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Baucus vows spirited fight against drugs
Billings Gazette ^ | July 7, 2007 | Becky Shay

Posted on 07/07/2007 10:22:52 PM PDT by Montana Headlines

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It gets better: Later in the article when Baucus is discussing his goal of ridding Montana of drugs, he says, "Sure, it's a pipe-dream."

You just can't make this stuff up.

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1 posted on 07/07/2007 10:22:59 PM PDT by Montana Headlines
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To: Montana Headlines

In other news, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont promised to stop mixing his metaphors.


2 posted on 07/07/2007 10:24:58 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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3 posted on 07/07/2007 10:24:59 PM PDT by Montana Headlines
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To: Montana Headlines

Apologies to the Gazette — it should have been made clear that the title of this post was a send-up, and not the original title.

The title of the Gazette article was “Baucus vows spirited fight against drugs.”


4 posted on 07/07/2007 10:29:44 PM PDT by Montana Headlines
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To: durasell

Metaphors? What metaphors?


5 posted on 07/07/2007 10:33:57 PM PDT by Montana Headlines
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To: Montana Headlines

“mongoose” and “pipe dream.”


6 posted on 07/07/2007 10:37:14 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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Put that mongoose in your pipe and smoke it!


7 posted on 07/07/2007 10:40:46 PM PDT by joseph20
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Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket --"mongooselike tenacity"-- What a weasel!
8 posted on 07/07/2007 10:45:20 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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Sorry. Just being facetious.

In fairness to Baucus, the two comments weren’t originally mixed in the same sentence.

Just couldn’t resist putting it all in the same title.


9 posted on 07/07/2007 10:46:37 PM PDT by Montana Headlines
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To: traviskicks

Ping


10 posted on 07/07/2007 10:47:47 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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I suspect at some point he’ll get taken aside and told something to the effect of “Look, the War on Drugs, even the War on Terror is a joke son, just a joke like border security”.
“A lot of guys here aren’t rich like you and need money from those guys down is South America, heck their just selling what the folks want, now let’s go to lunch and talk about that new training center in Missoula you’ve been wanting”.
Will Max stay true?
Tune in next year and we’ll see.


11 posted on 07/07/2007 10:55:15 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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There is no “war on drugs” and there is no “war on terror.” There is only the ongoing fight against both. Using the word “war” to describe either conflict falsely implies a beginning, middle and end to these important battles.


12 posted on 07/07/2007 10:57:46 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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Please add me to your list


13 posted on 07/07/2007 11:13:08 PM PDT by bybybill (HUNT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES, SKIN RATS IN THE FALL)
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To: Montana Headlines

Rumor has it that next week, Max is going to come out strongly for apple pie. He is trying, however, to decide about just how strongly and in what part of the state he will back motherhood! What a man.


14 posted on 07/07/2007 11:17:39 PM PDT by bybybill (HUNT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES, SKIN RATS IN THE FALL)
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I’d much rather see that money spent on killing Islamofascists.


15 posted on 07/07/2007 11:23:22 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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‘There is no “war on drugs” and there is no “war on terror.” There is only the ongoing fight against both. Using the word “war” to describe either conflict falsely implies a beginning, middle and end to these important battles.’

Goodness only knows what could have been accomplished if the treasure and manpower put into the wildly ill–conceived “War on Drugs” had been put to better use.

I concur that some drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine are dangerous and their use should be discouraged. The tactics we’ve chosen to try and achieve this have failed and have mostly resulted in vast loss of civil liberties and massive expenditure of capital. The federal government came to our area this year and pitched mandatory drug testing in high school. I can’t imagine anything more against the spirit of America (well possibly the amnesty bill, but I digress).

All that said, marijuana should be legalized immediately for growth and personal use.


16 posted on 07/08/2007 2:40:41 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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Call it whatever you like... SECURING OUR BORDERS will help both of the “fights” you wish to rename!

LLS


17 posted on 07/08/2007 6:05:39 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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The fight against drugs is a relatively new one. Fire Departments weren’t so effective during their first few decades, either. Right now we’re still in the “bucket brigade” phase of fighting drugs.


18 posted on 07/08/2007 9:33:13 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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“The fight against drugs is a relatively new one. Fire Departments weren’t so effective during their first few decades, either. Right now we’re still in the “bucket brigade” phase of fighting drugs.”

Wow what a horrible analogy.

There is no equivalence between drugs and fire. No one wants a fire in their home. Drug users do so out of choice. It’s called “freedom”, and it means people should have the right to whatever they like as long as it doesn’t directly affect anyone else - whether other folks like it or not.


19 posted on 07/08/2007 10:08:17 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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"Sure, it's a pipe dream," he said.





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20 posted on 07/08/2007 10:42:59 AM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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