here is the 40 year old problem that we as a society need to fix. what solutions do you propose?
THE PROBLEM:
drug-related violence in west oakland, east oakland, SF, richmond
"Driveby shooting caught live by CBS at Eastmont Mall, 11/07"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hct6pbboNk&feature=related "Gangs of SF and Oakland"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574NtwfScuI&feature=related
a semi-glorifying documentary. what the rowdy CMS kids are doing (ie forest street today and how they dress and act), is emulating their idols. all of us copy our idols. think about your idols at adolescence, and in what way you tried to be "cool"
"Hunters Point Jungle" from residents'/ victim's POV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2xDIPmDGU&NR=1
Reality: parents on crack, kids growing up without good parents, what is YOUR solution? I'm listening. Pat and Jane are listening. More police aren't the complete answer, but they are definitely a BIG part of the answer, since none of us are able or willing stepping up to the plate.
People in the poorer drug-addled, gunshot-ridden neighborhoods think nobody outside cares. And it seems true based on the federal budget. "Boys and girls clubs aren't enough" says someone in one of the above films.
This didn't happen overnight, and I'd say the people involved didn't do this to themselves, at least in the beginning.
OBSTACLES TO SOLUTIONS:
If we weren't wasting $1 Trillion on the Pentagon every year (protecting world trade of our "allies" and rivals, aka fleecing america of its industrial base, going bankrupt as a nation in doing so), we'd have some real money to spend on improving our society. But why wait for the feds to protect us Katrina or 9-11 style?
and don't forget how this all started, with the CIA distributing cocaine into inner cities to fund Iran/Contra/black ops:
truth:
Crack the CIA
From the Wilderness: the real drug problem john kerry-led coverup:
USDOJ report finally released 1997
(and the CIA wasn't even original- they copied the
british empire's opium wars in China over 100 years ago--how else are the UK royals that rich? duh, NOT through hard work and scrimping!)
after US invaded Afghanistan, opium/heroin crop there skyrockets to 95% of world supply. After "NATO" (US-funded EU defense) invades to protect this heroin, we now funnel more low-interest rate capital into wall street. hooray for the hedge fund boyz and the corporations. Wachovia Bank was caught last week laundering drug money. Hello? Taliban had outlawed opium growing...
is uhuru blind to all this? they think racism is the problem. we are all a little racist and more than a little tribal. tell me something new. that is not the fundamental problem!
http://news.google.com/news?q=wachovia%2
0drug%20laundering
There never was a "war on drugs". That is a 100% joke.
HYPOCRISY:
Why do we hammer poor kids and their older relatives for dealing drugs when
(1) the industrial school system teaches kids little of useful daily life skills (cooking, finance, work life);
(2) there is no legitimate economy for them to gainfully participate in, which is why their parents are now on crack and plastic bottled vodka;
(3) and most importantly, we ALL continue banking with these big tapeworm banks who launder drug money?
If you bank with a BIG BANK (citi, wells, bofa, wachovia, chase, ubs, uboc, etc) yet protest against war you are part of the problem. You unknowingly enable corporate drug money laundering. Do like I did and join a credit union, get away from these multi-tentacled big tapeworm banks. In fact, the SF Fire Dept credit union reimburses you for ALL your ATM fees, even from big tapeworms! Imagine that.
And if you don't switch banks this week, knowing all this, then you are now knowingly enabling social decay. This is way above any of the presidential candidates. Another one of those non-issues for them. They can't even mention it.
Yes, I'm preaching at you. Sorry about that.
Peace.
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