Ivan Sputnik
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:03 PM
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Rural America's dirty little secret |
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"There’s something going on in rural America that they don’t like to talk about. Crank. Speed. Meth. Yup, lots of folks out there in the heartland are speed freaks. They’re wired, hopped up, spun, tweakin’. . ." http://davesbigbeef.blogspot.com/2005/03/rural-americas-dirty-little-secret.html
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:06 PM
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1. ...add lonely, bored and terrified |
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:06 PM
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13. I think this is a larger part of the problem than most people realize |
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Republicans do not handle their loneliness, boredom, or fear very well - it's like bad acid to them. They freak out and look for someone (government, Jesus) to help save them; to give their life meaning. Maybe one day we'll be able to figure out a solution to this problem. I'd offer to smoke a joint with them, but they would likely rather arrest me than take me up on my offer of friendship. :shrug:
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:07 PM
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2. Just following their leader. nt |
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:08 PM
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Strap them kids in Give em a lil bit of vodka in a cherry coke were goin to oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years
its up at uncle slatons cuz hes gettin on in years no longer travels but hes still pretty spry hes not much on talk and hes too mean to die
and they'll be comin down from kansas and west arkansas it'll be one big old party like you've never saw
uncle slaton's got his texan pride back in the thickets with his asian bride hes got an airstream trailer and a holstein cow still makes whiskey cuz he still knows how plays that chocktaw bingo every friday night
you know he had to leave texas but he won't say why he owns a quarter section up by lake ufalla caught a great big ol bluecat on a driftin jugline sells his hardwood timber to the chippin mill cooks that crystal meth cuz his shine don't sell
he cooks that crystal meth cuz his shine don't sell you know he likes that money, he don't mind the smell
my cousin roscoe, slaton's oldest boy from his second marraige up in illinois hes raised in east st louis by his mammas people where they do things different thought he'd come on down hes goin to dallas texas in a semi truck caught from that big mcdonalds you know that one thats built up on that big old bridge across the will rogers turnpike took the big cabin exit stopped and bought a carton of cigarrets at that indian smoke shop with the big neon smoke rings and the cherokee nations hittin the skogee late that night somebody ran the stoplight at the shawnee bypass roscoe tried to miss him but he didn't quite
bob and mae come up from some little town way down by lake taxoma where he coaches football they were two-A champions for two years running but he says they wont be this year not they wont be this year and he stopped off in tuska at the pop knife and gun place bought a sks rifle and a couple full cases of that steel core ammo with the beardam primers from some east bloc nation that no longer needs em and a desert eagle thats one great big old pistol i mean fifty caliber made by bad-ass ebers and some surplus tracers for that old BAR at slatons as soon as it gets dark were gonna have us a time were gonna have us a time
ruth-anne and lynn come from baxter springs thats one hell-raisin town way down in southeastern kansas got a biger bar next to the lingerie store thats got rollin stones lips up there in bright pink neon and they're right downtown where everyone can see em and they burn all night you know they burn all night they burn all night
Uncle slaton's got his texan pride back in the thickets with his asian bride hes got a corner pasture and an acre lots he sells them owner financed strictly to them its got no kind of credit cause he knows they're slackers and they'll miss that payment and he'll take it back plays that choctaw bingo every friday night he drinks his johnny walker at that club 69
were gonna strap those kinds in give em a lil bit of vinadryll were gonna have us a time were gonna have us a time
--James McMurtry
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:21 PM
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16. that is one of the coolest/funniest songs ever n/t |
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:14 PM
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4. They also have higher rates of divorce and children out of wedlock too! |
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:17 PM
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6. HEY! You for got "Poland!" Well, not Poland, teen pregnancy rates |
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We also have the highest teen pregnancy rates!!!
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Sat Mar-19-05 12:02 PM
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17. Did you know that "liberal" Massachussetts has the.... |
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highest rate of marriages, lowest rate of divorces, lowest rate of abortion, the second highest I.Q, and number 1 public education system NATIONALLY!
It's true!!!
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:16 PM
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5. Not so secret if you live here |
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Last year (or the year before, I forget), Oklahoma was #2 in production of crystal meth! (CA was #1 and beat OK by far!) The problem is so bad here that it is a chore to get certain medicine here that used to be OTC. You now have to go to the counter and sign for it, and you are only allowed a certain amount. The reason is because this area's economy is so poor that people turn to making this shit because they can turn quite a profit for VERY little investment; you make your own, sell it, and the profit is yours! A while back, it seemed as if a "meth lab" was exploding in OK every day! It was a mess.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:20 PM
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7. East San Diego County is a "Cookers" paradise. |
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Lakeside, Harbinson Canyon is where most of CA's meth is manufactured. Right under the Sheriff dept's noses,if you'll excuse the pun.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:30 PM
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8. Several of the farms near my g-grandfather have been hit for ammonia. |
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The only reason we haven't been is that we're organic, so not worth the effort, though our farm manager has caught several people poking around the barns and outbuildings. We just put in fences, security lights on the buildings and no trespassing signs.
One of the houses nearby was a lab until it exploded. It is now a hazmat site.
Meth is cheap, the high lasts, and it's an escape from the grind. The fact that it's an escape into hell doesn't factor in until the user is hooked.
Nasty shit.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:30 PM
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9. At least they're getting a little better at cooking the stuff |
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Five years ago there was an explosion a week here in NM. They no longer blow themselves up as frequently, but they turn hotel rooms, apartments, trailers, and houses into really nasty hazmat sites. They've been known to discard trash bags of contaminated stuff at rest areas at great risk to garbage pickup crews.
THIS is why the drug war is so damned wrong. If the more benign drugs like grass and opiates and yes, regular refined cocaine were available, nobody would bother with dangerous bathtub drugs like meth but a very tiny minority, and their deterioration would act as a warning to everyone around them. The same goes for inhalants. Who'd gag over a cup of gasoline trying to get high if they could fire up a legal joint?
I remember the late 60s and early 70s when the drug scene was wide open. There was a very successful "speed kills" campaign, and meth use dropped way down. I didn't hear much about meth, in fact, until the late 80s when the drug war got too successful at stopping grass.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:47 PM
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11. I also remember a big explosion in Ill. |
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:33 PM
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I agree. I live in the very affluent San Francisco Bay Area, which isn't even a majority white population, and I rarely see this phenomenon. However, when I lived in the less affluent Stanislaus County, it was rampant among the poor whites there. The local paper ran an article saying that some ridiculous percentage. like thirty eight percent, of mothers GIVING BIRTH, had crank in their systems.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:54 PM
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12. Actually, they love to talk about it a lot |
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Its on local TV news and newspapers constantly. To the point that the meth lab story has been blown out of proportion.
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:09 PM
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14. Hmmm... how close are those labs to the voting polls? |
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nothing like a few thousand heads full of meth to turn your state red in a hurry...
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:19 PM
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15. Yes they are and I have to say... |
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They ALWAYS have been! This isn't any kind of a surprise to those of us who've lived in the burbs all our lives. I STILL chose to live here as an adult. I like the peace and quiet, but because I know what REALLY goes on here, I have had lots of talks with my children about it.
I would venture to say the rates of addiction to ALL substances are higher, by far, than in the city.
We're not all bad here in the burbs, but there is definitely quite a few among us that have some serious problems. I always find it amusing to see the neighbors say something like "He was such a nice Christian guy, I NEVER would have guessed he was selling crystal meth and having sex with babies in his home!" PULEEZE! I've seen it, smelled it and KNOWN it is here for DECADES! If you choose to bury your head that far in the ground, you DESERVE to be shocked into a little reality from time to time!
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