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Electric Larry
Electric Larry's Journal
Electric Larry's Journal
August 5, 2013
The bottom line is NO ONE HAS ANY RIGHTS AT ALL as long as cops think pot smoking may be involved.
I mean, let's cut to the chase. That's what all these roadside cavity searches in Texas are about. "Got a bag of weeeeeed in there, dontcha"
It's the drug war, and it's been turned into a blank check for Law Enforcement to do whatever the fuck they want, whenever they want.
The woman in the Family Court who was assaulted and the Family Court judge didn't give a shit? She "needed" a "drug search". No reason, she just did. Gotta CHECK FER DRUGZ!
The fundamental conceit of the drug war is that the government owns your body and can tell you what you can or can't do with it. So of course they can probe every inch of it to check for prohibited psycho-alterants.
August 3, 2013
Feed it stale outrage, flamebait and wine
Start a week's worth! A month!
All the old, worn out flack
Then perhaps old missed meta,
and its friends
will come back!"
To paraphrase the Immortal Dr. Seuss:
"Start a new meta thread. Treat it unkind.Feed it stale outrage, flamebait and wine
Start a week's worth! A month!
All the old, worn out flack
Then perhaps old missed meta,
and its friends
will come back!"
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