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CNN's Jack Cafferty’s Take On Mexican Congress & President Fox Legalizing Drug Possession

« H E Tabacco :: email
posted Wednesday, 3 May 2006
CNN's Jack Cafferty’s Take On


Mexican Congress


& President Fox


Legalizing Drug Possession







Jack Cafferty of CNN’s “The Situation Room” delivers the following information with a good bit of sarcasm and disgust.  It’s hard to depict that in print, so I guess you will just have to watch “The Situation Room”, which follows “Lou Dobbs Tonight” from 6-8pm weekdays.




The Situation Room, May 1, 2006 (Transcribed by Tabacco)

The Cafferty File -

Jack Cafferty: Ostensibly the reason, Wolf, that there are between 12,000,000 and 20,000,000 illegal aliens in this country is because the quality of life in Mexico isn’t as good as it is here.  Maybe this is one of the reasons why: the Mexican Congress has passed a law that makes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin legal.

President Vicente Fox hasn’t signed the bill yet, but he says he will.  He can’t provide jobs for his people or create a quality of life that will keep them from wanting to risk their lives to come here.  But I guess he thinks it’s OK if they want to snort heroin or cocaine.

Critics worry the new law will attract tourists, only looking to get high, and some Mexican police say they are confused.  They’re being asked to fight drugs and allow people to consume them at the same time.  Vexing!

Here’s the question: “Is it a mistake for Mexico to legalize small amounts of cocaine and heroin?

Email us at CAFFERTYFILE@CNN.COM
Or go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile

Wolf Blitzer: Does it make any difference what the definition of “Small Amounts” are, Lou – er excuse me, Jack?

Cafferty: No, Aaron, it doesn’t (jokingly).  (Blitzer laughs) Yes, of course it makes a difference.  If you’re carrying more than what they say is, I guess an amount that would be for personal use, I don’t know how much that is – I’m not conversant in that area of pharmacology, Andy Serwer would know about these things.  But if you have any more than that, then you’re considered a dealer, and I guess you’re subject to – I don’t know.  Unless you can prove you’re an addict; that’s the other caveat.  If you’re arrested, and you have this stuff, and they look at it, and they say, “Well that’s more than is prescribed under the law”, then if you can prove you’re an addict, then I think you can beat the rap as well.  It’s all very confusing.

Blitzer: Very confusing! Thanks, JACK!

Cafferty: You’re welcome, WOLF!

                                      
                                Jack Cafferty            Wolf Blitzer



Tabacco: My question is, “Since President Fox of Mexico is insisting that the United States give Amnesty to all his Illegal Aliens, will he also insist that the U.S. pass laws legalizing heroin possession too. Bush is bad enough; now we have 2 U.S. presidents: Bush and Fox or Fox and Bush.


In 1981's 'Body Heat', Kathleen Turner said, "Knowledge is power".



T.A.B.A.C.C.O.  (Truth About Business And Congressional Crimes Organization)

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comments (3)


1. Tabacco left...
Wednesday, 3 May 2006 10:00 am :: http://tabacco.blog-city.com/

Is George W. Bush the President of Mexico or the U.S.?

Is Vicente Fox the President of U.S. or Mexico?

Or are both Fox and Bush Presidents of both Mexico and the U.S.?

It's all very confusing. And I don't see a "Lesser of two evils" here.

Tabacco


2. Tabacco left...
Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:33 am :: http://tabacco.blog-city.com/

Question: If Vicente Fox can send all his unemployed Mexicans to the U.S., can we send all our drug addicts, potheads & mass murderers to Mexico?

Tabacco

PS OK, GWB, pack your bags - you're gonna have 2 more terms in office - in Mexico!


3. Tabacco left...
Friday, 5 May 2006 7:28 pm :: http://tabacco.blog-city.com/

President Vicente Fox Flip-Flops After Being Chastized By Bush:

DOBBS: Tonight, Mexican President Vicente Fox is withdrawing his support for legislation to decriminalize drugs, legislation that he had vowed to sign only three days ago.

President Fox has apparently realized that decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, meth, cocaine and heroin just might not be in the best interest of the Mexican society, nor a clever way to fight the drug war raging on the Mexican-U.S. border.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Mexican President Vicente Fox this week was on the verge of approving a law that would have allowed consumers of small quantities of a wide range of illegal drugs to be exempt from prosecution. Fox's spokesman called the idea progress. The Bush administration complained, and a day later, Fox changed his mind, saying he won't sign the bill.

MAYOR ROBERT WALKUP, TUCSON, ARIZONA: I think that he got worldwide pressure that this sets a standard that few of us think is the right thing to do.

WIAN: His spokesman now denies Fox is responding to U.S. pressure. The idea was to divert more resources to fighting the violent drug kingpins controlling much of Mexico's northern border. College students had visions of Mexico becoming a new Amsterdam, where drug use is openly tolerated. Border law enforcement officials had nightmares of spring breakers returning either stoned with a stash. JERRY SANDERS, SAN DIEGO MAYOR: I appreciate the fact that they were willing to step back, rethink it and the president took a leadership role in that. I think that's good for both sides of the border.

WIAN: Mexico apparently wanted to avoid angering U.S. lawmakers considering amnesty for millions of Mexicans living illegally in the United States.

STEPHEN JOHNSON, HERITAGE FOUNDATION: A change in the sanctions against drug use in Mexico has an impact here at a time when our own lawmakers are considering changes to immigration law. That had to have been in back of President Fox's mind.

WIAN: Mexico has made little progress fighting drug trafficking. Ninety percent of the cocaine in the United States comes through Mexico, and 80 percent of the methamphetamine is now produced there.

Mexico remains the nation's number one marijuana supplier with 22 million pounds of annual production capacity, and it produces nearly 18,000 pounds of pure heroin yearly, making it the number two U.S. supplier.

Still, the Mexican government is no hurry to rework the bill that would have effectively legalized drug use.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WIAN: Vicente Fox's office said in a statement it will present its objections to the proposed bill to the Mexican Congress in due time and in the proper manner. Mexico's Congress is out of session until after national elections in July, Lou.

DOBBS: At which time Vicente Fox obviously will be a lame duck, and speaking of lame, this is about as lame as -- as we have watched the government of Mexico absolutely fail its people, to continue this ridiculous encouragement of illegal immigration, to come up with this legislation, Vicente Fox is leaving quite a legacy, isn't he?

WIAN: He sure it is and the impact on the United States side of the border was going to be tremendous as well. Border sheriffs have had their fill of Mexico's actions and they were really worried about this and very happy that they decided to change course.

DOBBS: As the principal supplier of heroin, cocaine, meth, marijuana to this country, what idiot -- what idiot could possibly say we should not secure these borders for any number of reasons, not the least of which, of course, is national security. It is mind-boggling to say the least.

WIAN: Sure is.

DOBBS: Thank you, sir. Casey Wian, appreciate it. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/04/ldt.01.html

Republished by Tabacco

PS We will keep you advised re the drug situation in Mexico. To you potheads out there, don't pack your bags and head South of the Border just yet!