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RainDog

(28,784 posts)
5. Welcome back
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 03:47 PM
Jun 2014

I'm not in Florida but I lived there for a while - in Coconut Grove, Miami. I lived next door to some steel drum playing Rastafarians who were building an ark in the backyard for the coming flood.... I hear it's changed quite a bit since I was there. lol.

I ENTIRELY agree with you that the War on Drugs has been harmful to Americans - far harmful than any drug use, for the majority of the population, and, as you note, has made a joke of the 4th amendment.

But it's certainly offered a lot of authoritarians a lot of jobs...

Because as everybody knows.... Turbineguy Jun 2014 #1
Love that quote... mikeysnot Jun 2014 #7
Shelly sells a lot of alcohol last time I checked Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #2
Sembler is a possible connection. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #3
Thanks for the thread RainDog! iscooterliberally Jun 2014 #4
Welcome back RainDog Jun 2014 #5
I used to stay in Coconut Grove in the mid-late 90s. iscooterliberally Jun 2014 #6
LOL. Was it on Bayshore Drive? RainDog Jun 2014 #8
No, not Bayshore, but close. iscooterliberally Jun 2014 #9
I'm ready to go west, young man RainDog Jun 2014 #10
I can see why you left! iscooterliberally Jun 2014 #11
I didn't live in a rough neighborhood... RainDog Jun 2014 #12
I can understand that. iscooterliberally Jun 2014 #13
He isn't WovenGems Jun 2014 #14
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