an interesting aside I'll be watching to CA potentially legalizing pot is what that might do for the local rural economies. It's been estimated that well over 50% of these economies comes from growing pot (both legally and illegally). If it goes legal, some big time farmers will be meeting most of the demand and the small time growers would be largely SOL... certainly the profit margins that they are currently enjoying would be history. Without that income there would probably be a big turnover in land ownership over the next decade as the current local revenue streams would be gone. There could be some incredible deals on choice coastal property as things realign. STOMP
I read somewhere Phillip Morris owns a lot of land for growing marijuana crops if it ever gets legalized.
Well, there are 3-4 people in the thread who say they would like to see people killed on the spot without a trial, 3 who want to legalize pot (like you), and the rest are careful to not take a stand (like my post) but sound sympathetic to legalizing. Put me into the legalizing group.
Okay...? People have opinions no matter how extreme they may be. We aren't allowed to express ourselves on message boards?
I never said anything about killing people on the spot. I would encourage the use of the US Military in this, however, because they are trained to operate in the woods. They would be better at infiltrating these camps, and they would do it without putting themselves at risk. If they were to get into a firefight with the growers, so be it. They would follow the same rules of engagement that they currently operate under in Iraq. Do not fire unless fired upon.
How did you get that editorial opinion from my short sentence in Post #26? I'm just ironing out where people stand--the killers and the legalizers. Now you say you only want the jurisdiction of the military changed to infiltrate, and fire if fired upon, within the borders of the U.S., where we already have local and national police forces to do this. But before, you said that the military should use this opportunity for target practice, which is the opposite (offensive, not defensive).
Somehow "firefight" and "same rules of engagement" as in Iraq do not seem to imply "without putting themselves at risk". Quite the opposite. barfo
Shouldn't they be shooting shoplifters or people who spit on the sidewalk instead? You know, someone who's doing actual harm to someone. Funny. Among my hunting buddies, the 2 who are least aware of their surroundings in the woods are the 2 vets. Since these are rural areas, the local sheriff, or his 8 year old son, would be far more successful than your average military man.
What about "Panama Reds"? [video=youtube;db5413DhhZw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db5413DhhZw[/video]
