But whoever gets it, will be inheriting a ticking time-bomb. McC got out because the OMB is right behind him about that little biz of his advertizing exec types overcharging Uncle for the work they did in concocting the latest round of intelligence insulting propaganda aimed at kids. The movie Traffic has people asking questions that no DrugCzar has had to answer in 20 years. People are waking up, and wondering what's been going on behind their backs. Why we've spent anywhere from (depending upon who's figures you use) 200 to 500 Billion-with-a-b dollars and have nothing to show for it but prisons bursting at the seams and cheaper, purer, and more addictive scheisse flowing into the US than ever before.

The next DrugCzar will be the recipient of fallout from all the bad policy decisions that have been made over the last 4 Administrations.

Consider: the popular media has 'discovered' what we have already have known for decades; that the DrugWar is a hopeless botch that has never accomplished any of it's goals...and never will. First, last year, we had the lighthearted comedy Saving Grace which put a much needed human face on the cannabis issue. (And it didn't hurt to show antis as the stonehearted meanies they are in real life, either.) Next, we had the incredibly fortuitous (?) PBS and History Channel programs, airing at exactly the same time and calling attention to the absolutely shocking failure of the DrugWar...often in the words of retired DrugWarriors, themselves. Then this year, the bombshell movie Traffic has people walking out of the theaters asking questions antis really hate to hear. I predict here that we will soon see more such movies, and their impact will become even greater as more of the public begins to change their attitude, from apathy, to concern, to outrage. For example, how about a movie showing from top to bottom how the grandiose - and Quixotic - drug war policies and their promulgators caused the death of innocent little Alberto Sepulveda? Even the alcohol-sodden brain of Joe Sixpack could pick up on the possibility that next time it could be his kids shot in the back while lying on the floor.

Now, consider this: With all that I mentioned above, with the public awareness beginning to rise, with the threat of a public debate that could become viciously acrimonious when the full extant of what has happened over the last 30 years becomes unavoidably evident...would you want to be sitting in that particular hot seat when this political 'satchel charge' that's attached to it finally blows?

Look at the bizzarre cast of weird people he has to worm his way through.

Asscroft,and an array of religious right hardcore,heavyweight,loudmouths,such
as Bennet,Robertson,,etc.....Keep in mind that Ashcroft,,the A.G.,,is a committed
member of this huge,cultesque group.Their influence was a major factor in the scam
that allowed him to be installed in office.....After that,we add the pissed off Democrats,
who are owed many favors,due to their silence about the crooked election,Asscroft,etc.
(an extremely suspicious silence at that!).
And add to this Americans,and us actual patriots,and the growing group of citizens who
are now aware of the diabolical nature of corporate government.....Plus millions of those
whose views are repressed due to having no voice or access to the corporate owned,
government run media.
The internet,and forums like this are remarkable.Enjoy it while you can though,there
are people working around the clock to figure out how to own,or control the web.

To get back to the czar thing,,Bush is already outdoing Clinton as a hypocrite,and he
has to be careful not to incite a revolution amongst the masses of people who are
tired of hiding from the drug gestapolo empire,knowing that Dubya himself once enjoyed
coppin' a buzz

.......dddd