Posted on 05/22/2009 7:47:21 AM PDT by pissant
Via the Cato Institute, a shocker that shouldn’t feel as shocking as it does. Because Tanc’s top priority has always been the border, it stands to reason he’d be willing to take bold measures to strengthen it. De-fanging Mexico’s narco-cartels by yanking their black market out from under them would go a long way towards making it safer, albeit not necessarily more secure. Even so, this is Sir Tancelot we’re talking about — staunch supporter of the war on terror, stalwart social con, and of course crusading anti-amnesty advocate. Watching him embrace one of the left’s pet social issues isn’t unlike watching Obama come out in favor of waterboarding in extraordinary circumstances. Which, like Tanc’s position here, would also be the correct one.
Below the news clip you’ll find an informative new promo for the Showtime series “Weeds.” At least, I think it’s informative. I’m too worn out to fact-check it. Click the image to watch.
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I’ve always liked Tancredo... if he comes out for legalizing drugs that will make me like him even more.
Dunno is he invested in any hedge funds that want to buy and supply drugs. Perhaps there is another bailout in the works.
For real though. No big deal. Gov’t is enough of a nanny that they will never allow individual freedom like that.
Way to go, Tom! After all, you were a member of the GOP Liberty Caucus when you were in the House, so I’m thrilled you finally said you support ending the War On (Some) Drugs.
HotAir has it all wrong, however: this is NOT a social issue for the Left: it’s an issue about INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, getting the government off our backs, & respecting the Constitution (& the 10th Amendment in particular) by limiting the powers of the federal government to its rightful place. If that happens to bring a few lefties along for the ride, then the more the better.
Not really. Those libertarians you speak of are not bankrolling these efforts. George Soros is.
So Tom Tancredo is just another one of George Soros's pawns. Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeah, right!
Makes a world of difference there.
No. Tom is giving it lip service. Soros is bankrolling the effort.
Not so sure. Tom’s last few months in office were pretty damn unprincipled.
It’s past time to end the failed war on some drugs.
It’s time to legalize counterfeiting.
Counterfeiting is a non violent crime that doesn’t hurt anyone.
People are going to counterfeit anyway, you cant stop it....
Tancredo is in agreement with the late great W.F. Buckley on this one.
Really? How so?
Try again...
“And yet the only people I see speaking loudly about this in my area (SE Texas) are lefties.”
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Just because the occasional lefty occasionally gets it right regarding smaller, Constitutional government and individual liberty, it doesn’t mean the position is wrong.
Bailout votes.
All I can say to them is “Welcome aboard!” We may have totally different reasons for re-legalization, but the goal of ending criminal penalties against responsible use by adults is still the same.
“It’s time to legalize counterfeiting.
Counterfeiting is a non violent crime that doesn’t hurt anyone.
People are going to counterfeit anyway, you cant stop it....”
except that it’s not true that it doesn’t hurt anyone. Drug use generally only hurts the user and his family. Counterfeiting hurts everyone BUT the counterfeiter.
Besides, the government has a protected monopoly on counterfeiting.
How many rights have you lost in the war on counterfeiting?
Lefties want pot to get stoned. Libertarian-conservatives don’t want pot but recognize the constitutional individual liberty to screw yourself up if you want to.
Hhhmm... Ok... I guess my Google-fu was in “epic fail” mode there for a bit.
It’s that whole “self ownership” thing. You own yourself. If you want to kill yourself, we’re ok with that. Just don’t hurt anyone else while you are doing it.
Actually, I don't think either Tanc or Barr has particularly strong principles. Please note that both finally endorsed liberty after they were out of office and thus don't have to worry about voters. Ron Paul, by contrast, fights for liberty whether or not he has elected office. IMHO, if Tanc was still in Congress, he'd be just as much a drug warrior as the rest of them (again with the honorable exception of Ron Paul). Still, this is better than nothing.
Put down the crackpipe.
People injured by judgment impaired drug users are affected.
Co workers who shoulder the load of drug users skipping work are affected.
Who ever pays for medical attention the drug addled frequently need but can not pay for is affected.
Taxpayers who must fund more law enforcement because the addicted are more able to steal than work are affected.
The judgement impaired addict is far more likely to commit violent crime than the clean and sober - believe me their victims are affected.
The link between substance abuse and the crimes their loss of self control engenders is well documented and not really debatable.
Which of those things apply to mere counterfeiters?
Ron Paul is less electable than I am.
Supported and voted yes for the socialist bailout (otherwise known as the crap sandwich).
He opposed the surge.
Endorsed Mitt Romney instead of Duncan Hunter when he dropped out (despite a gentleman’s agreement with Hunter).
Ok... I stand corrected.
WF Buckley has been wrong on many things.
LOL!!! Were you reelected with 70 percent of the vote for Congressional primary and then reelected without opposition in November? You must do stand-up (and/or hold a political office as important as congressman). Which is it?
BTW, if "electable" is your standard of success, it is strange that you don't despise Tom "TARP" Tancredo since he received fewer votes than Paul in the presidential primaries.
One can hope -- one more actual defender of liberty and one fewer Big-Government Rat-Lite.
Bob Barr is a left winger now.
Case closed. The guy has sound principles on most things, but he has all the charisma of a piece of moldy cheese.
I have never quite understood ‘legalizing drugs.’ Which drugs?
Prescription drugs or just ‘illegal’ drugs. Why just stop at illegal drugs, why not all drugs.
All illegal drugs (cocaine, heroin, still hared drugs?)?
For all ages? (a sure way to get alcohol reclassified as a drug).
It seems to me to be an easy policy to support but difficult to define.
The stoners mostly just want pot legalized. But why stop there. Meth, LSD, heroin, crack, PCP. It’s all good, eh?
The antithesis of the inalienability of the right to life that is the predicate for our form of government and our liberty.
No wonder the Dems own the State.
I don’t have any problem with legalizing marijuana - the problem is the precedent it would set. The hard drugs like meth, cocaine and heroine wouldn’t be far behind, and if those drugs were legalized we’d have a disaster on our hands much larger than the one we’re facing now.
Why only pot?
I am doubting that all drugs will become legal.
Someone mentioned that it could “thin the herd” and when the dems really look into that possibility, they might not want their voter base to be damaged like that.
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