[robertpaulsen]

"I didn't think it was appropriate"

Of course you wouldn't.

But it certainly was appropriate for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to comment on a proposal which was conducive to increased illegal recreational drug use (and contrary to federal law).

Actually, I wish Ashcroft would have held a press conference and stated that any Nevada state official or judge enforcing this proposed law would be indicted by the federal government for violating their oath of office and charged with treason.

"Actually, I think he ought to stay out of it, but that's not really the issue is it?"

No, it's only the topic of the article, that's all.

[freeeee]

I wish Ashcroft would have held a press conference and stated that any Nevada state official or judge enforcing this proposed law would be indicted by the federal government for violating their oath of office and charged with treason.

Great idea. We'll put him in the same cellblock as every single last person responsible for CFR, including Bush, most of Congress and five SCOTUS members.

[tacticalogic]

But it certainly was appropriate for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to comment on a proposal which was conducive to increased illegal recreational drug use (and contrary to federal law).

There is nothing appropriate, in a self-governing nation, about a govenment agency being charged with making public opinion conform to government policy.

[tacticalogic]

No, it's only the topic of the article, that's all.

The issue with you is objectivity, which you can't abide.

[tacticalogic]

Actually, I wish Ashcroft would have held a press conference and stated that any Nevada state official or judge enforcing this proposed law would be indicted by the federal government for violating their oath of office and charged with treason.

That might not be a bad idea. Quit sneaking around trying to influence the state governments with threats of witholding federal "revenue sharing" money, and get down to brass tacks.