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klook

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10. Another post on this same topic, FYI

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:18 PM

Mar 2016

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Just realized there's another DU post on this same topic, referencing a Huffington Post article.

Here's the link to the Harpers magazine article by Dan Baum.

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Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress 'Anti-War Left and Black People' [View all] klook Mar 2016 OP

And only one Presidential Candidate has been bold enough to call the WOD what it is- Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #1

Yep. klook Mar 2016 #5

Think yer onta somethin' there, klook. chapdrum Mar 2016 #32

while another candidate has a campaign manager (sorry, I mean DNC chair) who Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #15

..and who allies herself with Sheldon Adelson on the topic of putting medical mj users in prison. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #29

According to the original Nixon strategy the WoD has been a vast success Fumesucker Mar 2016 #25

But he did so without being on the right rung of the US's ethnic ladder Scootaloo Mar 2016 #28

Once upon a time, that was conspiracy talk. Gregorian Mar 2016 #2

Also, keep this in mind . . . gratuitous Mar 2016 #3

you bring up the most important topic in my opinion waddirum Mar 2016 #37

But, powerful people would *never* collude against the rest of us! villager Mar 2016 #4

But, they said : "the rest of us" meaning their class. They have been very faithful about not LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #12

You took the words right out of my mouth.... smiley Mar 2016 #23

I know. Coincidence theorists are a riot. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2016 #31

That is exactly what the war on drugs has done. WDIM Mar 2016 #6

Ehrlichman was the epitome of an amoral man. yellowcanine Mar 2016 #7

2Pac Said that 20 Years Ago mckara Mar 2016 #8

No surprise. It was rather obvious, in many ways. HuckleB Mar 2016 #9

Another post on this same topic, FYI klook Mar 2016 #10

and the Clintons still make money off the war on some drugs. nt grasswire Mar 2016 #11

And those suffering because of the WOD vote for her. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #18

And I don't get that. At all. eom SusanaMontana41 Mar 2016 #19

It's the War Of Drugs. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #13

How these people live with themselves boggles my mind. C Moon Mar 2016 #14

$$$$$$$$ Power. That's how. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #17

+1 ...but still. If I had millions of dollars and watched other living beings C Moon Mar 2016 #20

Sociopaths have no conscience so they just don't care. BeanMusical Mar 2016 #26

+1 C Moon Mar 2016 #34

Correct Waitsman Mar 2016 #42

Pure Evil. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #16

Of course they did. AllyCat Mar 2016 #21

"If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts." Rex Mar 2016 #22

Once again ... nikto Mar 2016 #24

Kick and R BeanMusical Mar 2016 #27

What kind of a person (HRC) jomin41 Mar 2016 #30

So think about it. FairWinds Mar 2016 #33

Had Dan Baum tried to share this info earlier? snot Mar 2016 #35

Dan Baum's book, "Smoke and Mirrors" was published in 1996. jomin41 Mar 2016 #44

Isn't this exactly how all Republican Presidents run their administration and America? rladdi Mar 2016 #36

Yep... KansDem Mar 2016 #38

Legalize All Drugs billhicks76 Mar 2016 #39

Having worked in criminal defense for the last Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #40

Twenty-two years. Iggo Mar 2016 #41

of course runaway hero Mar 2016 #42