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The Tea Party and the Drug War
National Review ^
| June 7, 2010
| Jeffrey A. Miron
Posted on 06/07/2010 11:20:04 AM PDT by bamahead
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At its core, the Tea Party is not about these types of issues, granted. But as the movement tries to raise more awareness to the extent of waste that permiates the federal government, this dollar and liberty consuming monstrosity known as the War on Drugs needs to be among the first examined for elimination.
Many folks are now beginning to see that the WOsD is nothing more than another excuse for the federal gov't to usurp power via the commerce clause, or whatever else the statists' want to use as their rationale-du-jour for dismantling your enumerated rights.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:20:04 AM PDT
by
bamahead
To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:20:45 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead
No what is needed is for various activists to quit trying to hijack the tea party onto their pet cause.
We have much larger issues, of spending, deciding the scope and role of government etc that must be resolved as soon as possible to maintain a healthy future for the USA. Once those are resolved we can start worrying about the Drug War or other single issue hot buttons items.
First we save the future of this country, everything else can wait.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:26:57 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
To: bamahead
The war on some drugs has shown to be a failure.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:27:33 AM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(I don't look for leaders. I follow my own path, my way.)
To: bamahead
Securing the borders would go a long way toward cutting down the scope of our drug problem... and securing the borders is one of the few legitimate functions of government.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:30:27 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: bamahead
nonesense
to side with it’s true priciples, the good of the people demands that drug use be illegal
That means drug legalization is an abomination.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:31:35 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: bamahead
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:32:34 AM PDT
by
orlop9
To: bamahead
” voters will want to know where the party stands “
“Party”? I wouldn’t really consider it that. It’s just a bunch of citizens who agree on at least a few fundamental issues.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:32:35 AM PDT
by
Pessimist
To: RaceBannon
“the good of the people demands”
Pray tell, what else does “the goiod of the people” demand in your eyes?
Federal laws for whatever you deem appropriate?
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:33:52 AM PDT
by
Pessimist
To: bamahead
We are united by our common recognition that our corrupt political class must be removed.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:35:18 AM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(By any means necessary....)
To: RaceBannon
to side with its true priciples, the good of the people demands that drug use be illegal
Even more nonsensical is that your stance is not much different than the rationale used by leftists that healthcare must be passed for the 'common good', and that the 'general welfare' clause in the preamble justifies the governments authority over things like this.
No such power as you describe it, is enumerated.
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06/07/2010 11:36:58 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead
. . .and the tea-party movement is hoping to play kingmaker in the November electionsUh, no. What we're hoping to do is elect real conservatives who know that the American people are the boss. That's the exact opposite of king-making.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:40:51 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: RaceBannon
Pot would be a lucrative business if the Government stayed out of the growing and distribution.. Tax it and let the tax revinue go to hiring additional LE officers. But that is a perfect Scenario that would never happen because the gubment would want to control it all..
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:41:30 AM PDT
by
crazydad
To: bamahead
Thus, if the tea-party believes in its principles, it must choose the libertarian path on drug prohibition. The tea-party does not "believe" in anything. In fact, there is no "tea-party". There are tea parties in which freedom loving American's of all stripes gather together to protest government statism, irresponsibility, profligacy, corruption, malignancy, usurpation and oppression.
I'm against the WOD. I am also against using "The Tea-Party" to promote any political agenda because "The Tea-Party" does not exist.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:42:25 AM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
To: bamahead
. . .this dollar and liberty consuming monstrosity known as the War on (insert favorite destructive activity here) needs to be among the first examined for elimination.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:42:26 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Pessimist
Party? I wouldnt really consider it that. Its just a bunch of citizens who agree on at least a few fundamental issues. Amen
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06/07/2010 11:43:20 AM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
To: RaceBannon
That means drug legalization is an abomination.
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Then ‘abomination’ was the American norm until the 20th century.
As American as Coca-Cola.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:43:40 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Let me be clear. The voluntary pancipation of Cinco de Quatro is mandated in all 57 states.)
To: Darren McCarty
The war on some drugs has shown to be a failure.So has every other war against every other crime. Does that mean we should just make it all legal so we don't have to spend money? If not, just exactly where do we draw the line?
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:44:14 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: bamahead
If Libertarians take over the Tea Party movement, the Left wins and America is doomed.
Guess what? You have no Constitutional right to drugs. Destroying two generations should be enough for you. You don't get any more.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:47:36 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: MNJohnnie
the war on drugs is perhaps the greatest threat to liberty in this country. When police can storm your home because someone has a plant the government doesn’t approve of, we all lose a bit.
It is also a colossal waste of $$$ at the federal, state and local levels.
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posted on
06/07/2010 11:48:04 AM PDT
by
ChurtleDawg
(voting only encourages them)
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