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In reply to the discussion: A Victory in Oregon--Medical Marijuana Has Some Political Muscle [View all]msongs
(67,347 posts)1. "law enforcement" won't give up the $$ cash cow for busting pot smokers - police welfare nt
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A Victory in Oregon--Medical Marijuana Has Some Political Muscle [View all]
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
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"law enforcement" won't give up the $$ cash cow for busting pot smokers - police welfare nt
msongs
May 2012
#1
She won for many other reasons, but this was not that big of an issue in the campaign.
HuckleB
May 2012
#2
So some young reporter whose focus is on his or her own obsession is all you need.
HuckleB
May 2012
#29
Like it or not that's an AP story fronm the second largest daily in Oregon
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#44
And another logical fallacy (actually two in one sentence, it appears) is offered up.
HuckleB
May 2012
#33
Right. Sort of like that crazy group who called Marijuana the "defining issue" of the campaign.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#46
So, the Horton campaign ITSELF said medical marijuana was the defining issue of the campaign?
RainDog
May 2012
#47
No, no, no no, since he lost it was a total non-issue. As the Oregonian put it, a "distraction".
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#52
I dont know, I could just rack up a whole bunch of sort of vacuous posts in a thread on the topic.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#38
So if you write several posts about "logical fallacies", does that count as one?
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#40
Here it was THE issue. What it boiled down to was Holton flipping the bird to the
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#15
Its only interesting -or maybe surprising- to people who aren't paying attention.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#11
Here is the opening paragraph on the outcome from the Register Guard Eugene...
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#17
So what was Holton's reasoning for opposing the existing medical marijuana laws?
randome
May 2012
#18