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Posted by Phil on September 5, 2002, at 7:03:47
If you think it's dry now, wait till September.
DEA
I've heard of three of these billboards on Interstate's coming into Austin from Houston, Dallas and Corpus Christi.
Just found this amusing and another waste of money by the government.
Posted by Ritch on September 5, 2002, at 9:59:05
In reply to Anyone seen this billboard by the DEA?, posted by Phil on September 5, 2002, at 7:03:47
> If you think it's dry now, wait till September.
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> DEA
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> I've heard of three of these billboards on Interstate's coming into Austin from Houston, Dallas and Corpus Christi.
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> Just found this amusing and another waste of money by the government.
It would be amusing to see another billboard a mile or two down the road for Seroquel. At the APA meeting in Philadelphia there were billboards for meds from the airport drive into town where all the pdocs had to drive.
Posted by @tabitha@ on September 5, 2002, at 22:05:27
In reply to Anyone seen this billboard by the DEA?, posted by Phil on September 5, 2002, at 7:03:47
why dry in September?
Posted by Ritch on September 6, 2002, at 1:07:15
In reply to Re: am I the only one who doesn't get it?, posted by @tabitha@ on September 5, 2002, at 22:05:27
> why dry in September?
Good question. But, I think the message the DEA is trying to send is something like this: "If you are having difficulty obtaining illegal drugs now, just wait till a later time (September) and it will be even more difficult to obtain the illegal drugs you desire because we are so persistent and competent in eradicating the supply of those drugs that you will feel their absence in a much greater way than you would ordinarily feel because of our law enforcement vigilance and strategies."
It basically is a public service crock. I do think the ads on TV that address the demand for illegal drugs as creating an atmosphere of violence and chaos in the drug originating countries (i.e. Bolivia, Ecuadaor) are pertinent. IOW, your desire for cocaine fuels the cartel that supplies the drug, the drug cartels commit crimes to perpetuate their influence (just like a "legal" corporation would)-it just becomes a JOB. IF you desire the products and economically connect to the product suppliers, a social structure forms to respond to those needs and supplies them in a purely rationalistic manner. "Jobs" will be created that are "criminal" to facilitate the transfer of the desired products to the end-users.
Mitch
Posted by susan C on September 6, 2002, at 13:42:41
In reply to Re: am I the only one who doesn't get it? » @tabitha@, posted by Ritch on September 6, 2002, at 1:07:15
I couldnt figure out what DEA was, I first thought the billboard message had to do with the wildfires...as in you think it is dry now (wildfire danger) then wait til september... it really didn't make any sense...
spinning mouse
Posted by Ritch on September 7, 2002, at 0:17:35
In reply to Re: am I the only one who doesn't get it?, posted by susan C on September 6, 2002, at 13:42:41
> I couldnt figure out what DEA was, I first thought the billboard message had to do with the wildfires...as in you think it is dry now (wildfire danger) then wait til september... it really didn't make any sense...
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> spinning mouseThat's an interesting and excellent confusion, however! They (the United States Forest Service) has changed the image and message of "Smokey The Bear". Evidently, now 'Smokey' now tells us that wildfires are inevitable, so we need to learn how to get away from them. The message isn't so much how to prevent a forest fire-it is how to survive one and minimize the damage from a wildire-like a tornado, hurricane, or flash flood. My Uncle worked for the DEA (now retired), who used to work as a high school basketball coach, then Highway Patrolman (when I was a teenager), then with the USFS-then the DEA. He used to tell me stories about flying around in helicopters looking for marijuana crops in the National Forests with infrared binoculars, etc. Interestingly, he used to ask me about how to score grass back in the '70's!
Mitch
Posted by Ta'Bitha on September 7, 2002, at 5:46:38
In reply to Re: am I the only one who doesn't get it? » @tabitha@, posted by Ritch on September 6, 2002, at 1:07:15
> > why dry in September?
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> Good question. But, I think the message the DEA is trying to send is something like this: "If you are having difficulty obtaining illegal drugs now, just wait till a later time (September) and it will be even more difficult to obtain the illegal drugs you desire because we are so persistent and competent in eradicating the supply of those drugs that you will feel their absence in a much greater way than you would ordinarily feel because of our law enforcement vigilance and strategies."Oh. Well why didn't they just put that on the sign in the first place?
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