Posted on 06/02/2005 4:40:30 AM PDT by Wolfie
Ah yes, the Soros angle . . . the dreaded second punch of the Drug Warrior faux conservative's argument against the re-legalization of marijuana. The first punch is the "would you want your child's school bus driver to be stoned?" argument.
Why?
Governor Schwarzenegger (R) Signs Bill That Bans .50 caliber Rifles.
He is most pleased.
I think we need to legalize pot as a national-security imperatiave. Drug laws create smuggling channels which can then be used for more nefarious purposes.
In real time... are you really that paranoid to make such an assertion? ? I've always seen the pros and cons to pot legalization. I was just giving you the facts about that last init on pot that lost. Sheeezz.
Let's see... big issues affecting California. Well. Illegal Aliens and Major gang movement in CA. And that "R" signs a bill banning .50 caliber rifles. Yep. That makes him an enemy of single-lobers, everywhere... You got a point there.
I hear you---I'm just a scarred and grisled veteran of the FR WoD Wars.
The reason we have the alleged "war on drugs" is that the criminal injustice industry needs a steady flow of "inventory." It's nothing but welfare for the leeches in blue uniforms, blue suits, and black robes.
And other wars, no doubts..
Exactly. Over the years when this topic comes up with my apolitical friends they want the government involved in growing it and I'm think -- huh!?!
That's precisely what we DON'T want in any facet of life. Let the free market take over. I've jokingly said (on FR) that I had friends in high school who probably had little if anything to offer society in the way of a skill or trade. But, they knew how to grow pot and make a good "living" at it. Think of all the small busniess' that could spring up from people (like those I'm referring to) to meet a demand.
I can see it now -- a chain of stores "Pot Luck". :)
Far from an obsession. It's a small point in a great body of work.
So much we could use his wisdom on much more important.
And freedom IS the most important thing. It's not a means unto an end, it IS the end.
Having them all stoned may be a win/win. I have never seen someone stoned be able to shoot a gun, much less hit anything. In the 80's, may still be true today, pot was thought to be the number one cash crop in California. All untaxed.
You should be so crazy.
Not sure what you mean by the term "single-lobers", but anyone who betrays his oath to the Constitution is my sworn enemy.
I don't care if it's an R or D.
Just an idle question: When "Pot Luck" stores spring up all over the land.. can they be sued for "false advertising" of its wares?
that's quite the screenname you have there, combining romance and nipples. LOL
Thanks for sharing that. Very heartening to know.
We need to leave people the hell alone. That would free up government to do it's only legitimate job, defend the rights of the people.
I am all for legalizing pot as the prohibition has been too costly and I don't believe the government should control such items. Instead, we should allow public pressure to control its use. For instance, I am all for Colorado's law that prohibits employers from firing someone for activities outside of the workplace, but the law needs to be clear that a person can be fired for drug use. Drug use affects workplace performance and performance should always be a firing offense, but the law seems to also indicate that drug use affecting workplace perofrmance isn't a legitimate offense. Try firing someone with a pot problem and they scream discrimination.
I can see people growing their own. Lots of people, growing it and smoking it and giving it away. I predict it will have very little monetary value. It's value right now would be practically nil if it wasn't illegal.
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