Mexican drug cartels make Phoenix #2 in world for kidnappings
posted at 9:01 am on February 12, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
According to ABC News, the use of kidnapping by Mexican drug cartels for ransom and revenge has spread beyond the Rio Grande and into Arizona — and the federal government has done nothing to stop it. Phoenix has become the second-worst city in the world for kidnappings, right behind Mexico City, with brutal dismemberments for those abductees who do not get ransomed quickly enough:
In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 cases last year alone. But local authorities say Washington, DC is too obsessed with al Qaeda terrorists to care about what is happening in their own backyard right now.
“We’re in the eye of the storm,” Phoenix Police Chief Andy Anderson told ABC News of the violent crimes and ruthless tactics spurred by Mexico’s drug cartels that have expanded business across the border. “If it doesn’t stop here, if we’re not able to fix it here and get it turned around, it will go across the nation,” he said.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown warned that as the U.S. government focuses so intently on Islamic extremist groups, other types of terrorists — those involved with the same kidnappings, extortion and drug cartels that are sweeping Phoenix — are overlooked.
I understand about limited resources, but there simply is no excuse for government inaction on this front. First, the border should have been secured years ago to curtail the kind of access that the drug cartels have to American territory. Had we built the border wall, much of this kind of activity would have disappeared. Perhaps Jerry Brown should be asking his Democratic colleagues in Congress why they’ve deprioritized that project, passed in 2005 and still barely even started.
In fact, if Congress wants a stimulus for infrastructure, the border wall would seem like a perfect project. It would employ people, improve national security, and help protect Phoenix from a plague of drug cartels. It will bolster our security infrastructure better than golf carts at the Pentagon, condoms for teenagers, and federal health care boards dictating treatment limits to doctors.
But Brown is right that this kind of activity is a form of terrorism inflicted on an American community by foreign forces. They differ from AQ in that the drug cartels don’t plan to kill Americans on a large scale for political purposes, but the kidnapping, ransom, maiming, and murder of Phoenix residents for profit and/or revenge still qualifies as terrorism, regardless of the motivation behind it. The primary responsibility of the federal government is to protect the nation from outside attack — and if what ABC reports is accurate, it’s failing miserably in Phoenix.
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Don’t fret about border security.
Nativists!
artist on February 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Kidnapping is part of their culture. Who are we to judge someone else’s culture.
/sarc
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Rrrrrrraaaaaaacccccciiiiiiissssssttttttt!
Ars Moriendi on February 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM
They need an amnesty.
Third world status … here we come!
progressoverpeace on February 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Arizona. John McCain. Sorry, too busy being a Maverick to care what goes on in his own home state. Way to go “my friend.”
Mr_Magoo on February 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Michael Phelps smoking a little weed doesn’t hurt anyone, does it?
BJ* on February 12, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Janet Napalitano. Previous Govenor of Arizona. Current head of Homeland Security. The Peter Principle at work.
Mr_Magoo on February 12, 2009 at 9:10 AM
The rest of the country is finding out what we have been living with for years here in Texas.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM
On the other hand, had the weed been legal to begin with, the drug gangs would never have formed to begin with.
Just as prohibition created organized crime.
Drug laws created drug gangs.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM
I live in Phoenix and while not a complete surprise, most of this is centered around illegal smuggling and drug trafficking. Most of the time they are targeting one another and not the local communities, of course there is always spill over. Just another reason to lock down the border. If the recent report was correct about the danger of Mexico becoming a failed/narco-state we are in for some real trouble.
sls3000 on February 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Gird your loins, people.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Mexicans are just coming here to do the jobs Americans won’t do … like kidnapping and dismembering people.
Jaibones on February 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Not true! They arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned Ramos and Campion.
Then Brown is a terrorist supporter. He has made it impossible for local and state government to enforce laws against anyone who claims Mexican citizenship.
Blake on February 12, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Jerry Brown is using a common leftist tactic. When faced with finite funding, they scare the serfs by threatening to cut off police, fire, and medical services.
Here, it means give us more money or you’ll probably get killed by the illegal immigrants we let in.
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:16 AM
So, the government of Arizona needs Washington to enforce its laws?
Hey, at least they found something to blame Islamic terrorists for.
BigD on February 12, 2009 at 9:16 AM
This puts the story about the border rancher capturing all those illegals on his ranch into a little different focus. He’s out there in a pickup truck with a rifle – and this subhuman trolls are out there, too.
Save your brass. Load your own. Conceal and carry.
Jaibones on February 12, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Is heroin use OK?
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:17 AM
If at first you fail miserably, the Democrats will promote you to a leadership position.
Jaibones on February 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM
I don’t buy the “too obsessed with al qaeda” excuse. What precisely would they have to do to combat this problem? There would have to be profiling, wiretaps, cooperation south of the border, and many other non-starters. People like Bush and the Democrats are incapable of doing anything about a problem like this.
Buddahpundit on February 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Just remember: if you’re doing drugs, even just weed, you are funding this.
factoid on February 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Baxter Greene on February 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM
On the other hand, had the weed been legal to begin with, the drug gangs would never have formed to begin with.
Sure, because the natural inclination of savages who are willing to behead and slaughter is to make balloon animals, volunteer at homeless shelters or just stand in the street wishing people a good day.
Yeah, that’s it.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Glenn Beck has been the only one beating the drum about this–for years!
hoosiermama on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
+1
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Maybe China could buy Mexico. Now THAT would be fun to watch!
Mr_Magoo on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Another crisis for Rahm Emanuel to exploit.
whitetop on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Well, kidnapping used to be a federal offense.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Our new governor is very angry with Jane-o over our fiscal mess as well.
jgapinoy on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
So where does it stop? If we legalize everything, will all crime go down?
Sir Corky on February 12, 2009 at 9:25 AM
And Ed, are you and AP conspiring to produce these post-magnet threads? Soon it will be a debate about legalizing Mary Jane.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:25 AM
SNORT…
Mr_Magoo on February 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM
What is the revenge part about? Who’s getting revenge on who? I read the link but it didn’t really explain it.
4shoes on February 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
These poor guys are just misunderstood. If weed were legal, all their barbaric attitudes would be mellowed out and they would be on a hillside singing Kum ba Yah with Dear Leader.
kingsjester on February 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Woody Allen predicted in an essay many decades ago that by the year 1990, kidnapping would be the dominant mode of social interaction.
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Oxymoron.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:31 AM
When I lived in Tucson, I knew a guy who was one of five who were shot execution-style and stuffed upside-down into a garden shed – all over a drug deal gone bad.
Problem was, it was a deal gone bad – next door. They had targeted the wrong house.
eeyore on February 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Depends on what you mean by OK.
Should it be illegal. No. For most of the history of this country, until a few decades ago, it’s use wasn’t illegal.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM
kingsjester on February 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Well see, there ya go. As soon as President Oweeda legalizes the MJ to placate the crucial twinkie-eating, living in the basement, seven year college plan dope smoking demographic, Mexico will become the paradise we all know it can be.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Show me the evidence that these gangs were doing this kind of stuff prior to the passage of the drug laws.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:34 AM
They just doing jobs Americans won’t do. What’s the deal?
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Quite obviously, if nothing is against the law, then nothing is illegal.
On the other hand, the fact that drugs are illegal is what funds the drug gangs and what makes them so violent.
When was the last time Coors and Budweiser fought it out over turf, or resorted to kidnapping each other’s executives?
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Should it be illegal. No. For most of the history of this country, until a few decades ago, it’s use wasn’t illegal.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM
And won’t that be a treat? Teenagers can experiment with booze AND heroin.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM
You know I get why Democrats won’t do anything about the border. Votes and all that, but it still confuses me as to why so many Republicans in power would never do anything about it. There seems to be no rational explanation other than sheer stupidity and white guilt.
Anyway, glad to see that our friends south of the border are so grateful to Senator McCain for his support all these years. Appeasement always works.
Grayson on February 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM
This happening in John McLame’s state.
I thought illegals were picking lettuce.
Apparently, the profession is not paying much.
CLOSE THE BORDERS–MEXICO and CANADA.
jencab on February 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM
That’s horrible.
4shoes on February 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Oh my God.
Listen to yourself. “Show me the evidence that Al Qaeda hated us before we imposed our colonial ambitions on them.”
A. There are bad guys in the world.
B. They prowl the world looking for opportunities to wreak havoc.
C. If you remove one outlet for their destruction, they will find another.
Don’t confuse the occasion of crime for the cause of crime.
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
I suspect factoid was just throwing a pebble in the lake to watch the ripples.
a capella on February 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Thanks Bush.
Thanks McCain.
And the drug lords thank you too.
McCain has fought and opposed every effort to build fences/walls and beef up border security.
Please, JD Hayworth, run against this POS in the primary.
roninacreage on February 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Are today’s kids somehow genetically different than prior generations of kids?
For hundreds of years, teenagers did experiment with booze, heroin, marijuana, etc. Without problem.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
ABC are behind the curve – Glen Beck has been reporting on this for sometime now. This isn’t new news.
Dr Evil on February 12, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Point taken, but on the other hand I don’t think there’s anything prohibiting local authorities from enforcing a state law against the same thing.
JohnTant on February 12, 2009 at 9:40 AM
So you agree with me that these animals will be commiting crimes, regardless of whether drugs are illegal or not.
Making drugs legal would at least defund these animals.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Isn’t that sad, that someone can be so screwed up that the only time they speak the truth is when they’re trying not to?
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Could it have been a no knock warrant gone bad? :) IIRC, finding the right address isn’t restricted to lawbreakers.
a capella on February 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM
After we legalize heroin, we can do the same for PCP, LSD, meth, morphine, cocaine and ecstasy.
I know how much I would love to see naked, homicidal, PCP addicts running through my yard, swinging a machete and chasing giant imaginary spiders.
Or having my kids face covered with sores and boils from meth use, scratching themselves incessantly and threatening to kill me if I don’t give them fifty bucks for their next hit.
Good times, man, good times.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Maybe it is time the Federal authorities starting handling these thugs with language the drug cartels most definitely understand, namely weapons aimed with extreme prejudice.
pilamaye on February 12, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Yes I do agree they will be bad guys with or without drug laws.
So what’s the net result of legalizing drugs? The bad guys will find another commodity to exploit and murder people over, and the good guys will have easier access to chemicals that wreck your judgment and make you do stupid things.
Not cool.
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Should read,- “having problems finding…….
a capella on February 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Could it be that heroin use was made illegal after the rampant use and resultant increase in drug crime. (Robbery, burglary,ect.)
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:45 AM
That’s true, however, the authorities don’t usually execute whole families that way.
4shoes on February 12, 2009 at 9:46 AM
For hundreds of years, teenagers did experiment with booze, heroin, marijuana, etc. Without problem.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Wait, what? Visit the inner city often? There is a reason for the existence of drug treatment clinics and it isn’t because the kids only need a place to hang out.
Tell you what, get some meth and let your kids experiment with it, shouldn’t be a problem for them, right?
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Criminals do not need an excuse, just an opportunity.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I find alcohol, in most cases (sufficient hedge?), distinguishable from pot and beyond. I saw pot destroy a fair number of high school friends and frat brothers, either from graduating to harder stuff or from making them just plain listless and indifferent. I really don’t see it as a harmless drug.
Pot and harder drugs are currently illegal, and they seem to be financing a great deal of violence and, worse, international terror. I’d say it’s time to show the reality of the horror and begin casting supposedly innocent “drug use” for what it is–ultimately financing people who are trying to kill us and our way of life. Where am I wrong?
Too naive? Too childish? The next time we learn of any famous low-life (Left or Right, but I’m betting on Left) getting busted for drug use, why don’t we crucify him or her for his or her support of this violence? It’s the truth, isn’t it?
I have no sympathy for dealers or users alike. If I had my druthers, I’d stick them in a prison, give them all the product they want, and let them shoot up to death.
BuckeyeSam on February 12, 2009 at 9:51 AM
So there was no pedophilia until we made sex with kids illegal? I guess not. Back then, you could just grab whoever you wanted and hold her down til you were done. Then maybe you could go experiment with heroin and mj and write a lyric opera or something. Ah, the good old days. Maybe you need to work on your thesis a bit, Mr. Libertine, er Libertarian.
austinnelly on February 12, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Is anyone still willing to claim that Bush is their personal hero for “keeping Americans safe” now that it is clear Mexican terrorists are waging war against the United States?
aengus on February 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Legalizing pot and taxing it won’t solve the problem. Politicians will be so happy to have a new sin to tax, they will go overboard to placate those against legalization, and to generate tax dollars, making it prohibitively expensive, so the black market for untaxed product will still exist. Growing a small tax exempt crop in one’s basement or back yard won’t make up the difference, any more than legally making a few gallons of wine would offset a large demand for alcohol by the masses.
a capella on February 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Another person who agrees with me that getting rid of the drug laws will not make the world more dangerous.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
And who are the Senators (and Reps) from Arizona that should be getting the Feds more involved?
Hmmm…do the names John McCain or John Kyl ring a bell?
Republicans, correct?
albill on February 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Without problem? You lost me there.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:54 AM
RINO’s/
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I’m sure we could eliminate all heroin smuggling by just offering legally purchasable methadone.
Problem solved. All need for the smugglers, processors, growers, and corrupt enforcement officials, not to mention the gangs, would all in the blink of an eye, find themselves staring at their fingers with nothing to do.
Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?
Itchee Dryback on February 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Your such a poor parent, that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if drugs weren’t illegal, your kids would spend all of their time high?
Don’t look now, but your kids could get drugs any time they wanted to.
As to your visions of a world gone mad on drugs. Get real.
As I said before, anyone who wants drugs now, can get them and your horror visions aren’t happening.
Making drugs illegal in fact makes them more attractive to kids.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Simple solution: Grow your own! If you can’t just buy from the guy down the street that grows some. I quit buying mexican herb over 10 years ago.
Hurricanes on February 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
As I have stated before, both liberals and conservatives want to use govt to force others to be more like them.
The only difference is just what part of your life they want govt to control.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Or make a movie.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Why is it that whenever points out the logical claim that legalizing drugs elimninates the drug black market the pro drug war people out there start calling people “animals” and “savages?” If the use of extreme language is supposed to supplant the logic it’s not really effective.
There’s not that much difference between the drug trade and the free market. Only two things can stop a profitable business venture, a decrease in demand. Which unlikely, as Mark has pointed out humans have been getting high/drunk since the beginning of civilization. Indeed psychotropic drugs used to be a centerpiece of religious ceremony throughout the world. Or a competitor presents a better deal/better product, something that government regulated marijuana trade could 100% do. And, I might add, tax revenue would increase, prison costs would decrease and a greater share of the police budget could be directed towards solving violent, destructive crime.
“But they’ll just be criminals in other ways!”
Really? Uh….in what ways? What other restricted product has a market the size of mind altering drugs? I’m racking my brains here, can anyone else think of one. Weapons maybe? But you can get most any weapon you want in most states. And, imagine, if the police were spending as much time cracking down on the gun black market as they do on drug interdiction..that’s a lot of police pressure on the black market. I honestly can’t think of another one..the knife trade? The…illegal car trade? Does that even exist.
These groups are called “drug-cartels” for a reason, drugs are the most profitable way for them to make money. Yes they’ve chosen to engage in murder and killing to justify their business. But we also know that tobacco execs knew about cancer and didn’t care so much. Lots of chemical companies have contaminated lots of water supplies without breaking a sweat. There’s NO moral equivalency between the two, but it’s actually not a huge stretch to say that a desire for lots and lots of money can inspire people to make questionably moral decisions. People in this country murder for money everyday. So I don’t know why we have to pretend like there’s something radically different about these folks that the total gutting of their entire busines smodel would not shut them down.
DeathToMediaHacks on February 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM
So why don’t we just make everything illegal, then nothing will ever be abused.
1) What other products are available for these gangs to fight over?
2) Anyone who wants drugs now, can get them.
3) These drugs used to be freely, and cheaply available, and the horrible things that haunt your dreams did not occur.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Since there never was such a rash of violence, it’s unlikely a rash of violence was the cause.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Should people be allowed to drive while drunk?
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 9:59 AM
And you probably belief “Reefer Madness” is a documentary.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Actually, the fencing authorized by the 2006 bill is almost complete. That act authorized 700 miles of fence, and most of it is done.
The border is 2000 miles long. If you want more fence, you’ll have to get congress to authorize the money for it. Do you think that will ever happen with this congress? I don’t. Better focus on more law enforcement for now.
Oh, and the Border Patrol is hiring. They need people. If Hotair is really interested in border protection, you should be urging people to sign up.
juliesa on February 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Another person who agrees with me that getting rid of the drug laws will not make the world more dangerous.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
No kidding, so no problem having a meth lab in the house next door, large barrels of explosive chemicals and all? Or having a few local kids getting jacked on LSD and wandering through the neighborhood? Or the big dude down the street mainlining PCP?
I don’t know about you, but having a careless meth lab operator blowing me sky high seems pretty dangerous.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Driving drunk puts others at risk, and since the roads are owned by the govt, they have a right to set standards of use.
Neither of these applies to drug use itself.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM
So heroin use causes no problems, except when heroin use is illegal?
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM
What percentage of kids are in need of treatment?
If you think drug use amongst the poor is a new problem, you should read up on the tenements 100 years ago.
Making drugs illegal hasn’t cut down drug use at all.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM
And some idiots say the ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION issue is no big deal, that we hard core Conservatives are over-reacting and blowing things out of proportion…
Well…. Hummmmmmm, don’t think so…
Start deporting them ALL!!! and NOW!!!
or this is headed to a town and rural area near you….
Oh and BTW, CLOSE THE FRICKING BORDER!!!
Mark Garnett on February 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I read once where China had an opium problem many years ago. It was debilitating large numbers of its population.
It’s solution? It made use a capital crime. Use dropped, as I recall.
BuckeyeSam on February 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
DeathToMediaHacks on February 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Okay, I think we all know where we stand. You think the problems with drugs are “in my dreams.”
All I ask is clarity. You gave it to me.
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 10:07 AM
These drugs used to be freely, and cheaply available, and the horrible things that haunt your dreams did not occur.
Dogpile (not Google, I hate them) “Iran heroin problem” and see what a great nation we could have if we only legalized heroin.
http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs2208
The Iranian government estimates there are at least two million people using drugs in a nation of 78 million. Of those, 200,000 are intravenous drug users and at least 50,000 are infected with HIV — including Ali.
–Ali’s wife left him five years ago because of his habit. Then after more than two decades as a human pin cushion, shooting up everywhere he could find a vein that hadn’t dried up like straw, the needle took its toll.
“My whole body became infected,” he says, pulling up a pant leg to show a weepy wound that he says still won’t heal after two years.–
Wouldn’t that be great? Whooo, happy days.
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Too many people think the science teacher in Breaking Bad has the right idea.
BuckeyeSam on February 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM
What is it with you drug warriors that makes it impossible for you to form a coherent, rational argument?
What is it with you drug warriors that makes it impossible for you to disagree with anyone without accusing them of wanting to comitt the most heinous of crimes?
In your mind, smoking a joint is indistinguisable from raping a child?
That’s so pathetic that I don’t even know where to begin.
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Bishop on February 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
You don’t understand. Weed and other drugs have never hurt anybody. Gosh, I’ve never seen friends lose scholarships after becoming addicted to pot. I’ve never seen ambition lost, families devastated, children affected by the addiction of their parents. Having ambition and living a motivated and worthwhile life is highly overrated. /sarc off
kingsjester on February 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM
What part of not causing a problem do you not understand?
MarkTheGreat on February 12, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Which is why, in a world where drugs were legal, having a meth lab in your house or in a residential area would still be illegal because it is made from hazardous and explosive materials.
What I love is how opponents to this act like a drug legalization could not be carefully crafted, legalizing “soft” drugs like marijuana, mushrooms, hashish while gaining control of the cocaine, heroin and meth markets. In the later three cases use of these drugs already represents a minority of the population. Those who are able to use them and function, should be allowed to do so. Those who become addicts are going to become addicts anyway. I certainly am not turned off by meth because it’s illegal. I’m turned off because it more than likely will f*ck your life up.
DeathToMediaHacks on February 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Sort of like the black plague. Ran out fo host.
Johan Klaus on February 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Your snarky little reply tell me that you think legalizing drugs will cause these murderers to assess the situation rationally, and will, after a proper cost-benefit analysis determine that a life of crime was no longer necessary.
Dare I ask the obvious question — are you on drugs?
jeff_from_mpls on February 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Excellent post, Ed. Many of the comments are very insightful, especially the backhanded ones.
burt on February 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Fixed it for you. Are you in favor of making alcohol illegal?
DeathToMediaHacks on February 12, 2009 at 10:11 AM
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