Posted on 02/27/2005 2:55:24 PM PST by 82Marine89
Do the (L)'s want to privatize the military too?
It hit me with a big, blazing CONSERVATIVE.
Uh....yeah....but they're pulling libertarian votes away.
...& you never beat your wife, correct?
Lissen: it's time for those who support the RE-legalization of drugs to quit being afraid of that old canard that the Drug Warriors always put out: that anyone who opposes the Drug War MUST be on drugs themselves. Supporting re-legalization is nothing to be ashamed about, & it is still legal (@ the present day) to have these convictions.
Are you a Libertarian?
They seem to have forgotten the legalizing pot issue.
That has become the biggest think associated with the LP, and by no accident. It's too minor of an issue to be made the crux of a political party, but it seems to have become their flagship issue anyway.
Lets approach this in order that you presented your statements. To the first statement, that prohibition doesn't drive demand up, may I offer this from the CATO institutite. People drank MORE during Prohibition than every before. Just like High School, drinking was 'the fun thing' to do. Forbidden fruit and all that. It's just human nature to want to do what you are forbidden to do.
It should be noted that annual per capita consumption and the percentage of annual per capita income spent on alcohol had been steadily falling before Prohibition and that annual spending on alcohol during Prohibition was greater than it had been before Prohibition.[4] Alcohol Probition: Alcohol Consumption
To your second point, that places that have legalized drug use have seen increased usage. And this is a surprize? Given a choice of smoking pot (hashish, LSD, cocaine, ect.) at place 'A' and going to jail, paying inflated prices, and having the product cut with plaster of paris, baby formula, confectioner's sugar, or only God knows what. Or one could go to place 'B' with no risk of jail, reasonable prices and garanteed quality. If you shoot powdered concrete into your veins, chances are that the cutting agent will do MORE damage to your organs than the drug alone.
Drugs have been with mankind for centuries. Prohibition creates even more potent drugs, which increase the 'bang' for the buck. Examples are Everclear and other 'mixers'. In the WoD, we now have Crack and a host of new 'designer' drugs; that would likely never have come into creation if it were not for Prohibition. Because some percentage of 'product' is caught, the dealers are investing millions in making more potent and addictive drugs, that are far more condensed and easy to transport. Why ship 50 tons of Pot on a cargo ship, when I can ship the same profit line in the back of a pickup?
I'm talking about having much of an effect on changing FOP policy as a whole...making it the party of smaller government that it USED to be.
I never said otherewise.... And I don't beat my wife. If I tried, she'd kick the you know what out of me. 8>)
As in "a member of the libertarian party"? No...they've lost their way and forgotten that time isn't static. Any good philosophy matures and adapts to the times we live in. The democrats were extremely sucessful with that until they decided to alienate the entire Southern United States. The Republicans used to be stuck in a time warp but now they've realized they can either move on or become irrelvant. The libertarians have actually moved backward in time...a recipe for political suicide.
However, I have no love for (L)ibertarians in general. They come here, requesting fellowship and claim common bondage. Yet their votes in Wisconsin and Washington cost two Republicans Senators the race. A pox on Losertarians.
Same here....well, sorta: that's why I'm a CONSTITUTIONIST, neither a conservative nor a Republican.
You forget their blatant attempts to have every immigration thread moved to the Smoky Backroom by inciting flame wars.
Nice...way to put it.
Ah, okay, thanks, just curious. I don't disagree with your #50. I generally agree with Michael Savage that (paraphrased) the Republicans of today are like the Democrats of yesterday...
Oh, those aren't Libertarians. They are largely pro-amnesty Republicans.
If the GOP is not careful, there will be a split in the party. Conservatives, Constitutionists, and Federalists will form their own party.
It is why I turned in my card (figuratively speaking) November 2001. I was having trouble with the abortion issue but there were enough Libertarians for Life who believed as I do that the child was a human and therefore was entitled to live that I honestly thought that we might even have a shot at changing the platform.
But I refuse to cower before terrorists.
Look here for a number of statistics that showed alcohol consumption was down with a number of very positive results.
Again, it doesn't matter. You have to draw the line somewhere to keep hard drugs off the market, so there will ALWAYS be a war on drugs. It's just a matter of where you draw the line.
I see no reason for the federal government to be involved in the issue.
The states should be allowed to draw the line where they please.
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