A FEW THOUGHTS AT 4AM
LIVE AND LET DIE
All of the media folks are fired up over the 12 murders Beaumont has had this year. (Port Arthur isn't keeping up! Guess they all went to B-town for a break?)
It seems most of the murders are the result of drug use or domestic violence. Some of the domestic violence is due to drug issues, so I'll give drug use the edge in the race for leading cause.
I wonder if this issue sheds some light on the legalizing drugs issue.
Here's my logic:
Jefferson County has a lot of violent crime stemming from illegal drug use. A lot of users killing dealers and dealers killing users. Orange county users are dieing just as fast, but usually from overdoses. A big difference MAY be that in Orange, many users are getting their fix somewhat legally from drug clinics. I wonder if this loosely indicates that legalizing narcotics would keep the death rate the same, but eliminate some of the violence? Perhaps it would make the death rate skyrocket? Who knows?
As many times as I have had co-workers ask me why I live in Orange... as many times as I have had them say “there's nothing in Orange!”...I guess I have to agree. We have less murder... we have fewer aggravated assaults...I guess we are missing the boat. Lets import some drug dealers to Orange and perhaps the prescription drug clinics can go out of business!
TV ENTERTAINMENT
My kids have been watching the new “imposer” show on TV. I'm not sure of the actual name of the show, but it's another sort of reality competition show that seems to be the theme of the networks these days.
One of the “impostors” that is competing is a George Bush impersonator. I noticed a lot of folks booing when he takes the stage. The reason this catches my attention is I hold my Republican and Democrat friends to their own words. Mr. Clinton had his share of impostors showing up on variety shows back when he was in office. I remember one getting booed and hearing a co-worker respond by saying how disrespectful that was to the real president. Ah yes, the world viewed through the eyes of a partisan.
All of the media folks are fired up over the 12 murders Beaumont has had this year. (Port Arthur isn't keeping up! Guess they all went to B-town for a break?)
It seems most of the murders are the result of drug use or domestic violence. Some of the domestic violence is due to drug issues, so I'll give drug use the edge in the race for leading cause.
I wonder if this issue sheds some light on the legalizing drugs issue.
Here's my logic:
Jefferson County has a lot of violent crime stemming from illegal drug use. A lot of users killing dealers and dealers killing users. Orange county users are dieing just as fast, but usually from overdoses. A big difference MAY be that in Orange, many users are getting their fix somewhat legally from drug clinics. I wonder if this loosely indicates that legalizing narcotics would keep the death rate the same, but eliminate some of the violence? Perhaps it would make the death rate skyrocket? Who knows?
As many times as I have had co-workers ask me why I live in Orange... as many times as I have had them say “there's nothing in Orange!”...I guess I have to agree. We have less murder... we have fewer aggravated assaults...I guess we are missing the boat. Lets import some drug dealers to Orange and perhaps the prescription drug clinics can go out of business!
TV ENTERTAINMENT
My kids have been watching the new “imposer” show on TV. I'm not sure of the actual name of the show, but it's another sort of reality competition show that seems to be the theme of the networks these days.
One of the “impostors” that is competing is a George Bush impersonator. I noticed a lot of folks booing when he takes the stage. The reason this catches my attention is I hold my Republican and Democrat friends to their own words. Mr. Clinton had his share of impostors showing up on variety shows back when he was in office. I remember one getting booed and hearing a co-worker respond by saying how disrespectful that was to the real president. Ah yes, the world viewed through the eyes of a partisan.
posted by David Ingram at 4:54 AM
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