... but of course not necessarily reflective of my own personal views. Yeah, right. And did I mention that I'm from Brooklyn and we have this great bridge there ...

In reality, I agree with you entirely on >> 1. It's a tough call in my book ...... I'm thinking of the Father/Son relationship NOT the political aspect. << The kid should be with his father. If it was an American kid in Cuba, we'd be sending the damn Marines to get him back.

>> 2. She is STILL in left field & WE both know it! << She's left of somewhere, but I don't think she's even ON the same "field" (planet) as the rest of us.

>> 3. At one time I would have said it was NOT the government's business. In this day & age & what is happening in the schools I have changed my mind. << MY gun has never even been fired, much less used in the commission of any crime. Whey should I have to tell the government anything about it?

>> 4. Making pot legal does MORE good than bad. << Agreed. In fact, the war on drugs is a total failure and has done nothing more than create an entire new criminal aristocracy far more powerful (and rich) than the mafia ever dreamed of. AND a whole class of new criminals in society who are actually doing nothing worse than we do legally with alcohol and nicotine. We have wasted so much money on this futile "war" that we can't even begin to calculate it.

>> 5. I UNDERSTAND that we are free to do it.........I just don't like the IDEA of it being done. << I cheered for Rick Monday, too. I think people should be free to burn the flag. I think other people should be free to kick their asses for doing so. Simple exchange of freedoms! <g>

----- jim o\-S