Blunt torches Marijuana, takes a stand on Meth

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_a...iwinn1093800453

 

Rep. Roy Blunt lit a torch last Wednesday to an estimated street value of $1.2 million worth of high grade marijuana, some of it processed, some of it plucked from local fields. Blunt, U.S. Attorney Todd Graves, and several law enforcement personnel, including McDonald County Sheriff Robert M. Evenson, had convened in the parking lot of the Newton County Sheriff's Department in Neosho as part of Blunt's effort to curb methamphetamines in the four-county area.

 

Now you could be asking what does destroying pot have to do with meth?

 

"Beefing up the borders due to Homeland Security issues will drive these guys more toward the meth trade," Blunt told the group. "We need to start right here where we know the meth problem exists."

 

and his son is also taking a stand

 

http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/to...cCa-176588.html

 

(from a debate with Blunt ®, McCaskill (D) and Swenson (Libertarian))

 

The two also proposed different approaches to dealing with methamphetamine. Law enforcement officers seized 2,860 meth labs in Missouri last year, the most in the nation.

 

Blunt said he would take a tougher approach to dealing with the illegal drug by proposing a three-strikes law for all offenders. It would mirror a federal criminal law that requires prison time for a third conviction.

 

"I think three-strikes laws work," he said. "They've worked for states like California. I think one would work here."

 

McCaskill pointed to the skills she honed as Jackson County prosecutor in dealing with drug crimes, saying a three-strikes law would fill prisons with drug users while leaving violent offenders on the streets.

 

She proposed a statewide, multi-jurisdiction task force that would, among other things, carry out sting operations and inform citizens of how to spot mobile meth labs. A similar effort cut the number of meth labs in Jackson County in half from 1996 to 1998, she said.

 

When asked about fighting meth, Swenson, 64, of Kirbyville, responded: "I guess it's because the economy is down, and they want to make some money. They probably figure, well, this is the only job we can get. It's like back in the moonshine days."

 

and here's a quote from John Swenson on his definition of "Politics": "'Poly' means many, and 'ticks' means blood-sucking creatures."

[Guest Fook]

I find it ironic that his name is Blunt.

[Dr. Tom 0]

At least I'm not the only one...

 

And wouldn't torching all that pot give everybody a nice contact buzz?

[Slayer 0]

And wouldn't torching all that pot give everybody a nice contact buzz?

"Better toss some hair clippings on that fire..."

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

That's quite a bit of weed. One could definitely get ripped off the ensuing cloud of smoke, but the accellerant they no doubt dumped over the pile would make doing so rather unpleasant.