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Every single Republican who has ever bemoaned the "nanny state" needs to vote "yes" on this or shut the hell up when geniuses like City Councilwoman Jan Perry want to "protect" people from fast food. This is individual liberty 101, people.
Every single Democrat who claims to be "pro-choice" likewise needs to vote "yes" on this, or shut the hell up when the pro-life people protest outside clinics. Hello?! Do people have a right to control their own bodies, or not? Why doesn't a woman have a right to choose to terminate her crappy mood after a week of living in this recession by lighting up a joint during her weekend "staycation?"
Every single person who has ever complained about taxes, spending and crime needs to vote "yes" on this, too. Why in the world should we tax ourselves to pay for police, prosecutors, public defenders, judges, clerks, jurors, jail personnel, probation officers, diversion programs, etc., etc., etc., when we can just leave people alone and save all that money, and use law enforcement to go after people who hurt other people, rather than supposedly hurting themselves? Also, could that rhetorical question be any longer?
Legalizing marijuana will also deny profits to criminal gangs, who currently charge a premium for it precisely because it is illegal. How many gangs make profits by selling cigarettes? I'm guessing not many. Let's stop giving gangs the means to buy guns and tacky cars.
Legalizing pot would boost our agricultural industry. Furthermore, I gather it takes very little water to grow. Is that drought-friendly, or what?
Legalizing pot would boost employment and commerce. Heck, until the crackdown on "medical" marijuana clinics in L.A., that industry was thriving -- and it was the only industry thriving. You've seen what gambling did for Las Vegas. Pot could do the same thing for everywhere, California. And let's not forget increased sales of snacks. Passing this law, moreover, would boost employment in the legal profession by triggering litigation about the Supremacy Clause and the 10th Amendment.
You say pot causes brain damage. You know what? What doesn't cause brain damage anymore? Plus, have you taken a long hard look around you, like, at the people holding public office, or the most popular TV shows? I'm guessing we're already about as brain-damaged as a group can be. Besides, don't you often think you would enjoy life more if you were just an eensy, teensy bit dumber? Ignorance could be bliss.Don't even try to play the "driving under the influence" card. It's already illegal, and will remain illegal. Plus, if potheads can load up at home, maybe they'll just stay put instead of driving over to the dealer.
The children? You're seriously going to play the "children" card? We already have to protect children from all kinds of crap, and we do so without denying grown-ups the use of the goods and services we deny children. It's dangerous for kids to drive, but you get to do so because you're a grown-up.
So vote "yes" on Prop 19, okay?
How can the public solve this one? With beheading at the border, if you are suffering CALL YOUR DOCTOR, he must have something at the pharmacy that can help ease your pain. Just this morning 2 children were hospitalized for eating a kind neighbor's cookies laced with marijuana. There must be an answer to this crazy question. Its been in the back of my mind ever since it was put forth.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have more of a case if the current interpretation of federal law (10th Amendment) allowed states to legalize marijuana.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. Does the Hurst legacy live on in slanted journalism? Probably so. I doubt that the numbers they quote are correct.
ReplyDeleteHowever it IS a wake up call to all those that would sit home and watch TV in lieu of participating in the system and voting. Everyone here NEEDS to vote. It is your only chance to change anything in this crazy world. It is a right that thousands of men and women have died to protect.
Get your butt in the car on election day and go VOTE and make sure you mark YES to Prop 19.
Americans have been brainwashed about the "DANGER" of pot since William Hurst demonized it in the press so many years ago. A FEDERAL law against a weed? They can't seem to stop illegal immigration so, obviously, they can't stop people from smoking pot.
This is your chance to stem the flow of American dollars to Mexico Drug Lords. Grow some yourself and give it away if you don't like it. At least no one will be getting their heads cut off.
Spot on Walter.
I am dumbfounded by the weed issue. I understand why the state is not against legalization. One more thing to keep the masses in stupor and not giving a sh!t about how the government is stealing us blind, and too laid back to do anything about it. Plus the sales tax revenue. But the feds don't want to increase its' use, and so move to keep restricing it and punishing users to whatever degree? Why do they care?
ReplyDeleteI'm not for legalization at all. I think we'll never get people active in their government if they have another substance to take them away from it all. Now there is already beer, sports, and televised entertainment. Toss is unrestricted cannabis, and who needs downers like government meetings?
Buck up, Walter, were all in this together in good old California. You will probably sell your house, but where will you go that you can sit back with a refer? Maybe the country exists, good question.
ReplyDeleteActually, I would not smoke pot even if it were legal. I think it probably messes up your brain, and my brain is about all I've got going for me at this point.
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