From: L' Ermit (lhermit@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 21:53:21 MST
Cross-list post
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The Libertarian Party contacted me last week and asked if I had a photo of
U.S. "drug czar" John Walters. They wanted to license the image for a
newspaper ad critical of the War on (Some) Drugs and -- imagine this! -- the
White House refused to provide them with a publicity shot. I didn't have a
photo of Walters, and the LP managed to find one elsewhere.
The ad runs tomorrow (Feb. 26) in USA Today and the Washington Times. It's
pretty powerful:
http://www.lp.org/action/files/!drugwar.pdf
By way of background, the LP is responding to the saccharine-sweet ads that
Walters' Office of National Drug Control Policy ran earlier this month in
hundreds of newspapers:
http://www.mediacampaign.org/mg/print.html
One ad shows a young woman's face. The text reads: "Last week, I washed
my car, hung out with a few friends, and helped murder a family in
Colombia." The bottom of the ad says: "Drug money helps support terror. Buy
drugs and you could be supporting it too."
The LP believes the ad ignores how the War on Drugs -- and the black
markets it spawns -- drives up the price of illegal drugs by as much as
17,000 percent. Naturally *their* ad features Walters' not-so-pretty mug and
says: "This week, I had lunch with the President, testified before Congress,
and helped funnel $40 million in illegal drug money to groups like the
Taliban."
The LP asked me to forward Politech members a link to their online donation
page for funding of other such ads. It's here:
http://www.lp.org/contribute?prog=drugwarad&fund=2002-0037
-Declan
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