Yesterday, while on my way to my girls school, I saw a Blackhawk helicopter do a circle then start to land. I knew where it was going to land because there is only one place to land where it was. My girls' school.
Right I was, unfortunately. When I pulled into the school parking lot, there it was in the field. The children were assembled in a semicircle a little way away. There was a man in a red shirt talking to them on a portable p.a. system. That man turned out to be a Drug Enforcement Administration officer. With him were the crew of the Blackhawk. He talked a little bit and then one of the crew talked to them about the helicopter and told them not to touch it when they went to see it. I am not sure if the men were Army, DEA, or National Guard. They all wear camouflage.
They presented the kids with this red ribbon, honoring a fallen agent. The kids were very excited about the helicopter and probably missed most of the actual message, so it was pretty much like the drug war itself, a failure.
It still pissed me off that they would deploy tactics like this on my children and I am sure this is not the only school this has/will happen to. They tell the kids to stay off drugs and teach 0 life skills. What do you think the outcome of that will be.
What made me the maddest is that they were so down on cannabis. We live in Colorado, cannabis is what keeps our budget happening. It is "legal" here. Why are they so stupid. They lost the war on drugs the moment they started it.
So, to break this down, they started by dazzling the children with the helicopter show, then they moved on to intimidation by letting the kids see who goes after the horrible potheads, and then tried to garner sympathy in the mention of the fallen agent. All without a mention that the DEA is just the strongarm of the CIA drug sales operation. The war on drugs should be called the war on competition. That is what they are really doing, so, tell the truth.
Don't come to my kids' school and try to tell them their daddy is a bad man for using cannabis. They wont believe you, stupid.
The best part of the day is the following video. I hate war, but, I love the machines. I cannot help it, they are cool.
Thanks for reading and keep an eye out for propaganda. It is everywhere these days.
See you next time.
Photos and video by Matthew Townsend
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