Drug reform crusader and U.S. Senate candidate Sylvester Salcedo is taking a very long road trip Wednesday morning to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, scene of recent drug cartel violence “to highlight the need to end the taboo against opening a serious, extended and thoughtful political debate about America’s 40-year Drug War which has had a devastating effect at home and abroad.”
The Bridgeport attorney’s long-shot nomination against fellow Dems Congressman Chris Murphy, former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and State Rep. William Tong centers on his verbal holy war against what he says is the government’s unholy war against drugs. The former naval commander says the government’s drug war is a waste of time, resources and money that could be redirected to rebuild cities.
“This driving trip to Mexico is just one small way to learn first hand what our Mexican neighbors, friends, and trading partners have experienced in the last 5-6 years since their President Felipe Calderon has embraced the “War on Drugs” so dramatically and forcefully by using the Mexican military to do what the local, state and federal law enforcement agencies of Mexico have been unable or unwilling to carry out in this so-called war.
“I just saw that the president of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina will encourage regional leaders in Central America to explore drug legalization as a regional policy … I salute him and support that decision! Someone is finally stepping up to show “big political cojones” to end this nightmare.” For more on that issue read here.
Salcedo says his political opponents don’t want to engage on the subject of the failed war on drugs. Salcedo says he will begin his drive to Nuevo Laredo Wednesday morning. “Our newspaper people only cover life there when someone gets shot.” He will drive to the Texas border town Laredo before crossing into Mexico. He expects to spend just a few hours in Nuevo Laredo, visit City Hall and a local cathedral to “say a prayer and express sympathy and condolences to victims of the drug war.”
Salcedo expressed irony in Connecticut’s effort to open up Sunday booze sales to generate additional revenue. “Think about all the revenue we’re losing because of the failed war on drugs.”
See more on Salcedo at www.salcedoforsenate.com.
Good for Sylvester. Have a safe trip. Please bring yahooy with you and leave him there.
Wimpy Naval officers would do something meaningless like a road trip to conquer drug abuse. Army Infantry officers, on the other hand, would fix a bayonet to the hoods of their cars and charge on in.
Airborne army infantry officers would parachute in. Typically, before an airborne jump, the jumpmaster will toss a dummy out the door to test the wind currents. Anna, do you like to fly?
Sure she likes to fly, she parks her broom at Bpt airport.
I salute Salcedo. We need to continue this dialogue and take action to legalize drugs and end this drain on our treasury and resources. Cliff Green, former Green Party candidate for Governor, spoke of legalizing marijuana similar to alcohol and “medicalizing” other substances under a doctor’s care. Thirty years of a failed War on Drugs requires some new action.
Thank you, Lennie, for introducing me to Joe Haines. Reading “Me and Joe” on my Kindle right now.
I was Mrs. Nature for 20 years at a summer camp at a local Country Day School. We waded streams and woods, found stuffed pandas in the bamboo forest, held worm races, identified fauna and flora, “It’s a Christmas tree, nature campers!” and ran like hell when we saw our 40-pound snapping turtle, Grand Pappy Snappy and had hawks land at our feet with chipmunks in their beaks.
I love nature. Unfortunately they never replaced me after I left. Nobody was dumb enough to do what it took for the pay–and I was at the top of their pay scale.
Be careful, Sly. The cartelistas don’t like interference and take no prisoners.
Vaya Con Dios … Salcedo!
Hey Sly, bring me back some Kush.
Is it just me? It seems every time the government declares war on something like this it’s a dismal failure. War on poverty, war on drugs, Johnny can’t read … Maybe we stop declaring war and work towards solutions?
*** LESSER OF THE EVILS FOR THE SAKE OF THE BENJAMIN, NO? ***