FEDS ARE OUT OF TOUCH

Just in case lawmakers are interested in what the citizenry thinks
about the recent marijuana eradication operations on the Big Island,
to judge from the amount of pure, unadulterated hostility the DEA
helicopters generated in my neighborhood, it wouldn't have been a
surprise if the collective stink-eye had blown them out of the skies.

If there's such a thing as karma, it may take a couple of lifetimes of
community service for the perpetrators of these crimes to pay their
debt to society for all the days they ruined, and all the people they
totally bummed out.

The federal government in particular is behind the times when it comes
to representing the will of the people with respect to the marijuana
laws. Flaming liberals and rabid right-wingers alike can agree that
new legislation is needed. Those running for public office who don't
want to be on the wrong side of history might win by a landslide by
pledging to bring more sanity to the discussion. People are darn mad,
and they don't want to have to take such violations of their
personhood anymore.

Bill Brundage

Kurtistown