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Bobby Layne

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  1. Go on.
  2. Wow. Middle ground. Is it possible some can seek comity instead of hyperbolic disagreement?
  3. Let’s guess who FaceBook, Amazon, Microsoft, wealthy voted for in 2020. Add in Musk, and Warren Buffett. Confiscate, er tax them, at 90% of their wealth. Then you’d have enough for 20% of the “Build Back Better” bill. Or do the math. What size UBI could you give to whoever the Dems decide. Why don’t these things happen?
  4. So you are saying all the media to the left of Fox isn’t selling it right?
  5. Funded by oil and gas income.
  6. Review opponent pass completions to their right in front of Josh Thompson. Then review long bombs. He’s an automatic first down for other teams offense. Or TD. He hits, sometimes big. But huge liability as a DB.
  7. Whenever price of oil is up, every rich alum thinks they can buy wins. It’s more complicated than that. Finding oil is actually easier.
  8. I believe in Econ they taught that supply and demand were inversely related. Nevertheless. #1 will lower demand when the price is high enough. #2 fails to account for HOW exactly that “clean” electricity is produced. For the drug analogy, I agree that money from prisons (we spend waaay too much ion prisons) would be better spent on best practices treatment of addiction. Which would save some prison dollars for only the incorrigible criminal actors. We still need to reserve some funds for restricting countries that would “flood our zone” with bogus drugs to ruin young lives. Education and prevention efforts should be never-ending. Government control of nearly everything has a very poor track record. To wit: All those Lotto dollars haven’t quite seeped into improving our schools. Simple solutions seem to be really hard. Corrupt humans ruin everything. You’re welcome.
  9. At McCombs way back in my in my day, they taught in Econ 101 that supply and demand are related. Is this still so?
  10. More ironic than you know. My dad and I drank with Bobby. And his sons.
  11. You used the word “all” twice in one sentence misstating my allegation that NORML was lobbying not making factual statements.
  12. You may not have heard it. It was NORMLs position from the 70s on. Pretty successful lobbying approach I’d say. How many states have legalized? How much have overdose deaths dropped. Pot deaths are less than alcohol deaths. Please do not think that’s my endorsement for prohibition.
  13. Your misinterpretation of my statements caused me to review my words. Nope. Never endorsed prohibition. Never spoke for AA.
  14. Seems like the old mantra of “legalize pot and all our drug problems will go away” didn’t work out quite so well. There are users, abusers and addicts . . . criminals who prey on them. It’s very hard to tell as teenagers (with rare exceptions) who will grow into which category. I believe we all agree overdoses are up and fatalities are escalating. Ad hominems won’t solve the problem. Neither will the trajectory of lax enforcement, miseducation and poor treatment options we have increasingly attempted the last 20-30 years. One size or approach does not fit all situations. Back to the 3 phases analogy. Who knew to intervene on Jake before the fatal dose? What are the differences between partying, getting dosed or knowing exactly how much your body can take before it gives out? These are not simple questions with singular answers. R. I. P. Jake. Also Cole Pittman. Pain killers contribute to car wrecks.
  15. Czech Republic, Holland, the Swiss, Portugal et al, none of these are useful comparisons. Find me a nation of 330 million with open borders, worlds busiest ports, disposable income and greatest freedoms in the world. It’s like comparing Harvard or Yale’s undefeated season with the Longhorns inability to win the Big 12. Not a relevant comparison.
  16. Math is hard. Only approx 10% of us descend into true chemical dependency. Many of the OD deaths are what AAs call “amateurs”. Many of my AA friends have amazing stories of surviving overdoses. And then, after a moment of clarity, go back out and continue their drug seeking. It’s complicated. But simply selling purer, cheaper drugs is not the answer. Drug addiction (and alcoholism IS drug addiction) is a combination of soul slavery and slow suicide. I’ve attended too many funerals. Easier availability is not the solution some would have us believe.
  17. I guess you missed the part about treatment! It’s a Football board so let’s use this analogy. Three phases of the game. Offense, defense and special teams. You’re simplified and archaic interpretation is simple and wrong. War on Drugs as become a catchphrase joke. However, I DO believe in a War on Addiction. Much like turning around a decade of slide in the Longhorn football program, it will take talent, willpower and positive intentionality. And then it still has to be repeated after year. Rust never sleeps. Neither does addiction. Treatment with compassion is of paramount importance. Corruption has ruined incarceration and enforcement phases. As it does most government programs. War on Drugs will never be effective. People are the problem and people are the solution.
  18. Peace to you shooter. Don’t give up. Some things take multiple tries at finding solutions.
  19. I believe sir, you are in error. San Francisco is not a laboratory of success in the drug field. Needle exchanges have been touted by politicians in Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. Drug overdoses still kill regularly. It’s simple, but difficult. Stop the suppliers, treat the addicts, incarcerate the incorrigibles (i. e. dealers). Triangle defense. All three, not one or two. Education is necessary, but YouTube et al is poisonous. This shit (addiction) kills more of our people than all our military losses. Ever. Do the math. Lives worth fighting for. Go Horns.
  20. You’re confusing the words “we” and “he”. We have a problem with our current players paying all the way to the finish. He probably cannot “fix that” as fast as some of you are demanding. Surly on! 🤘
  21. (sarcasm alert) yeah sure. Like the kids always carry AIDS and other STD test kits when they go to a party/orgy. Discerning drug users will be sure not to put “dirty drugs” in their bodies. Test strips. Very sensible. But drug use isn’t sensible. It’s about changing how you feel …right now! Immediate gratification is the disease of America.
  22. Pushback against China for manufacturing. Close the border. Persuade the culture that “getting high” means one thing to some folks, and sudden death to others. This didn’t happen overnight or in a vacuum. Those who want peace in the world should start with finding peace personally. Then with others.
  23. So. The common denominator would be existing ut football players from last three years. I don’t think pk missed all hose tackle himself.
  24. This. See Michael Jordan’s interview with Stroh Curry at the Ryder Cup 2 weeks ago. It was the exact same sentiment. Ballers!🤘😎
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