Posted on 04/21/2010 7:14:24 PM PDT by SandRat
300 dollars an ounce, where do you live?
Ping!
USSR had lots of ground border in Europe in Asia (39,000 miles to be exact.) Nevertheless it was quite difficult for foreign spies to get in, even though they were individually trained, and equipped with best tools.
Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the border was guarded by the army, and the army was authorized to shoot intruders when necessary. There was a fence, later equipped with sensors. There was a trace control strip right behind the fence, so that the footprints are easy to see. Watch towers were manned 24 hours per day, and in case of alarm many soldiers would be quickly dispatched to key locations. A strip of territory, about 50 miles near the border, was declared of limited access, and one could get in only with proper documents, or if you are local; then you know the border guards and they know you, and you know who to call if you see a suspicious person.
To summarize, it can be done if the government wants it done. The Mexico-USA land border is very convenient for monitoring, unlike many mountains and forested hills of USSR's border. But USSR saw the border as a no joke affair, and political correctness was not even on the radar.
What are you smoking - ditch weed? The toasty stuff costs $200 - $300 per oz.
If it’s legal, those would be mexican farmers. They’d be selling it to RJ Reynolds and we wouldn’t care at all about it.
Sorry I mean bathe, that kinda money gets me excited.
240-250 for really good marijuana where I live. Eugene, OR.
I've heard that this was for the premier of the new Cheech and Chong movie.
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