> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/05/09 Wed PM 02:27:40 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: rootbeer? > > Interesting, but I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of Caracas, > any more than I'd believe a word published in Pravda, (obviously the > Russians didn't since with the end of the Soviet Union it too > disappeared). The DEA is many things, some very bad in my opinion, but > drug traffickers? That simply strains credibility past the limit. The > current Venezuelan government giving covert support to drug cartels, > that's believable since it's in it's interest to make the US look bad > and cause the US as much trouble as possible..
And the reverse isn't? > > mike wilson wrote: > >> From: Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/05/08 Tue PM 07:41:36 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: OT: rootbeer? > >> > >> Adam Maas wrote: > >> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> In a message dated 5/8/2007 6:54:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>>> "Everything not prohibited is mandatory!" The only reason drugs were > >>>> made illegal in the US is because good old J Edgar Hoover blackmailed > >>>> them into making them illegal so he would not have to disband the FBI > >>>> when prohibition was ended. Orwell had no imagination. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ========== > >>>> Think that's it? I've often wondered by whom and when some drugs were > >>>> made > >>>> illegal. Since many like the cocaine in coke, opium in laudanum, etc. > >>>> were > >>>> legal for a long, long time. > >>>> > >>>> Marnie aka Doe > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> The banning of Marijuana is at least indirectly related to racism (it > >>> was seen as a 'Negro Vice' in the first half of the 20th century). > >>> > >>> Some are still legal from prescription sources (cocaine is used > >>> occasionally for medicine, Morphine is actually made from opium). > >>> > >>> -Adam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> I read somewhere (can't remember where right now) that drug laws in the > >> US actually got their start in California as a ban on either opium or > >> opium dens. The laws were designed to target Chinese immigrants. > >> > > > > The more things change...... > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_us_drugs > > > > Excerpt: > > CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela on Monday said it will not allow U.S. agents > > to carry out counter-drug operations in the country, accusing the U.S. Drug > > Enforcement Administration of being a "new cartel" that aids traffickers. > > > > Justice Minister Pedro Carreno said the South American nation suspended > > cooperation with the agency in 2005 after determining that "they were > > moving a large amount of drugs." President Hugo Chavez at the time also > > accused the DEA of spying. > > > > "The United States with its DEA monopolizes the shipping of drugs like a > > cartel," Carreno told reporters. "We determined that we were evidently in > > the presence of a new cartel." He did not elaborate. > > > > Spokesman Brian Penn said the U.S. Embassy categorically denies the > > accusation and called the DEA "the leading agency combatting drug > > trafficking around the world." > > > > "We'd like to cooperate with Venezuela to not only increase the number of > > seizures in Venezuela but also to help them to prosecute narcotraffickers > > who are operating in Venezuelan territory. We think sharing of information > > can aid Venezuela in this," Penn said. > > > > Washington has repeatedly accused Venezuela of not cooperating in > > counter-drug efforts and says cocaine shipments are increasingly passing > > through the country from neighboring Colombia. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > -- > Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf > thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
