From: bknight on
On Sat, 08 May 2010 21:40:25 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 07 May 2010 19:17:45 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 May 2010 21:00:34 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I'm an ex police officer and I saw the futility of drug laws first
>>>hand. Putting people in jail for using drugs is idiotic. They should
>>>legalize all drugs and immediately release all the people in prison
>>>for possession of drugs, or possession with intent to sell, as long as
>>>there were no extraneous circumstances like gun possession or
>>>resisting arrest.
>>
>>Legalize the drugs, but be careful about releasing criminals just
>>because the crime was redefined. Especially those who were in
>>dangerous criminal organizations.
>
>Once drugs were legal, those dangerous organizations would be out of
>the drug business.

Why? Their overhead would be lower, as would their profit, but the
client base would grow. Just because it would be legal wouldn't stop
them from doing business. They already have the connections.

BK
From: bknight on
On Sat, 08 May 2010 21:58:58 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:


>
>However, when I think of what I did when I was young, I have to
>shutter a bit.

This didn't register at first. Shutter? Columbia?

BK
From: BAR on
In article <20cd166c-18a2-4ea8-9bcd-01f2df3a48c6
@s29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
>
> On May 8, 6:52�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > In article <26050d9e-4e71-4883-976d-
> > 4232712cb...(a)q8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
> >
> >
> >
> > > Nobody liked the Cubans, huh? That says a lot about the kind of people
> > > you hang around with. I've spent a lot of time in Calle Ocho and other
> > > parts of Little Havana and all I've seen is middle class people and
> > > prosperous businesses. Have you heard of any significant problems,
> > > e.g., poverty, crime, drug abuse, etc. in the Cuban community since
> > > 1980? I sure haven't.
> >
> > You still haven't provided any objective proof to support your assertion
> > that the Cubans from the 1980 boat lift are the most successful
> > immigrants of all time.
>
> And I'm not going to. You want proof, find it yourself.

Ok, if that's how you want to play the game Johnny.
From: BAR on
In article <e9313f6a-885e-44f8-b4cb-5362aeb48277
@b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
>
> On May 8, 7:01�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > In article <vunbu5h4vpn0f3edg9q2n03slsuhm87...(a)4ax.com>,
> > how...(a)brazee.net says...
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, 8 May 2010 08:56:27 -0400, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >Mexicans nationals cannot own property in the US.
> >
> > > Why not?
> >
> > It is all part of the reciprocity argument. Non Mexicans are not allowed
> > to be majority owners of property in Mexico. Just turn the tables on
> > them when in our contry.
>
> How is that reciprocal when Americans can own property in Mexico?

Please provide proof that US nationals can be majority owners of real
property in Mexico.


From: BAR on
In article <alangbaker-DE2D65.18125408052010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
alangbaker(a)telus.net says...
>
> In article
> <e9313f6a-885e-44f8-b4cb-5362aeb48277(a)b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 8, 7:01�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > In article <vunbu5h4vpn0f3edg9q2n03slsuhm87...(a)4ax.com>,
> > > how...(a)brazee.net says...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 8 May 2010 08:56:27 -0400, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > >Mexicans nationals cannot own property in the US.
> > >
> > > > Why not?
> > >
> > > It is all part of the reciprocity argument. Non Mexicans are not allowed
> > > to be majority owners of property in Mexico. Just turn the tables on
> > > them when in our contry.
> >
> > How is that reciprocal when Americans can own property in Mexico?
>
> Some property.
>
> There is indeed a law in Mexico that prohibits foreign nationals from
> owning property within 100km of any border or within 50km of a coastline.
>
> My brother now "owns" a condo in Play del Carmen and had to work within
> this law by having a bank actually own the property in trust for him.

Kind of makes owning real estate in Mexico useless. This just means that
all of the revenue generating property is saved for the Mexicans.