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There is plenty of support from Republicans and Libertarians in Congress for national legalization of pot. Has been for at least a decade.

Obama and the Dems simply refused to put it on the table.

Ball's been placed firmly in their court now.
 
MARIS61 said:
There is plenty of support from Republicans and Libertarians in Congress for national legalization of pot. Has been for at least a decade.

Obama and the Dems simply refused to put it on the table.

Ball's been placed firmly in their court now.
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Interesting take. And by interesting, I mean nonsensical.

If republicans favor legalization, why is Sessions trying to do the opposite? Since republicans control congress, why don't they pass legalization?

barfo
 
To pull a basic line from "Dumb & Dumber" and flip the script a bit....

Just when I think you guys couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and TOTALLY PROVE YOURSELF!
 
MarAzul said:
I love this move. It is absolutely the right thing to do. If you do not like the law that is on the books, get your Senator and Rep to change the law.

Here is the reason why;

Article II
Section 3

" he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States"

Now, let your congress put the law on the record that you want enforced. Perhaps they will need to give somewhere to get what you want but that is the way it works.
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You love big government and hate states rights.
 
MARIS61 said:
There is plenty of support from Republicans and Libertarians in Congress for national legalization of pot. Has been for at least a decade.

Obama and the Dems simply refused to put it on the table.

Ball's been placed firmly in their court now.
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He did what the good republicans would do, LEAVE IT UP TO THE STATES....

Shameful how hypocritical you conservatives can be.
 
It's truly hilarious to see conservatives arguing for big government and against states rights.

So states rights was A ok for slavery but not for limiting government intrusion?
 
barfo said:
And that means Obama and Bannon are the same man. Jesus, this goes deeper than I thought.

barfo
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No wonder his birth certificate is fake
 
barfo said:
Interesting take. And by interesting, I mean nonsensical.

If republicans favor legalization, why is Sessions trying to do the opposite? Since republicans control congress, why don't they pass legalization?

barfo
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He is not doing the opposite. He is enforcing the current law.

Ha! The dems may have to give to get the law changed!
What will that card be?
 
It will be interesting if the Feds really start enforcing all the pot laws stringently. There is so much money from pharma, prison and policing industries, all working day and night to shove fists full of cash in our representatives pockets. Take money out of politics, and I bet it gets legalized immediately. Keep money in politics it will greatly impede the correct decision by many politicians, to legalize weed, or at least decriminalize it and let individual states and counties pass their own laws and police their own citizens.
 
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let individual states and counties pass their own laws and police their own citizens.
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Ha!

I bet the Dems can get the Republicans to join them in changing federal law and doing just as you want.
It may cost them something though. What do you think that will be?
 
MarAzul said:
Ha!

I bet the Dems can get the Republicans to join them in changing federal law and doing just as you want.
It may cost them something though. What do you think that will be?
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quite a lot, I am a proponent of compromise. I think we need more compromise.
 
dviss1 said:
He did what the good republicans would do, LEAVE IT UP TO THE STATES....

Shameful how hypocritical you conservatives can be.
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Im all for this. I live in a state where there are no state taxes so i should be exempt from federal tax as well
 
barfo said:
One of the many problems with your analogy here is that it was not Obama who decided that. It was the Justice Department.

barfo
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Don't blame Trump for this one then. You get the idea I hope.
 
dviss1 said:
Here's what you big government conservatives don't understand:

Sessions is one of the biggest investors in private prisons, and a HUGE majority of his inmates are marijuana "law breakers".
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I don't like private prisons. They should be 100 percent illegal. Taking away someone's freedom shouldn't be exposed to the slightest chance of a conflict of interest.

Please stop calling me a big government conservative. You haven't got a clue what I'd be for or against as far as government is concerned.

It would blow your mind how I'd reform government if it were up to me.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Don't blame Trump for this one then. You get the idea I hope.
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I'm pretty sure it is Sessions' name in the thread title and not Trump.

I love how Republicans are all about "State's rights" until it doesn't fit their ideology. Fucking silly. (Not you bodyman, I'm just thinking out loud).

Ps. I don't even smoke weed myself. It makes me feel terrible.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I don't like private prisons. They should be 100 percent illegal. Taking away someone's freedom shouldn't be exposed to the slightest chance of a conflict of interest.

Please stop calling me a big government conservative. You haven't got a clue what I'd be for or against as far as government is concerned.

It would blow your mind how I'd reform government if it were up to me.
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We agree on the private prison thing.
 
theprunetang said:
I'm pretty sure it is Sessions' name in the thread title and not Trump.

I love how Republicans are all about "State's rights" until it doesn't fit their ideology. Fucking silly. (Not you bodyman, I'm just thinking out loud).

Ps. I don't even smoke weed myself. It makes me feel terrible.
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I've said before why I hate weed. It saddens me to see the lines of deplorables waiting when they open a new dispensary.

I'm all for changing federal law to make it a states rights issue. Same with just about anything. People can vote with moving trucks.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I've said before why I hate weed. It saddens me to see the lines of deplorables waiting when they open a new dispensary.

I'm all for changing federal law to make it a states rights issue. Same with just about anything. People can vote with moving trucks.
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Yet watching the regulars wait with shakey hands for their neighborhood pub to open is ok. I've worked in enough bars to see how sad it can be.
 
theprunetang said:
Yet watching the regulars wait with shakey hands for their neighborhood pub to open is ok. I've worked in enough bars to see how sad it can be.
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Don't get me started on drunks. Without my father clouding my judgement I'd probably outlaw bars first. Alcohol at home.... that's different.
 
Remember, I'm just talking about my personal feeling about drugs or booze. If I were in power it would be different.
 
theprunetang said:
Yet watching the regulars wait with shakey hands for their neighborhood pub to open is ok. I've worked in enough bars to see how sad it can be.
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Tit for tat discussions about alcohol and weed is irrelevant.

Having society give the ok and green light to using another mind numbing drug by millions of young people is not a brilliant move. It is just another pit of many placed in life's road, to trap the unwary.
While it is tauted to help a few, it will hinder or harm more, perhaps many more. While the only benefit maybe the revenue to support a few more bureaucrats.
 
Pretty hilarious.....

I was raised Republican on the principle that being a Republican meant less federal government, less taxes, more states rights.

I guess that was all bullshit eh?

I guess the GOP and the Dems are both Federalists these days. The Anti-Federalist movement is officially dead.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Pretty hilarious.....

I was raised Republican on the principle that being a Republican meant less federal government, less taxes, more states rights.

I guess that was all bullshit eh?

I guess the GOP and the Dems are both Federalists these days. The Anti-Federalist movement is officially dead.
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Weird! Why is this so difficult to grasp for so many?
 
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