A Wacked Out Country

Consider the following. California is a unique state by many standards. It is home to Hollywood, undoubtedly a challenge to Las Vegas as this country’s “Sin City” with its constant outpouring of movie trash. It took an Indian film “Slumdog Millionaire,” made in Mumbai, aka Bollywood, to capture the Oscar spotlight stage this year.

Then there’s talk that California, with its $57 billion debt, might go bankrupt. But, hey, don’t lose hope in the state that can’t figure out whether marriage is heterosexual, homosexual, or lesbian. How about more taxes to wipe away the state’s debt? Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco introduced a bill that would help solve the financial hole the state is in. The bill proposes a $50-an-ounce tax on retail sales of weed, which would come to $1.3 billion per year in revenues. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, legalizing the drug would drop its street value by 50 percent and increase usage by 40 percent. Wonderful.

Last week I highlighted Mexico for its growing narco-state reputation. Well, there are always more clever (and dumber) minds than those who designed the 700 mile long fence to keep illegal Mexicans out of this country. Mexican drug dealers have tried doing Evel Kneivel car jumps over the fence with specially-built launching ramps. The latest fad is the use of ultralight aircraft, loaded with 100 lbs. or more of marijuana, to fly over the fence.

All this ingenuity helps feed Americans’ desire to be wacked out. Maybe a country such as the U.S. with its 50 million abortions to its credit has a little problem with its vision. Think of all the U.S. families which have been affected by the insane drug of abortion. You’ve got to be blind to biology not to know that a ten week old fetus, with all its fingers and toes, is a human being. However, that blindness is creating a moral vacuum in the U.S.

I decry the blindness and ignorance of those who are pro-choice, aka pro-abortion. I also find those who would like to legalize marijuana with a similar erroneous near-sightedness. As a former high school assistant principal and K-12 administrator, I have seen what weed does to kids. Grades drop, rebellion against authority grows, and the desire for more dangerous drugs usually results. Honesty and integrity take a hit as well. Consider President Clinton’s remark about his use of dope … “Well, I didn’t inhale.”

Raising money for California’s debt crisis by taxing weed, and making it legal, will tempt other states to follow suit. The main argument for legalization is that marijuana is the alcohol of Prohibition. Well, ending Prohibition hasn’t been the cure-all for that problem either. Alcoholism is a killer disease. It is unique from other illnesses in that it is caused by an unruly mind later destroying the body. It does not stop there and causes all-round destruction and unhappiness for everyone. The malady wrecks families and create social problems. Recent years have seen a spurt in the number of alcoholics in our country.

Abortion, Alcoholism, and Acceptance of illegal drugs…in grading them, they all get “Fs” …and that’s a cocktail for a wacked out country.