Posted on 12/10/2011 7:21:33 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Question: Which president's administration has done more to attack legal medicinal marijuana? The EVIL George Bush or the Beloved Barack Obama? Guess what? Even though the Bush Administration wasn't too keen on legalized medicinal marijuana, they pretty much left it alone. Meanwhile the Obama Regime is actively attempting to drive the current medical marijuana dispensaries OUT of business via the IRS declaring that such businesses can NOT declare deductions for their business expenses. This means if such a dispensary has a gross income of a million dollars and expenses of $900,000 they would be taxed on the full million, not the $100,000 net income as would be the case for all other businesses.
You can see for yourself the struggles of the medical marijuana business in the Dicovery Channel's "Weed Wars" as the executive director Steve DeAngelo of the largest medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center, is battling the Feds attempt to DESTROY that business. But WHY would the Bamster, who during the 2008 campaign expressed his support for legalized medicinal marijuana, now crack down on it? As Rush has stated many times, if you want to find the motivations for the Obama Regime, them FOLLOW THE MONEY. And the money trail in this case leads to the Big Pharma supporters of Obama. With the economy in a shambles, Obama needs every available buck to reach his re-election campaign goal of a BILLION BUCKS.
So why does Big Pharma want outfits like Harborside Health Center driven OUT of business? Because they want the lucrative business for themselves so they have instructed the Obama Regime to drive the small guys OUT of business. Who is making this "wild" allegation? Some vicious "rightwing" source? Nope. Many Doper sites, including TOKE OF THE TOWN are making these accusations:
As pointed out on The Young Turks, this crackdown is nothing more than a process of eliminating the competition for Big Pharma. GW Pharmaceutical and other manufacturers want to take over the marijuana market with products like Sativex, a liquid extract of cannabis that contains both THC and CBD.
"Every single decision comes back to some lobbyist who paid for it," Young Turks host Cenk Uygur said.
Of course, the DUmmies are too DUmb to figure why the IRS on instructions from the Obama Regime, working for its Pharma paymasters, is suppressing their beloved pot as you can see in this THREAD, "Feds Force Hundreds of California's Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Close." So let us now watch the DUmmies mourn the sacrifice of their Green Weed on the altar of Obama's re-election campaign in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, whose abhorrence of smoke polluting his lungs has prevented both tobacco and pot from entering those chambers, is in in the [barackets]:
Feds Force Hundreds of California's Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Close
[BUSH'S FAULT!!!]
Less than two months after California's U.S. attorneys announced plans to initiate a federal crackdown on the state's medial marijuana distributors and patients, hundreds of California's medical marijuana dispensaries have been forced to close their doors. The federal war on weed came as a surprise to many distributors and patients who remember Obama's campaign promise not to act on medical marijuana, but leave regulations up to the state. Instead, he has proven himself to be even worse than George Bush.
[SURPRISE! SURPRISE! The One has tossed your medical marijuana under the bus at the direction of his Big Pharma paymasters.]
According to the Sacramento Bee, only eight of 99 dispensaries remain open in Sacramento County, and 25 of 38 have closed in Sacramento city. Even more have closed out of fear of federal prosecution against business operators and their landlords. In Sand Diego, almost two-thirds of about 220 dispensaries have closed under threats of federal property seizures and city lawsuits.
[Dope and Change?]
The threats have caused some businesses to turn to delivery services, pushing patients into a more stigmatized environment.
[Hey DUmmies! The money you can now save because you are unable to purchase the legal pot, you can now contribute to the Obama 2012 Re-Election Committee.]
Multiple lawsuits have been filed to stop the federal attack on legal, medical marijuana, but the outcomes may not be favorable. U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong recently ruled that she would not protect marijuana dispensaries from federal actions because federal law considers marijuana illegal, and Congress still refuses to acknowledge the plant's medical value.
[The BOTTOM LINE reason is that Obama needs a steady stream of Benjamins from Big Pharma. And now the DUmmie reaction to this AlterNet article...]
This is so outrageous. Many people are now out of a job. Patients are without access to their meds. Black market criminal activity will increase, as well as prices.
[Hope and you need some spare change?]
Obama is one cruel dude. He's lost me, but many of my outlaw grower friends are happy with his war on pot. The market has been glutted with inexpensive and beautiful buds for years. Now the guerilla growers and the gangs can look for the prices to rise again.
[The Mexican drug cartels are also very happy as well as thankful to the Bamster's DEA for laundering their money for them al norte de la frontera.]
None of this makes any sense. The reasons that led to cannabis prohibition are laughable. Reefer Madness propaganda still lives on, after 75 years.
[Actually it make perfect sense. Big Pharma wants in on the medical marijuana market and has used its re-election campaign donations to direct Obama to put the competition OUT of business.]
More change we can believe in
[Obama 2012!!!]
I stock up every time I go into town.
[Good new! In my other role as the Coupon Whisperer I have located medical marijuana COUPONS for you. Enjoy!]
if the goon squads don't have time to play with them the IRS will do to them. what they've done to Harborside in Oakland. Deny deductions.
[That way Eric Holder can continue to pretend that he isn't prosecuting the current medical marijuana distributors. He can just let the IRS do his dirty work for him.]
Google Harborside IRS for the gory details and the future of all dispensaries. It's right there.
[Or just watch "Weed Wars" to see how The Bamster is putting the screws to them on orders from his Big Pharma paymasters.]
The oldest club in the nation, The Marin Alliance For Medical Marijuana, has operated by the book since the beginning. They are licensed by the town of Fairfax, CA, operate with the town's blessing, but the feds are getting ready to close them down. They aren't allowed to claim any business expenses. The IRS is after them for millions in back taxes. No providers are safe anymore. The shit is hitting the fan.
[Sorry but Obama's re-election bucks have priority over all civil liberties. Smoke that in your bong pipe.]
He won't miss my vote when I stay home next November.
[No Toke. No Vote.]
Not only is there seemingly no national reporter that realizes this elephant in the fracking dining room but apparently few others realize the significance of this. It's really quite astounding.
[What's really astounding is that NONE of you have figured out that Obama is cracking down on pot at the request of his Big Pharma paymasters. But then you can't say "Dopester" without saying "Dope."]
This is not a good thing. The feds are not allowing dispensaries to claim business expenses. Non profits will be targeted soon enough.
[They already have as you can see on "Weed Wars."]
The President supports legal Medical Marijuana!
[But only if it is sold by his Big Pharma paymasters.]
PING!
Top 5!
Me, too!
Mornin’ all.
It’s hard to imagine that with even Obama against marijuana that these people are going to get legalized drugs anytime soon.
Six?
Saw that last night. Interesting.
Those goofy idiots aside, this bthers the HELL out of me.
This is a state’s rights issue. This is where I am extremely concerned (and you should be too) about our SCOTUS. SCOTUS has routinely favored a Fed over State meme. This is why I am convinced we lose on ObamaCare. This is why I am convinced we are going to lose many states rights issues INCLUDING abortion.
I’m with you, and I chuckle at these fools too, but we should be alarmed by this ... VERY alarmed.
The guy who wrote that ‘he won’t miss my vote when I stay home’ is true, he will be staying home toking while 0 will be defeated.
“Free edibles” Must mention coupon....lol
“Medical marijuana”. The world’s second largest hoax and scam. They said that they were going to “tax the hell out of it” once it was “legalized”. Where the hell did that money go?
The BIG coupon news now are the downloadable coupons you can get via your SmartPhone. Walgreens recently had a two day downloadable $5 John Frieda coupon. Combined with a $3 manufacturer’s coupon it meant you got John Frieda products FREE plus overage. Just pick up about 3 dozen John Frieda products via the smartphone and, with the overage stuff, the smartphone pays for itself which is why I will be getting one soon. I already got a smartphone for my wife and she doesn’t do crap with it despite all its bells and whistles. Not even simple photos will she do. Next phone I get her will be a BASIC phone where you just make calls. Tough luck. I warned her. USE the apps or lose a smartphone the next time around.
Some of the medical marijuana claims are legit. However, I do have to chuckle while watching on “Weed Wars” how EASY it is to get a “prescription” for medical marijuana. Did you sneeze a couple of times too many last week? Good! We we write you up a prescription for medical marijuana. However, for the guy with the son that had seizures on “Weed Wars,” the medical (non-buzz) marijuana seems to help out.
Top 20!
Now waitaminute....you gotta get the coupons to get the smartphone, but you gotta get the smartphone to get the coupons?!!
[Dope and Change?]
The bamster is focused like a laser on jobs. Oh wait. Never mind. More people out of work.
Which is it?
Both Silberman and Sutton cited Scalia's opinion in 2005 upholding strict federal regulation of marijuana in the case of Angel Raich, a Californian who used home-grown marijuana to relieve her pain. "If Congress could regulate Angel Raich when she grew marijuana on her property for self-consumption," Sutton wrote, "it is difficult to say Congress may not regulate the 50 million Americans who self-finance their medical care."
http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?a=rp&m=b&postId=1165037
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Thomas's warning in the Raich case has proven to be very prescient:
Respondents Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything, and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.
J. Thomas, dissenting in Raich
I never said anything about who should be enforcing the law. Take that crap somewhere else. I know bull**** when I see it and the "medical marijuana" thing is bull****.
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