Pubdate: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 Date: 12/13/1998 Source: News & Observer (NC) Author: J.L. Cunningham Website: http://www.news-observer.com/ Section: Sunday Forum The op-ed article by Linda Bayer was extremely biased. Why is my government wasting money on self-righteous paper-pushers? Bayer is completely out of touch with the current activity occurring in our country as a result of the drug war. She goes so far out of touch that she states that the war on drugs is not a war at all. My taxes pay this woman? What are they smoking up in Washington? The drug war on a daily basis confiscates property and assets from citizens kind of like the Nazis did from the Jews. The drug war on a daily basis releases violent criminals to make room for nonviolent drug offenders. This in turn makes our streets more dangerous - kind of like a war zone. I believe it is time for the General Accounting Office to hunker down on the money we are throwing away on a war our country has launched against its own citizens. By making our streets a war zone every American citizen is under attack from our government. J.L. Cunningham Raleigh