Slog - Comments on This Week on Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76 The Surge at Home: McCain’s neighborhood plan. On Friday at the National Urban League, McCain suggested he'd fight crime using "tactics somewhat like we use in the military." He went on to describe how it would work: "You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you provide a secure environment for the people that live there, and you make sure that the known criminals are kept under control," he said. "And you provide them with a stable environment and then they cooperate with law enforcement." One Life in Bangkok: Thailand to open high-security drug prison. Last Hurrah: Medical examiners office employee... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:13:15 -0800 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:34:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Between McSame's Enhanced War on Drugs and the shooting of Black Labs that defend white mayors' houses, it's becoming very obvious who wants to turn America into the Soviet Union (USSR).

John "Red Plant" McCain.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096754 Drugs Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:28:34 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo That McCain quote should scare the shit out of anybody who understand what Posse Comitatus means. I wonder where all those Ron Paul libertarians are when McCain is making promises like this?

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096771 Drugs Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:39:55 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Red Plant? That can't be good.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096938 Drugs Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:09:29 -0800 Comment by Mr. X @2,

You read my mind. Can you say "actual in-your-face police state", kiddies?

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096968 Drugs Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:25:54 -0800 Comment by raisedbywolves All I can gather from the McCain quote is that the last time he bothered to think about how to deal with the problems of urban America, it was in 1981 while he was watching Escape From New York.

]]> raisedbywolves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1096980 Drugs Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:31:35 -0800 Comment by Sally Johnson Oh, goody. Let's handle crime in the U.S. with the same finesse our military is using in Iraq. "Sorry we bombed your wedding/funeral/ bar mitzvah, but we thought there might be drug dealers in the neighborhood."

]]> Sally Johnson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1097405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_week_on_drugs_76#c1097405 Drugs Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:34:40 -0800