Definitely one of the best ever ...

invaded grenada

iran-contra

expanded the war on drugs

i hope not. i want better.

i actually know nothing about the invasion of grenada but it sort of rhymes with iran-contra

 

Originally Posted by hldngaflush

lol, it doesn't get much better imo.

that's sad, then.

 

Originally Posted by scgolfer

Im pretty sure dpottz was like 3 or something when Reagan was president. Though it sucks being in college when he was president. Being old blows.

is this a bad thing? should we not be concerned about long-term policy? it's far easier for me to look back now and go, "wow, this war on drugs thing blows" than it would be to do so in the 80s.

further, isn't that what a lot of conservative fiscal policy is about? focusing long-term? spending billions of dollars now digging ourselves into debt isn't necessarily an immediate problem, either.

 

Originally Posted by scgolfer

Im not saying it is a bad thing. But the "war on drugs" was just different back then. There was very little backlash as there is today. It was new, they didnt know it wouldn't work, like the past several presidents did.

you're either the most naive person ever, or mentally retarded if you think or ever thought a war on drugs would work. there's NO. FUCKING. WAY. to win a war on drugs, and there NEVER. WAS. ANY. FUCKING. WAY. anyone who is naive enough to believe regan or anyone could win a war on drugs is... well, i already told you that one. i wouldn't have repeated myself if i wasn't so high.

 

Originally Posted by patthecat35

 

Originally Posted by sketchy1

 

Originally Posted by scgolfer

Im not saying it is a bad thing. But the "war on drugs" was just different back then. There was very little backlash as there is today. It was new, they didnt know it wouldn't work, like the past several presidents did.

you're either the most naive person ever, or mentally retarded if you think or ever thought a war on drugs would work. there's NO. FUCKING. WAY. to win a war on drugs, and there NEVER. WAS. ANY. FUCKING. WAY. anyone who is naive enough to believe regan or anyone could win a war on drugs is... well, i already told you that one. i wouldn't have repeated myself if i wasn't so high. You are the man, i respect and admire your years of grinding. If you think "the war on drugs" was different back then, than maybe i should re-evaulate my thought process.

fyp

Um, I did say "THEY didnt know it wouldnt work". Are you trying to tell me they fully knew they couldnt win a war on drugs and spent billions trying? Whats worse Reagan trying this (whether you believe it was right or not) or Bush, Clinton, Bush continuing to spend fully knowing it wouldn't work? As I have stated since college I have pretty much gone Libertarian, so obv I agree it wont work, so stop spending the f'ing money and let people have their freedom to do as they wish.

I think you also misunderstood what I meant by "it was different back then." I was talking more in the area of acceptance of legalization of drugs. Look at this graph and tell me it wasnt different back then. It was near 70/30 illegal vs legal. Now its practically 60/40. Yes I think I can say peoples view on drugs and the War on Drugs was different back then. I believe weren't both of you guys like 2 and 3 in the mid 80's?

by Joseph Carroll, Gallup Poll Assistant Editor

Since the late 1960s, Gallup has periodically asked Americans whether the use of marijuana should be made legal in the United States. Although a majority of Americans have consistently opposed the idea of legalizing marijuana, public support has slowly increased over the years. In 1969, just 12% of Americans supported making marijuana legal, but by 1977, roughly one in four endorsed it. Support edged up to 31% in 2000, and now, about a third of Americans say marijuana should be legal.



Smoke to your hearts content, it means nothing to me. :)

you can def win a war on drugs we are just too pussy to do it. blow up all the cartels houses same way we hunt terrorists with a predator and some hellfires. send in spec ops teams to blow up labs overseas and kill all inside. shoot down every plane coming in that has drugs on it. close and mine the boarders ( second benefit stop ill aliens) on the spot execution of drug dealers caught on the street selling ( used some overseas currently) make it known if drugs are your business you die no trial no bullshit if you are caught red handed thats it. if you make the price high enough ppl will stop dealing.

worked pretty good under marcos in the 80s. drug use dropped severely once he started executing ppl.

Not saying it doesn't work, but we don't fight real wars properly cause of "rules" doubt we are going to blow up houses in various countries because they make drugs. Well, this is complex but the original quote was lol funny yeah bomb everything concept.

 

Originally Posted by patthecat35

IMO the goverment should make oxycontin extinct. They make perc. 15's and 30's now, lol @ the whole country having to high of a tolerance for 5's or 10's to work anymore. Pain killers are absolutely destroying our country. So many people addicted to these things, and willing to do ANYTHING to get high...

government power: it's okay when we do it!