tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6499135962997557505..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Victims of Mexico’s Drug War Rally for Peace and Justice at Texas Capitol Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50335237668045304432012-08-23T14:11:51.894-05:002012-08-23T14:11:51.894-05:00And you probably never will if you can't under...And you probably never will if you can't understand how our policies empower the cartels.hyperqubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042518816680999392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64385063303494323552012-08-23T12:45:29.051-05:002012-08-23T12:45:29.051-05:00Here's a clue, 8:21- Which country smokes, sno...Here's a clue, 8:21- Which country smokes, snorts, shoots the vast majority of those drugs that the cartels deliver? Maybe....us? So Mexicans have a legitimate beef with the US drug policies. 50 years of the "war on drugs", yet it was, is and will remain an abject failure that politicians on both sides will continue to throw billions into. Here's a thought- we tried Prohibition back in the 30's and that was an epic fail. HOw about we abandon a clearly failed approach, decriminalize drugs, and in an instant vaporize the wealth of the cartels. Was the US just awash in addicts before the Controlled Substances Act of 1935(maybe not exact year)? No, it wasn't. All criminalizing drugs has done is ruin millions of lives, stuff our prisons with non-violent offenders, and suck billions upon billions from our pockets. This is a sane drug policy?Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61489223239836418522012-08-23T08:21:53.619-05:002012-08-23T08:21:53.619-05:00Im not understanding why they are wanting to chang...Im not understanding why they are wanting to change Texas laws,rules and regulations because of something happening in Mexico!!!!...sanctions and embargos i can understand,but they are acting like its everyone elses fault but their own...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91975636136212575422012-08-22T21:38:52.536-05:002012-08-22T21:38:52.536-05:00Let Mexico be a warning to all who want to disarm ...Let Mexico be a warning to all who want to disarm U.S. citizens! Mexicans cannot own firearms which makes them victims of any criminal. When the people of any country are disarmed it only takes a small number of armed criminals to turn the country into a killing field.<br /><br />Mexico's drug violence is a glaring example of how a government cannot protect its citizens. If the people of Mexico could shoot back when the drug gangs start violence it would change how the gangs operated. The movie theater in Colorado was a free fire zone because concealed carry was legally prohibited. If one person would have been armed how different the outcome would have been. Even with body armor severe injury occurs distracting the shooter or causing him to retreat.<br /><br />Guns in Texas and no in your face drug gang killings by the thousands. No guns in Mexico, except for the criminals, and tens of thousands killed by drug gangs. Do the math....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80093014728957303432012-08-22T18:04:08.522-05:002012-08-22T18:04:08.522-05:00Somebody needs to ask fed.gov why they supplied th...Somebody needs to ask fed.gov why they supplied thousands of weapons to the Sinaola drug cartel much like Iran-Contra meme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com