The backlash against Multnomah County's fentanyl smoking kit giveaway highlights the vulnerability of Oregon's hard drug decriminalization and "harm reduction" measure.
I have this uncontrollable addiction to bass fishing and it can get expensive. I am wondering if the concern for the residents of Oregon is only toward drug addicts or is it based on equality to lend support to all addicts. I really need a new rod and reel you see because of my addiction and I need some assistance from the government to help me thrive in my addiction. Unlike drug addictions my addiction does not destroy my life and the lives of people around me, it does not compel me to commit robbery and other crimes to feed the addiction; rather, when I desire a new piece of paraphernalia to feed the addiction I work and save. But it would make my life so much better if the state would become concerned with my addiction and provide me with free paraphernalia.
One of the Portland TV stations seemed to report that Multco, in the classic ready, fire, aim style that characterizes Portland and Oregon politics, has already spent tens of thousands of dollars on these harm reduction supplies. I have no ability to understand the ignorance or stupidity that let the voters believe that measure 110 would be anything other than what it is, an unmitigated disaster.
it seems kind of odd, giving a "like" to something that makes me so angry. just what did all those pie-in-the-sky "health" providers envision that they pushed so hard for the passage of measure 110? maybe all those highly (very highly) paid managers in the Oregon Health Authority should be put back on the streets for a little dose of reality.
Criminals--particularly those in the high-profit drug cartels--have a lot of money. Some of it gets laundered through nonprofits (the Supreme Court has ruled they don't have to disclose donors); other dough goes into bankrolling candidates who will look the other way or collude.
The press in Oregon, hobbled by corporate ownership and cratering advertising, is powerless to investigate. Why bother? The Progressive Machine runs the state and the dopey Oregon voters can't put 2*2 together.
We're stuck with "harm reduction." We're stuck with the machine. Given that reality, best bet is to cream off whatever you can from the corruption.
I'd agree with you except that we've seen marked movement in public opinion in just the last couple years on issues like homelessness, drugs and crime. What MultCo just got hammered for would have been a normal day at the office two years ago. The tone of the media coverage of the machine/cabal has become more skeptical (although emaciated, as you point out). I'll just keep flailing away because that's what I do.
a tidbit from the wiki. what did I do before instant information...
A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability was a lack of precision and the difficulty of using it in close combat, or closely-ranked formations.
There are two broad types of flail: a long, two-handed infantry weapon with a cylindrical head, and a shorter weapon with a round metal striking head. The longer cylindrical-headed flail is a hand weapon derived from the agricultural tool of the same name, commonly used in threshing. It was primarily considered a peasant's weapon, and while not common, they were deployed in Germany and Central Europe in the later Late Middle Ages.[1] The smaller, more spherical-headed flail appears to be even less common; it appears occasionally in artwork from the 15th century onward, but many historians have expressed doubts that it ever saw use as an actual military weapon.
I have this uncontrollable addiction to bass fishing and it can get expensive. I am wondering if the concern for the residents of Oregon is only toward drug addicts or is it based on equality to lend support to all addicts. I really need a new rod and reel you see because of my addiction and I need some assistance from the government to help me thrive in my addiction. Unlike drug addictions my addiction does not destroy my life and the lives of people around me, it does not compel me to commit robbery and other crimes to feed the addiction; rather, when I desire a new piece of paraphernalia to feed the addiction I work and save. But it would make my life so much better if the state would become concerned with my addiction and provide me with free paraphernalia.
So where is the repeal ballot measure?
Efforts are afoot.
One of the Portland TV stations seemed to report that Multco, in the classic ready, fire, aim style that characterizes Portland and Oregon politics, has already spent tens of thousands of dollars on these harm reduction supplies. I have no ability to understand the ignorance or stupidity that let the voters believe that measure 110 would be anything other than what it is, an unmitigated disaster.
Yep, Multco apparently spent all the money. The part they've "paused" is distributing the stuff.
it seems kind of odd, giving a "like" to something that makes me so angry. just what did all those pie-in-the-sky "health" providers envision that they pushed so hard for the passage of measure 110? maybe all those highly (very highly) paid managers in the Oregon Health Authority should be put back on the streets for a little dose of reality.
Measure 110 - given to us by a Legislature of the few that always manages to do harm to the most.
Criminals--particularly those in the high-profit drug cartels--have a lot of money. Some of it gets laundered through nonprofits (the Supreme Court has ruled they don't have to disclose donors); other dough goes into bankrolling candidates who will look the other way or collude.
The press in Oregon, hobbled by corporate ownership and cratering advertising, is powerless to investigate. Why bother? The Progressive Machine runs the state and the dopey Oregon voters can't put 2*2 together.
We're stuck with "harm reduction." We're stuck with the machine. Given that reality, best bet is to cream off whatever you can from the corruption.
I'd agree with you except that we've seen marked movement in public opinion in just the last couple years on issues like homelessness, drugs and crime. What MultCo just got hammered for would have been a normal day at the office two years ago. The tone of the media coverage of the machine/cabal has become more skeptical (although emaciated, as you point out). I'll just keep flailing away because that's what I do.
a tidbit from the wiki. what did I do before instant information...
A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability was a lack of precision and the difficulty of using it in close combat, or closely-ranked formations.
There are two broad types of flail: a long, two-handed infantry weapon with a cylindrical head, and a shorter weapon with a round metal striking head. The longer cylindrical-headed flail is a hand weapon derived from the agricultural tool of the same name, commonly used in threshing. It was primarily considered a peasant's weapon, and while not common, they were deployed in Germany and Central Europe in the later Late Middle Ages.[1] The smaller, more spherical-headed flail appears to be even less common; it appears occasionally in artwork from the 15th century onward, but many historians have expressed doubts that it ever saw use as an actual military weapon.