Luciana
07-04-2006, 02:47 PM
from www.fff.org
Friday, June 23, 2006
Jacob Hornberger's Commentary
The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Democrat, is tearfully asking the citizenry to let him stay in office and do his job despite his confession that he has violated both state and federal drugs laws after taking office by knowingly and intentionally ingesting cocaine.
Mayor John M. Fabrizi said that it "never, ever affected my job performance" and that he had "put this personal struggle behind me." He said he loves his job "heart and soul" and that he "thought that these were personal and private matters to me and my family."
What planet has Fabrizi been living on? Surely he knows that in the United States drug consumption is not simply a private and personal matter but rather a matter of federal criminal laws. Surely he knows that the position of the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court is that what a person ingests in his home is a matter of federal importance, especially given the paternalistic role that the federal government plays in the lives of the American people.
What Fabrizi is saying, albeit not as bluntly, is this: "Look, I know I have violated the drug laws but I have no intention of walking over to the U.S. attorney's office and asking him if I can plead guilty and be punished for my crime. What I have done is nobody's business but my own and my family's. I can do my job well despite my drug problems. So, buzz off."
But, hey, Mayor Fabrizi, how about giving the same consideration to all the drug-war victims that you liberals, working with conservatives, have put into jail for doing the same thing? Think about all the drug-war victims in prison who loved their job too and who felt that they could do their job well also despite their drug problems. They also felt that it was no business of government bureaucrats to interfere with what they ingested. Why should they languish in prison while you're out on the streets enjoying the job you love to do?
Mayor Fabrizi, you don't belong in jail for violating immoral and destructive drug laws, but neither does any other person with a drug problem. So, do the right thing: As you tearfully plead with the citizens of Bridgeport to permit you to stay in office, how about calling on the governor of Connecticut to pardon all drug-offenders convicted of non-violent drug offenses? And how about calling on your Democratic Party cohorts to end, once and for all, the war on drugs, which has destroyed so many lives? You might even enlist the assistance of conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Jacob Hornberger's Commentary
The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Democrat, is tearfully asking the citizenry to let him stay in office and do his job despite his confession that he has violated both state and federal drugs laws after taking office by knowingly and intentionally ingesting cocaine.
Mayor John M. Fabrizi said that it "never, ever affected my job performance" and that he had "put this personal struggle behind me." He said he loves his job "heart and soul" and that he "thought that these were personal and private matters to me and my family."
What planet has Fabrizi been living on? Surely he knows that in the United States drug consumption is not simply a private and personal matter but rather a matter of federal criminal laws. Surely he knows that the position of the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court is that what a person ingests in his home is a matter of federal importance, especially given the paternalistic role that the federal government plays in the lives of the American people.
What Fabrizi is saying, albeit not as bluntly, is this: "Look, I know I have violated the drug laws but I have no intention of walking over to the U.S. attorney's office and asking him if I can plead guilty and be punished for my crime. What I have done is nobody's business but my own and my family's. I can do my job well despite my drug problems. So, buzz off."
But, hey, Mayor Fabrizi, how about giving the same consideration to all the drug-war victims that you liberals, working with conservatives, have put into jail for doing the same thing? Think about all the drug-war victims in prison who loved their job too and who felt that they could do their job well also despite their drug problems. They also felt that it was no business of government bureaucrats to interfere with what they ingested. Why should they languish in prison while you're out on the streets enjoying the job you love to do?
Mayor Fabrizi, you don't belong in jail for violating immoral and destructive drug laws, but neither does any other person with a drug problem. So, do the right thing: As you tearfully plead with the citizens of Bridgeport to permit you to stay in office, how about calling on the governor of Connecticut to pardon all drug-offenders convicted of non-violent drug offenses? And how about calling on your Democratic Party cohorts to end, once and for all, the war on drugs, which has destroyed so many lives? You might even enlist the assistance of conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.