[ChrisR1]

Here's a link  to a retired conservative Libertarian judge from Orange County that's written a very well-informed book on the subject of why we should end the 'war on drugs' and start doing so by legalizing marijuana. This is a man whom (believably) claims never to have smoked it himself, has done his job on the bench of following the law and incarcerating scores of non-violent offenders, and clearly defines how jailing them hurts society and keeping pot illegal empowers the unregulated pushers, gangs and cartels.

Remember, if it  were legalized, that doesn't mean that anyone that doesn't want to smoke pot would be forced to.

[TheZookie007]

New Internet meme:

Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle

[PregNut]

Being an intoxicant and a possible carcinogen, legalized marijauna would fall under the same laws as tobacco and alcohol: If you smoke it in public, it would have to be outside, and then you would need a designated driver to get home.

[JJ]

More hard 2 find OBAMA cartoons.................


 

[TheZookie007]

The world has gone crazy: a Fox News commentator is actually on the right side of an issue for a change:

The Huffington Post: "Shepard Smith Uncensored: '"We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!' (VIDEO)"

Quote:
"We are America, we don't torture! And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train! This government is of, by, and for the people -- that means it's mine. That means -- I'm not saying what is torture, and what is not torture, but I'm saying, whatever it is, you don't do it for me! I want off the train when the government starts -- I want off, next stop, now!"

[TheZookie007]

Never saw this before:

YouTube: "Obama & McCain Dance-Off"

[ROUNDandHEAVY]

Quote:
ChrisR1 said:
Here's a link  to a retired conservative Libertarian judge from Orange County that's written a very well-informed book on the subject of why we should end the 'war on drugs' and start doing so by legalizing marijuana. This is a man whom (believably) claims never to have smoked it himself, has done his job on the bench of following the law and incarcerating scores of non-violent offenders, and clearly defines how jailing them hurts society and keeping pot illegal empowers the unregulated pushers, gangs and cartels.

Remember, if it  were legalized, that doesn't mean that anyone that doesn't want to smoke pot would be forced to.

In fact when you can't keep drugs out of prisons, then what sense is there sending people to prison for doing drugs?

Drugs by design are a health issue not a law enforcement issue one. The law is only grafted on to the problem by prohibition, and we all remember how well that worked with preventing alcohol abuse.

It didn't, and it gave rise to the criminal distribution network for drugs in place today.

We can not spend this problem into oblivion, even in good economic times, so perhaps we should try legalization and regulation. We could be reaping taes on the sale and be spending a fraction of what we blow on drug prosecution on treatment and cut off the cashflow to drug cartells.

Make no mistake, these brutal drug lords do not fear American law enforcement, the only thing they fear is decriminalization.

[TheZookie007]

In the 30s, the Prohibition of alcohol didn't work, so we reversed ourselves and made alcohol legal again. But what happens if we make marijuana legal, and then find out that whoops, that doesn't work? Will we be able to put the genie back into the bottle and re-criminalize it? I really don't know.

The Huffington Post: "Letterman looks at Dick Cheney's NetFlix queue"

[ChrisR1]

Quote:
TheZookie007 said:
In the 30s, the Prohibition of alcohol didn't work, so we reversed ourselves and made alcohol legal again. But what happens if we make marijuana legal, and then find out that whoops, that doesn't work? Will we be able to put the genie back into the bottle and re-criminalize it? I really don't know.

Even with the laws as they are today, marijuana is California's #1 cash crop.

[Hugeboobfan]

Quote:
TheZookie007 said:
In the 30s, the Prohibition of alcohol didn't work, so we reversed ourselves and made alcohol legal again. But what happens if we make marijuana legal, and then find out that whoops, that doesn't work? Will we be able to put the genie back into the bottle and re-criminalize it? I really don't know.

Well, since we know criminalizing marijuana doesn't work and millions of americans use it anyway, what is there really to lose?

[JJ]

.....more Obama toons

........as the Pied Piper

 





Ed note: Space on the walk way for additional mice to portray ABC, NY Times, Bos Globe, Wash Post, LA Times, Newsweek, Time, PBS, et al could not be found.  Sorry.  

[PregNut]

100 down, 1,361 to go...

[Q_BE]

Quote:
PregNut said:
100 down, 1,361 to go...

God, that long?

Q-"Howzabout until Republicans recapture the Congress?"-BE

[Janus]

Probably after the libertarians replace them. So it'll be a more "in spirit" kind of deal.

J- Don't hide behind a BIRD, man.

[Real]

nah, with the fiscal conservatives and backward wackos on the verge of all out war its going to be a while before the republican party gets back on its feet, thank goodness.

aside from the vocal minority who wont accept they still represent about the same 3/10 people they did this time last year, nobody's looking to a leaderless republican party for any sort of leadership.  not in the least realistically until the dismal likes of palin, jindal, limbaugh and steele are eclipsed.

all this 100 days report talk and aside from the extreme right equating a stimulus plus return to clinton economic policy to socialism, little has changed on the political landscape if you believe in polls...