoto. At some point in the early 1990s the "powers that be" decided that the environemntal movement had gone too far and was threating their way of life, so they started oppossing it, like oppossing Kyoto. But, they also oppossed the environemntal movement in earlier decades. During the 1950s they tried to link conservationists to the red manace (communists). In the 1960s they tried to ignore it. It was people power, like earth day in 1970, that finally forced them to pass some of the landmark laws that provide environmental protection. I find it hard to believe that a country like South Africa has time to arrest and prosecute people for simple pot possession. Amazing, did you know that half a cop's shift could be wasted processing just one pot arrest? That was what a study in Detroit found. I'd much rather have a cop chasing down violent criminals then some young pothead. Certainly, there are ulterior motives for keeping pot illegal, like you said the taxes and profits from alcohol. How about those Billions of taxdollars that local law enforcement gets for anti-drug efforts. That's certainly an incentive to keep a program going long after it has outlived its usefulness.