Israel is going to pot!

[T_Bone]

http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2004/08/04/1091557927241.html

 :lol:

[adz]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[whabang]

I foresee that the Israeli aggressions will cease pretty soon! :lol:

[Cyberus]

:lol:

I'm still waiting for the American president who smokes hash and clicks his fingers to poetry ...!

[T_Bone]

Cyberus wrote:
:lol:

I'm still waiting for the American president who smokes hash and clicks his fingers to poetry ...!

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard5.html

We had one run for office a while ago :-)

" The all-time purest libertarian plank, however, is the following: Bill Smith pledges that, when elected, his first act will be the immediate announcement of the dissolution of the Federal government. His second act will be his instant resignation. No one, not Barry Goldwater, not even J. Bracken Lee, will ever top that one."

[Cyberus]

T_Bone wrote:

Cyberus wrote:
:lol:

I'm still waiting for the American president who smokes hash and clicks his fingers to poetry ...!

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard5.html

We had one run for office a while ago :-)

" The all-time purest libertarian plank, however, is the following: Bill Smith pledges that, when elected, his first act will be the immediate announcement of the dissolution of the Federal government. His second act will be his instant resignation. No one, not Barry Goldwater, not even J. Bracken Lee, will ever top that one."

Heh, I can imagine this wouldn't go down to well today...

Bill, like his Republican and Democratic opponents, is also a veteran of World War II. But Bill was not a PT-boat hero. Not quite. In fact, Bill Smith rather proudly proclaimed that he was brought up five times on charges of court martial. I submit that this is a most welcome change – even a New Frontier. Not only does Bill Smith’s war record touch a chord of American sentiment that has seldom been tapped by the major party candidates, but we can be sure that Smith is a firm anti-militarist, and will not lightly surrender the principle of civilian control of the armed forces.

[KennyR]

That's not new. During WW1 the German government tried using MDMA on its troops to relieve the stresses of war. In WW2 LSD was tested. In Vietnam a lot of different drugs were tried on the troops (you don't think soldiers were buying all their marijuana and heroin from the Vietnamese, do you?). All the drug tests had one thing in common, they didn't work.

Trying to get human beings to perform through stresses like that with drugs is like trying to get your car to perform better by pouring some octane in the tank. It'll work right up to the point your pistons shoot through the car body like bullets and you're engulfed in flames.

And think about all those snickers bars the Israelis will have to buy in to take care of soldier's munchies...the logistics are staggering.

[Cyberus]

The other thing that people seem to forget with dope is that it can induce paranoia - I've met people in whom the effect seems to be permanent :-(

[Speelgoedmannetje]

KennyR wrote:
That's not new. During WW1 the German government tried using MDMA on its troops to relieve the stresses of war. In WW2 LSD was tested. In Vietnam a lot of different drugs were tried on the troops (you don't think soldiers were buying all their marijuana and heroin from the Vietnamese, do you?). All the drug tests had one thing in common, they didn't work.

Well, if I know it correctly, the English used coke in WW1 to "encourage" their troops.
As well the Zulu's used some kind of drugs to go berserk on the battle field.
Also, the Vikings used some kind of drugs (mixed in mead) for the use on the battlefield.

[Cyberus]

I remember hearing that Churchill and basically the entire war cabinet took amphetamines. IIRC, Churchill slept an average of four hours a night during the war...

[whabang]

Also, the Vikings used some kind of drugs (mixed in mead) for the use on the battlefield.

That would be Fly agaric. Yuck! :inquisitive:

[adz]

And think about all those snickers bars the Israelis will have to buy in to take care of soldier's munchies...the logistics are staggering.

:lol::roflmao::lol:

[Turambar]

It's a damn site less crazy than http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa03-02mod2.htm