Subject: RE: [drugwar] shootdowns "effective" in reducing drug flow? Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:20:07 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 06:13:36 -0700, Steven M. Cooper wrote: >=A0And, if in making the world safer for capitalism= (pharmiceutical drug >=A0companies, oil companies, and other big political= contributors), What @#$% non-sequitur BS ! IT IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT PROFITS AND GROWS BY WAR ! Some corporations may gain some , but others LOSE market= opportunities . Many companies would LOVE to get in the business of marketing= drugs which are now made illegal by the STATE . On average Businesses don't give a damn about the WOSD . As pointed out in a recent post , on balance BUSINESS HATES WAR . Ireland has boomed since their religious war has quelled . China= , too , since it went capitalist . Israel , much of the Mid East , many parts of the old Soviet= Union , much of Africa , and the Andes are basket cases or becoming so= because of their instability . No sane investor will invest there . Go= read some analyst evaluations of , for instance the oil companies . Colombian stock would boom if they could kick the US war mongers= out . But their government is on our tax teat for billions now . I was going to just get work done today and not get diverted here= , but I just couldn't let such counter-factual cultist cant go unchallenged . Its time for people to open their eyes and reevaluate their= political philosophies for the first time in sometimes 50 years . The evidence is overwhelming . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 I like octopi like lobster . Pix of Armstrong CO miniRanch : http://cosy.com/home.htm Liberty : http://cosy.com/Liberty.htm