US drug war has met none of its goals

By MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press Writer
Thur. May 13

MEXICO CITY – After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.

Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn’t worked.

Our Busted Deportation System Strikes Again

By Michelle Malkin
05/14/2010

Wouldn’t it be grand if the Obama administration cared more about policing our borders than about policing our refrigerators? How about fixing our deportation system instead of fixing our junk-food diets?

First Lady Michelle Obama argued this week that obesity is a “national security” issue. But her husband allows