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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:05 PM

alp227 (20,413 posts)

Obama Oakland visit draws protests

Source: SF Chronicle

Oakland may be a proven bastion of support for President Obama, but his planned visit to the politically charged city Monday is expected to lead to the first major downtown protests in months.

Medical marijuana advocates are staging what will likely be the biggest rally as they urge Obama to halt a Justice Department crackdown on dispensaries. Antiwar activists are coming, too, lending energy to the barrage of criticism that Obama has been taking from the activist left.

If the president wanted this kind of attention, he picked the right destination.

Among East Bay stops on Monday, Obama is set to appear at a fundraiser that starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Fox Theater, which sits on the edge of Oaksterdam, Oakland's unofficial cannabis district, on a block where Occupy activists have clashed with police.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Obama-Oakland-visit-draws-protests-3725279.php

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama Oakland visit draws protests (Original post)	alp227	Jul 2012	OP
It's time to legalize it. It's simply insanity not to do so.	NYC Liberal	Jul 2012	#1
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Jul 2012	#2
+420	bluedigger	Jul 2012	#7
The deficit will go 'up in smoke' in a week	may3rd	Jul 2012	#8
Might reduce it by 5%, but that's pushing it.	Sirveri	Jul 2012	#20
Completely and utterly agree. nt	Flatulo	Jul 2012	#11
O needs to come prepared with Marijuana Legalization, End-the-War-&-Drug-War Manifestos	wordpix	Jul 2012	#3
I have a feeling that he will, eventually, support it.	NYC Liberal	Jul 2012	#4
Hope that he will	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#6
Me too.	NYC Liberal	Jul 2012	#10
I think he will stump for votes with his welfare reform plans	may3rd	Jul 2012	#16
Ambien or Cannabis	SCVDem	Jul 2012	#5
That's Pretty Funny	YOHABLO	Jul 2012	#21
Cool... I cannot WAIT to see how well the Med MJ does under Romney.	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#9
Some of us can advocate a position that the President doesn't endorse and still vote for him.	bluedigger	Jul 2012	#12
Considering that Obama is worse than Bush on this issue, who knows how Romney will run.	Sirveri	Jul 2012	#18
Price of weed... which of these websites is correct?...	6502	Jul 2012	#13
I'm curious, what percentage of medical marijuana users are trulely in need	Moltisanti	Jul 2012	#14
I believe all drugs	FlaGranny	Jul 2012	#15
because it works on pain	Viva_La_Revolution	Jul 2012	#17
Why should we care? If they're not busting into homes and cars, I could care less.	Sirveri	Jul 2012	#19

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:26 PM

NYC Liberal (15,599 posts)

1. It's time to legalize it. It's simply insanity not to do so.

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:42 PM

bluedigger (10,568 posts)

7. +420

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:52 PM

may3rd (593 posts)

8. The deficit will go 'up in smoke' in a week

If they tax the shit out of the recreational use it will provide

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:42 PM

Sirveri (4,243 posts)

20. Might reduce it by 5%, but that's pushing it.

Enough to be worthwhile, but not enough to close the hole.

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 11:40 PM

Flatulo (3,952 posts)

11. Completely and utterly agree. nt

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:43 PM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

3. O needs to come prepared with Marijuana Legalization, End-the-War-&-Drug-War Manifestos

Otherwise, he will look the fool, walking into protests by his base.

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:53 PM

NYC Liberal (15,599 posts)

4. I have a feeling that he will, eventually, support it.

I don't think it will be until the second term, if that happens. But he will eventually imo. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:11 PM

Rosa Luxemburg (21,986 posts)

6. Hope that he will

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 11:13 PM

NYC Liberal (15,599 posts)

10. Me too.

It's the right thing to do.

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:45 AM

may3rd (593 posts)

16. I think he will stump for votes with his welfare reform plans

they give a lot to those who are cradle to grave recipients
and the rethugs who say they will vote it down while on the campaign trail themselves will have to tread softly

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:04 PM

SCVDem (807 posts)

5. Ambien or Cannabis

My VA Doc perscribes one but suggests the other would be better.

That's a problem when you wake up 3 hours before the alarm and then start stressing out over unemployment running out, no prospects and not able to pay the rent. Can't take another Ambien.

That's where a little hit works wonders.

Guns and ammo, legal.

Marijuana a schedule 1 drug? And they wonder why we have no respect for the sellouts like our Prez.

CHANGE!!!

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:39 PM

YOHABLO (444 posts)

21. That's Pretty Funny

Pot makes me paranoid. If I could just get over that, I'd be scoring a bag once a month, maybe week. ha ha

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:56 PM

progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)

9. Cool... I cannot WAIT to see how well the Med MJ does under Romney.

People on the left can be so addicted to hearing their own voices, that they screw themselves over and over. I bet Romney is going to be HUGE fan of medical marijuana.

You know.. the way that George W Bush was EXACTLY the same as Al Gore.

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:01 AM

bluedigger (10,568 posts)

12. Some of us can advocate a position that the President doesn't endorse and still vote for him.

Is that too nuanced for you?

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:38 PM

Sirveri (4,243 posts)

18. Considering that Obama is worse than Bush on this issue, who knows how Romney will run.

Obama has done a lot of good things, but lets pull the blinders off for a moment and call it like it is. Government is less transparent, more drone strikes, expansion of assassinations, Guantanamo is still open for business, Bush tax cuts are still in place, Healthcare reform was basically what the Repukes offered Clinton, closed more dispensaries than Bush. If protests drag him further to the left then that's a good thing in my book.

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:29 AM

6502 (249 posts)

13. Price of weed... which of these websites is correct?...

I found two websites that say they report the price of marijuana in the US, but I am not sure if the prices are correct.

(1) http://www.priceofweed.com/
(2) http://www.narcoticnews.com/Marijuana-Prices-in-the-U.S.A.php

Which one best represents the price of weed in the US?

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:43 AM

Moltisanti (33 posts)

14. I'm curious, what percentage of medical marijuana users are trulely in need

and what % just want to get high?? It started out for Glaucoma and to ease HIV/Cancer
symptoms but now you can get it for almost any reason... I don't care
who smokes it, I'm just curious.

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:23 AM

FlaGranny (8,072 posts)

15. I believe all drugs

should be legalized, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out why people like to get high. It's a very disconnected, weird, and unpleasant experience for me. In the past, I've had morphine a few times for pain, tried a couple of joints (ugh), and drank some booze. I've settled on a drink, sometimes 2, once in a while to be sociable. I don't enjoy feeling "high" or "spaced out."

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 01:06 PM

Viva_La_Revolution (27,071 posts)

17. because it works on pain

and pain has a lot of causes

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:41 PM

Sirveri (4,243 posts)

19. Why should we care? If they're not busting into homes and cars, I could care less.

Oh noes, someone is getting high and bothering nobody. How horrible.

Legalize it all.

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