Is Anderson Cooper Really That Stupid?

[Stephist]

Anderson Cooper just made this jaw droppingly stupid statement. "LSD, Marijuana and Cocaine could these drugs be as close to our children as a trip to Mexico?" Uh Anderson I live In Omaha, Nebraska and I don't need to travel to Mexico to get any of those drugs. I could get those drugs and a whole lot more right here in the midwest.

[autorank]

1. Without even reading the post, YES!!!! ;)

[autorank]

5. Well, no I've read it. What a racist. How about Canada ...

...Vancouver is known for a little partying. Is killer pot, 15 times stronger than Woodstock capable
of causing hallucinations and responsible for 2% of net new cases of Schizophrenia in some studies,
is that pot just a car ride across the border to Vancouver Canada. Is it Anderson, you twit.

I'm sick of this anti Mexico anti Chicano racism. It's pathetic. The right wing has found a new
group to hate, to demonize. Hey Anderson, mow your own lawn, clean your own streets, build your
own home, serve your own dinner, bus your own table.

CNN = Lou Dobbs + Anderson Cooper = Irrational Fear = Racism

Were I a member of the latino/latina community I'd say to my self, "WTF, we demonstrate and make
our case and what do we get? A bunch of racist crap. Fine, no let's move on to a more active
form of economic action." Wow, we have people all over the country hating us, now we're pissing
off a huge segment of our own population.

What a lousy collection of political and media leaders we have!

No wonder Colbert peeled the bark off of that collection of bumblers. All they can do is mislead,
generate fear and hate, and lead people to the worst possible analysis and action.

We are lead by a Confederacy of Dunces.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

12. Confederacy of Dunces.

Lord, I haven't thought of that book in forever . . .

What a gem. I remember laughing out loud.



These bastards ain't so funny . . .

[autorank]

22. Isn't it great...neglected master piece IMHO. I was unfair to the

characters and author. I could say that the assembled at the fete were all "capitalist Toole's";)

Ignatius Reilly would probably be a pretty good Secretary of State compared to Condi...and I'm
thinking his dear mother for Secretary of the Treasury (she knew the value or lack thereof of a
buck).

:hi:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

25. Ignatius would've had the common sense . . .

. . . to thank Fortuna that he got to travel everywhere and sample foods from all around the world.

No saber-rattling for him! ;)

[Crankie Avalon]

27. And a love letter to pre-Katrina New Orleans, so it has recently...

...acquired a whole new layer of poignancy.

[anarch]

32. wow, where can I get some o' that "killer pot"? Do I really have to go to

Canada? Jeez.

[autorank]

33. Changing the nat. anthem from "Oh Canada" to "Dude...serious shit"

Gotta watch those northern borders, dangerous. Somebody call Anderson, he may be headed
that way not knowing that he's about to get loaded with Canadian bliss.

[jsamuel]

2. yeah, did Anderson go to a public school?

geez, it was as far away as the locker room main office (gym teacher was selling and got caught)

[anitar1]

4. Since Anderson is the son of Gloria Vanderbuilt,

I am sure he attended a private school. Must be just as available at private schools.

[EFerrari]

3. No, his producers are. Gawd. What schmucks. n/t

[Hans Delbrook]

6. Come on - you can't have great hair, a "winning smile" and actually speak

sense can you? A man has to have his priorities.

[LA lady]

7. hold on

I think he means can be purchased legally

[autorank]

8. "purchased legally" -- you imply these things are legal in Mexico?

They're purchased without sanction throughout the industrialized world, illegal but not really
restricted other than on occasion or by accident.

How about a link to LEGAL LSD, Cocaine, and pot in Mexico? Oh, sorry, I meant Amsterdam.

""LSD, Marijuana and Cocaine could these drugs be as close to our children as a trip to (Amsterdam) or
(Vancouver)?"

I'm happy to "hold on" when I hear Anderson baby use those localities in his little nightly screed.

[LA lady]

14. It's been all over the news today

Mexican drug measure sparks concern
Police, businesses fear tourism boom from narcotics users

Monday, May 1, 2006; Posted: 8:58 a.m. EDT (12:58 GMT)


CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Police and business owners from Mexico's beaches to border cities say they are worried a measure passed by Mexico's Congress that decriminalizes possession of cocaine, heroin and other drugs could attract droves of tourists solely looking to get high.

Mexican and U.S. government officials insist that the bill eliminates legal hurdles to prosecuting drug crimes large and small. But it also lays out specific amounts of drugs -- including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and Ecstasy -- that can be legally possessed for personal use.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/01/mexico.drugs.ap/

[autorank]

23. You're against "decriminalization." How about the hordes going to England

for a shot of smack, or the fleet of charter jets headed full blast for Amsterdam to get some
of that great Dutch ganga. It's all a joke, the attacks on Mexico now. The major impediment
to a rational border policy is the outright CORRUPTION of BOTH the USA and Mexico. How can
anything work or make sense when you have two essentially lawless countries next to each other.
Not that the citizens are lawless, quite the contrary. It's a testament to their civility
that there isn't chaos. The governments certainly don't help. Don't fall for the hype here.

After all, Coricidin is legal and sold to minors in drug and grocery stores across this country.
It's a nasty high and deadly (DXM ingredient). People know about it but it (a) gets no publicity
and (b) is sold ongoing despite warnings to the sellers. Outrageous and a very dangerous high...
and PERFECTLY LEGAL in the US of A ... sold to our children indiscriminately. See any articles
on that.

[Dorian Gray]

31. If Mexico is currently decriminalizing the drugs,

then isn't it topical?

I don't watch Cooper, so I don't know exactly what was said other than the OP's post. But, if he was discussing the decriminalization in Mexico, then what he said is not short sighted or bigoted.

[brook]

10. Good God!

Are you asking people to think first?

Don't you understand that Anderson is fair game? He was born into wealth. He's in your face every day on TV. He might be gay. He's good looking. Didn't you get the memo?

You seem to 'get it'. When I lived in 'affluent' Malibu, I tried to get local parents to acknowledge how easy drugs were acquired by their kids. Republican to the core, they stuck their well-coiffed heads in the sand. I believe Anderson was sending the same message.

[Stephist]

13. Sorry

but Anderson not once used the word "legally". Anderson seems to honestly think that this country is free of drugs and that all of "your children" are now under threat because of Mexico.

[brook]

15. he acknowledges

that his own brother's suicide was connected to legal drugs.

[Stephist]

17. That makes his statement all the more ignorant.

If he had a brother addicted to drugs commit suicide, as have I, then he knows we have our own problem and his statement makes even less sense. Blame it on mexico I guess.

[Gman]

9. Those drugs are as close as the next bathroom stall

or somewhere else at school out of sight.

[vikegirl]

11. No. Dear God...

Because this is truly TRIVIAL compared to the important issues. (From someone who grew up in Iowa, for God's sake.):eyes:

[Virginian]

16. I think it was a lead-in to the fact

that Mexico is considering legalizing them.

[brook]

18. I think you 'get it'.

I can't say that for the others attacking him. Is he suggesting drug tours to mexico? Is he gonna drive the bus?
Is he endorsing the policy as a 'good thing'? Is anyone, including the OP, in possession of a single set of functioning synapses?

[Hun Joro]

28. Mexico is legalizing small amounts for personal use

so police forces will be free to pursue real crimes. Selling drugs or using them in public is still illegal. Seems like a reasonable policy to me.

[annabanana]

26. sigh. . of course it was...

we gots meemies today

[Marie26]

19. Is that supposed to scare people?

Most people live nowhere near the Mexican border. How are children going to make the journey down to the border to get some cocaine? What a silly statement. Drugs are a close as a trip to the local high school.

[Stephist]

20. That's All I am saying.

Anderson Cooper not once said anything about being the drugs being "legal" and since illegal was every third word out of mouth tonight if he meant to say "legal" he would have. And Brook if you are referring to the misguided love affair some in the left have for the racist Lou Dobbs or his surrogate son Anderson you are right I don't get it.

[Robbie Michaels]

21. Hell Yes

He was "smart" enough this evening not to give the location of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps fence built on Saturday.

Since that evening, San Diegans (and DUers) have known it was built south of Boulevard, CA on private land.

What a :dunce:

[Mythsaje]

24. And this changes things HOW?

Ridiculous...

[Freddie Stubbs]

29. College kids can get booze on campus, but

every years thousands of them travel to Mexico for Spring Break where they can drink legally. I think that is similar to what he is getting at.

[lonestarnot]

30. Bout up there with the fried eggs "This is your brain on drugs"

commercial. MMMMMMMMM eggs! Hungry when we gona eat! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[ComerPerro]

34. Lets ask the president where he used to get his

[slybacon9]

35. I live a half hour from the border. but i only gotta go down the street.

asshole.