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31. I know, I know. It's mind-blowing and chilling and I could not have imagined it at the time...

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 06:30 PM

Dec 2015

I just agreed with Barbara Jordan, "The Constitution is whole." My only regret at the time was that Nixon got off with a resignation. I just did not imagine the true depths of his evil, nor that the Oval Office served as a schoolroom for perpetuating that evil into future generations.

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John Erlichman admitted that the whole point of the federal War on Drugs [View all] tblue37 Dec 2015 OP

You have to give it to them; they played their cards well. NaturalHigh Dec 2015 #1

Their cards are called the white working class aka underthematrix Dec 2015 #4

It wasn't always the case..Until Reagan, most of the white working class were democrats whathehell Dec 2015 #19

We had strong unions in the midwest - TBF Dec 2015 #34

I said something about the Fairness Doctrine.. cannabis_flower Dec 2015 #76

It certainly sounds like it.. whathehell Dec 2015 #82

Here is a telling passage from the epilogue to Baum's book: tblue37 Dec 2015 #46

Cook County Jail is the Largest Single Site Holding Facility in the US, if not the world ... ChicagoLocal705 Dec 2015 #72

True, as far as it goes. There was also a third reason ... Scuba Dec 2015 #2

Nice chart...what's the source? Human101948 Dec 2015 #3

Try the CIA. Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #6

That is a Stupid Comment, this is NOT a CIA Chart so telling someone to look at the CIA just STUPID happyslug Dec 2015 #26

Fascinating. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #61

Stunning graphic! Follow the money. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #14

I agree with the sentiment, but that is a bullshit graph. Lucky Luciano Dec 2015 #16

My math isn't the best.... Fed up in NJ Dec 2015 #25

You have a good point and I considered the same. salib Dec 2015 #40

I agree it's misleading - author's explanation here Locrian Dec 2015 #63

Thank you for finding that!!! Scuba Dec 2015 #70

your welcome Locrian Dec 2015 #80

Drug control spending lark Dec 2015 #69

Power Corrupts - Absolute Power ... cantbeserious Dec 2015 #5

Which may be part of fredamae Dec 2015 #7

Your post would make more sense if the SCOTUS members with an "R" after their names were truedelphi Dec 2015 #10

It isn't just about fredamae Dec 2015 #11

My timeline was off and for that I apologize. truedelphi Dec 2015 #30

Yes, this judge dragonlady Dec 2015 #13

Many of us in Chicago suspected this at the time. Few younger people truedelphi Dec 2015 #8

Nixon shadowmayor Dec 2015 #9

Evil NBachers Dec 2015 #42

And none of them are in federal prison because........?! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #12

Because when Republicans do it, it's not illegal! padfun Dec 2015 #15

And Reagan eliminated tuition free colleges in Calif to punish the protesters. nt ErikJ Dec 2015 #17

Kicked and recommended! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #18

Holy Shit...Treason! billhicks76 Dec 2015 #20

Nixon also intended the DEA to serve as a domestic surveillance agency starroute Dec 2015 #21

Well, subsequent administrations can justifiably say to tblue37 Dec 2015 #22

Keeping in mind.....both Cheney and Rumsfeld were in the Nixon WH. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #59

John E., we knew it, too. nt valerief Dec 2015 #23

Nixon ... again. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #24

Cheney & Rumsfeld et al had to have learned it somewhere...... lastlib Dec 2015 #27

I know, I know. It's mind-blowing and chilling and I could not have imagined it at the time... Hekate Dec 2015 #31

Smoke & Mirrors is an excellent book ms liberty Dec 2015 #28

Holy Moses. mahina Dec 2015 #29

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #32

Thanks for the K&R. I thought the thread would sink since I posted in Good Reads and tblue37 Dec 2015 #44

The positive side of Good Reads Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #47

True. nt tblue37 Dec 2015 #48

Having said that, 165 recs on Good Reads is off the charts, Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #50

I don't post many OPs because it takes time and effort to post one I think people tblue37 Dec 2015 #51

I believe this topic is extremely important, some people like to tout Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #53

Did I say 165 recs in Good Reads was off the charts! Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #84

Ugly words (Erlichman's) from an saltpoint Dec 2015 #33

Anything that came out of that administration Dr. Xavier Dec 2015 #35

I may have found the source for the Erlichman quote dreamnightwind Dec 2015 #36

John Lennon & Yoko gordyfl Dec 2015 #37

Hideous people. n/t zentrum Dec 2015 #38

Nixon opened the door for Ronnie and Shrub. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #39

Add in the corrupt Gerald Ford 47of74 Dec 2015 #52

Ford would have won in 76' had he not pardoned Dicky. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #78

nice of him to finally confirm something most of us have known all along. niyad Dec 2015 #41

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. lovemydog Dec 2015 #43

Nixon started it, but no one since has diminished it. Downwinder Dec 2015 #45

Nixon appointed our next door neighbor's brother Ray Shafer*, (Gov. of PA) to study drugs ... Botany Dec 2015 #49

This really, really enraged me when I read it about 8 months ago. Akamai Dec 2015 #54

Thank you, so much. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #55

Kick and R BeanMusical Dec 2015 #56

The fact that the drug war is jomin41 Dec 2015 #57

Same thing with the Cuban embargo. Too many powerful, connected people have become tblue37 Dec 2015 #64

Link does not go to article referenced AllyCat Dec 2015 #58

The link is to a different article. The quote comes from a reader's comment on that tblue37 Dec 2015 #65

Need to read this book. Thanks! AllyCat Dec 2015 #68

K&R Same as it ever was. nt raouldukelives Dec 2015 #60

Great post, great thread. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #62

The saddest part is that America is still buying this bullshit more and more everyday... world wide wally Dec 2015 #66

All prohibitions are driven by the desire to punish. nt Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #74

Civil Rights? Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #67

I don't think many Americans, even most liberals, deutsey Dec 2015 #71

Oh, some of us are. Gingrich (an old pot head) Tied liberal Democrats to the joint... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #75

Lewis Latham has written frequently about how the powerful, wealthy right wing individuals and tblue37 Dec 2015 #85

Very true deutsey Dec 2015 #86

I've said for years the WOD was a way to jail thousands of YBMs.... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #73

Not to mention the added "benefit" (to the GOP) of depriving huge numbers of tblue37 Dec 2015 #81

War on drugs= war on black lives Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #77

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #79

And the Democrats bought it, including Hillary Fumesucker Dec 2015 #83