It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread.

Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


 
Hey, check out this little chunk of bleeding heart pablum some liberal spewed:

"The public is better served by treating addicts as patients rather than criminals."

Oh, so we should stop criminally punishing people whose only offense is ingesting a toxic substance, and help them stop doing it? We'd have to let over a million nonviolent drug abusers out of jail, and thousands of prison guards would lose their jobs. What are we going to do with all those people and all that extra money? Start cranking out wind turbines and solar panels to end our dependence on foreign oil?

So what ranting leftist said this? None other than Roy Black, the attorney who's trying to get Rush Limbaugh off the hook for drug violations (Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1/23/04).

Well now I'm confused. Isn't Rush one of those "get tough on drugs" conservatives? Why's he paying a lawyer to spout such naive silliness?

Time to put your cards on the table, Rush. If you believe that drug abusers should be treated as criminals, stand up and confess, do your time like a man and be done with it. If this experience has convinced you that drug offenses should be decriminalized and addicts should receive treatment instead, stand up and say it your damn self.

Oh, wait, I almost forgot. There's a third choice: the double-standard option. Rich guys like you who can afford slick lawyers should get away with it, while everybody else should go to jail. Yes, yes. That's more like it. That's the conservative way.

Posted by Doctor Theopolis at 3:50 AM. # (permalink)  




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