I've had this song in my iTunes since August of 2006 (weird that it's been so long), and I always enjoyed the song. I didn't really like the other Thermals tunes, but this one was spot-on. Anyway, I'd never seen the video before, and just ran into it the other day...
Two things jumped out at me: 1) the frontman reminds me a bit of my teenaged self -- just a long-faced, lanky wackball, and 2) the bassist is CUTE. She's a little hottie. I never thought about what the band looked like, which just amuses me a little in retrospect. Now I kinda want to see their other videos, so I can gawk at their bassist some more. Kinda. The problem is that they use almost the exact same chords for a number of their songs, which is distracting and kinda odd.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Stirring the Pot
Okay, so this development calls to mind something I've talked about before (not here), where states' economic crises are going to supersede the "morality vote" (e.g., against drug legalization, gambling, and prostitution) -- and suddenly, the vice crimes are going to be increasingly seen as sources of revenue. The fundamentalists are all about keeping the futile Drug War going (newsflash: Prohibition STILL doesn't work), but states are cash-strapped, and are going to have to find some "magic" way of getting revenue, and that is going to decide the legalization issue -- and I think that's a good thing, to be honest. All that money that gets wasted fighting a losing war on drugs can be allocated elsewhere, and the money that comes from tax revenue on drugs will be usable for all sorts of things.
In 2001 (!), Portugal (I know, right? Source of great proverbs and apparently sane drug legalization policies) went with an across-the-board drug legalization policy and they've found (big fucking shock) clear drops in crime and improvements in public health -- treating drugs as a public health issue and taking it out of the police bailiwick, with incredible results.
I know American politics has a terrible case of the Stupids thanks to the reactionary wailers in our midst, but eventually, there will be a change down the road, if only because economic necessity drives states to be less censorious, and more open-minded.
In 2001 (!), Portugal (I know, right? Source of great proverbs and apparently sane drug legalization policies) went with an across-the-board drug legalization policy and they've found (big fucking shock) clear drops in crime and improvements in public health -- treating drugs as a public health issue and taking it out of the police bailiwick, with incredible results.
I know American politics has a terrible case of the Stupids thanks to the reactionary wailers in our midst, but eventually, there will be a change down the road, if only because economic necessity drives states to be less censorious, and more open-minded.
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