In a post entitled “A Healthy Debate Needed To Save Lives,” Chris Healy wrote:
Let’s have that debate now before more victims are gathering around a grave or seeking answers to the failed policies of bureacracy [sic] and a Legislature that writes the rules by which they act.
Even though I think we would disagree on most of the details (although, interestingly enough, Mr. Healy seems to be calling for a move towards rehab instead of prison for non-violent drug offenders. That is something that I whole-heartedly endorse. The problem is that a move like that would be hard to accomplish without the “liberal Democrats” that Mr. Healy attacked in his blog post on Sunday for being soft on crime. Its not too difficult a scenario to imagine – Democrats in the legislature being attacked as “soft on crime” for supporting legislation that the Republican Chairman supports.), I think that this is a debate worth having – and one that we should always be having: How best to ensure the safety of the state and it’s citizens. But Mr. Healy’s blogging is an interesting way to start a “healthy” debate…
Generally speaking, “healthy” debates don’t generally begin with blaming your political opposition (and the policies that you imagine that they will advocate in the future) for brutal murders.
Nor do they generally begin with this:
[Speaking of Rep. Thompson (D-Manchester)] Hmmm. Maybe if Thompson’s wife was strangled and house set on fire, he might put down his copy of The Nation and wake up.
All class.
Edited so it doesn’t seem like I am in love with the word “generally.”
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[quote post="791"][Speaking of Rep. Thompson (D-Manchester)] Hmmm. Maybe if Thompson’s wife was strangled and house set on fire, he might put down his copy of The Nation and wake up.[/quote]
Okay, THAT is insane.
>>The problem is that a move like that would be hard to accomplish without the “liberal Democrats”
Not really.
There was a time the United States had no dialog whatsoever with the most populous nation on earth, Nixon corrected that with no help from the other side of the aisle.
Many Republicans of note (Wm. F. Buckley, Geo Schultz, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson) feel our current drug laws should be revisited; some even feel we should decriminalize many if not all drugs.
Gabe doesn’t post for like 3 months, and now two posts in 3 days obesessing over Healy. ROFL.
The title to the NYTimes Magazine article last week on a notable Republican Presidential candidate…
“The anti-war, anti-abortion, anti-Drug Enforcement Agency presidential candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul.” (or something like that).
For me though, the big issue with drugs is why certain drugs (I use prescription inhalers for my asthma) are prescription only. I’m not an expert, but I can’t imagine why my inhaler requires a prescription.
In turn, that requires me to use the services of both an M.D. and a pharmacist… increasing the overall costs of prescription drugs and healthcare in America.
Anyone happen to know the reasoning for that?
Tim – it is because Big Pharma and the medical community need you to keep coming back. They are even now inventing diseases (call disease mongering) so that people who do not need drugs will take them anyway. They are lowering the threshold for the results of diagnostics like Cholesterol and diabetes so that people take their expensive drugs. Many drugs even cause other illnesses by design. Some anti-depressant drugs cause diabetes – and it is no surprise that those drug manufacturers that make anti-depressant meds also make diabetes meds. The lawsuits are many, and consumers are starting to wise up.
It used to be that the medical community and the druggists wanted to cure you – now they just want to add more bottles to your medicine chest and keep you coming back.
Go to a good naturopath.. chances are you’ll be able to kiss your expensive inhaler goodbye.
Tim,
I’m not sure but I think it is due to the controlled substances in the inhaler. The enterprising drug dealer could in fact, if he had access to many inhalers bought without the accountability of a prescription, use the contents to create a potent stimulant (I say stimulent because that is what is in my inhaler, I’m sure they aren’t all the same).
This is based upon the contents of my inhaler and some supposition so I don’t know for sure if it’s true.
That said, you would think there might be an easier way to handle something so benign that might redice the cost.
According to Art Feltman we should sorry for criminals. They are the have nots of our society.
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctfeltman0731.artjul31,0,6552634.story
His Solution- tax the rich- criminals won’t kill, rob or steal if they have opportunity.
What liberals like Art Feltman failure to see their are inherently evil people that do not deserve to live in this world.
I think my reply to Chris Healy on his blog (http://makebluered.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-do-we-fight-evil-when-allow-it-to.html) had something to do with his relatively benign follow up. Of course an apology would be nice but I’m not holding my breath…..
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