{"id":2063,"date":"2003-10-18T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2003-10-18T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orange-road.com\/blog\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2003-10-18T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2003-10-18T23:44:06","slug":"emiliano-antunez-at-sierra-times-rush-and-chong-possibly-the-best-most-concise-statement-on-the-war-on-freedom-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orange-road.com\/blog\/index.php\/2003\/10\/18\/emiliano-antunez-at-sierra-times-rush-and-chong-possibly-the-best-most-concise-statement-on-the-war-on-freedom-er\/","title":{"rendered":"Emiliano Antunez at Sierra Times – Rush and Chong – possibly the best, most concise, statement on the war on freedom, er…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emiliano Antunez at Sierra Times –
\n
\nRush and Chong<\/a> – possibly the best, most concise, statement on the
\nwar on freedom, er… some drugs, that I’ve read. [sierra<\/a>]
\nbq.
\nWithin a month’s time, drug war supporter and conservatives’
\nconservative Rush Limabugh fesses up (only after being outed by a
\ntabloid) about his addiction to prescription pain killers and 70s
\npothead icon Tommy Chong (the other half of Cheech and Chong) is
\nsentenced to nine months in prison, not for possession of the evil
\nweed, not for distribution of the enticing white powder, but for
\nselling “paraphernalia.” America has definitely reached the
\nboiling point of hypocrisy in its useless drug war.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The cat is out of the proverbial bag, many Americans have known for
\nyears that the war on drugs is not about drugs. This drug war is a war
\nby our own government on its own citizens, it has made mince meat of
\nthe fourth amendment, it has shredded the second amendment, it has
\ngiven the government the power to peak into our finances, it has run
\nrough shod over private property rights, it has turned our inner
\ncities into war zones, it has turned non violent youths into criminals
\nand in the process ruined countless lives.
\n[End the War on Freedom<\/a>]<\/p>\n

This is a very relevant comparison which I haven’t seen made anywhere else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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