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In the discussion thread: Pelosi condemns Obama’s continued raids on marijuana dispensaries [View all]

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:53 PM

truedelphi (25,944 posts)

52. Activists are people who have tried things like that for decades.

And even when they have major victories, people like Eric Holder and Obama himself, tear their efforts apart.

the only people who seem in sympathy to the legalizing of movement happen to have been pushed out of the Democratic Party. The Big Politicians would rather have money from the cleaned-up drug cartel people, the Big Bankers, (Who happen to love themselves all that drug loot that needs to be laundered) and Big Pharma than do what is ri9ght for and by the people.ar

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160 replies	Author	Time	Post
Pelosi condemns Obama’s continued raids on marijuana dispensaries [View all]	kpete	May 2012	OP
Seriously, wtf is his problem when it comes to marijuana?!	polichick	May 2012	#1
He may have gotten high	Lawlbringer	May 2012	#3
Hypothesis: There is a tactic amongst attornies in which they increase the pressure,	patrice	May 2012	#13
Thanks for this post.	redqueen	May 2012	#35
I loved my Libertarian corporate attorney & learned a lot from him, before he passed on.	patrice	May 2012	#37
How would you apply this to mmj?	RainDog	May 2012	#87
It's a simple problem.	Igel	May 2012	#71
Presidents can use the bully pulpit to change outdated laws...	polichick	May 2012	#75
President could change the substance scheduling of MJ unilaterally. Today.	librechik	May 2012	#112
I guess he's putting some special interest ahead of justice and sanity...	polichick	May 2012	#114
indeed it is. n/t	librechik	May 2012	#141
fed vs state law	tru	May 2012	#134
Fundamentalist isn't a term usually applied to his faith and normally has a RW connotation.	24601	May 2012	#158
One of the most powerful of the President's powers is the power to not enthusiastically enforce laws	rhett o rick	May 2012	#136
He must pander to the right.	obxhead	May 2012	#94
I seriously doubt there will be any "Left Turn"	NorthCarolina	May 2012	#98
ONly if congress is still packed with republicans nt	abelenkpe	May 2012	#109
Corporate Dems are hardly much better than Republicans though,	NorthCarolina	May 2012	#143
Big Pharma wants to market MJ in a pill form.	lib2DaBone	May 2012	#153
I think you're right - especially big pharma...	polichick	May 2012	#154
You're 30 years late.	boppers	May 2012	#156
It continues to baffle me as well...	truebrit71	May 2012	#2
Bingo he is more interested in pleasing the Radical right than the LIBERAL left	Vincardog	May 2012	#7
I don't think it's so much that PBO is interested in pleasing the righties.	Jamaal510	May 2012	#12
I for one am tired of playing defense, it is time to stand up and be counted.	Vincardog	May 2012	#14
So your argument is that he should act like a Republican so they don't have a card to play?	Dawgs	May 2012	#95
Certainly not.	Jamaal510	May 2012	#113
Out of the few thousand reasons he could have for doing what he does, that is ONLY one.	patrice	May 2012	#15
A reasonable person would note a pattern of his giving more to the right than they asked for and	Vincardog	May 2012	#24
Yes, a reasonable person would & they would also note how quickly and utterly what calls itself	patrice	May 2012	#29
I think that "the Left" was left out because PBO wants to go right. Believe what you want to.	Vincardog	May 2012	#32
And you BELIEVE what you WANT to too.	patrice	May 2012	#40
patrice	tru	May 2012	#135
More "interested in pleasing", or simply	NorthCarolina	May 2012	#99
BTW, why should he do anything for a Left that continues to hate him? Hmmmmmm? nt	patrice	May 2012	#17
Especially since it is possible that some of that Left is in bed with the Right to take him down.	patrice	May 2012	#19
How about this:	kurtzapril4	May 2012	#33
Very sorry about your nephew. We have had quite a bit of stuff like that in my family. And I worked	patrice	May 2012	#47
You're making really lame excuses for Obama's crappy, failing neoliberal policies.	girl gone mad	May 2012	#129
are you fucking shitting me?!	frylock	May 2012	#38
uh . . . sissy don't play that game.	patrice	May 2012	#45
keep fucking that chicken	frylock	May 2012	#46
don't do it for the Left	Enrique	May 2012	#62
That's crazy talk - the left "hates" him because they'd like him...	polichick	May 2012	#67
How does this decision play out on the Mexican border?	may3rd	May 2012	#96
Wait, where's the "President-Obama-Supports-MMJ" chorus?	markpkessinger	May 2012	#4
Look at DODT & DOMA. He's NOT supposed to endorse MMJ. You are supposed to BRING IT.	patrice	May 2012	#31
your paranoia regarding the left trying to destroy obama is unsettling	frylock	May 2012	#39
There's a great deal at stake that a lot of people appear to dangerously oversimplify.	patrice	May 2012	#43
the naivete is believing that romney stands a chance in hell in beating obama	frylock	May 2012	#53
Oh yes!	Proletariatprincess	May 2012	#65
i sincerely believe that exact scenario will play out..	frylock	May 2012	#73
We did f___king bring it. For at least a decade.	truedelphi	May 2012	#48
Thanks for this info! - and - of course the context changes over time. There appears to be	patrice	May 2012	#51
GREAT POST n/t	RainDog	May 2012	#88
Oh, I see ...	markpkessinger	May 2012	#50
Nope. It takes two to tangle. It's the Left's fault for expecting him to do it FOR NOTHING or else.	patrice	May 2012	#54
And it's his fault for not being in a position where he can just write those votes off, however he	patrice	May 2012	#58
It's the left's fault, that makes no sense, you say he refuses to do it for nothing? how much is	Dragonfli	May 2012	#126
why are you hitting yourself?	frylock	May 2012	#57
The left is "running" because he's showing up with armed federal agents	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#55
Aside from the fact that the particular decisions are not his, but DOJ's, please see my post	patrice	May 2012	#60
See post #63 to see how far you have fallen down the consetvative path, while supporting GOP views	Dragonfli	May 2012	#64
disagree, DOJ is exec. branch under O & if he didn't agree with what Holder's doing	wordpix	May 2012	#81
Hello. The boss of the DoJ is Attorney General Holder	fuddyduddy	May 2012	#116
The poster will have to plea the fifth, Conservative views must pretend to be "centrist" or we will	Dragonfli	May 2012	#63
If stoners/progressives are too lazy to make him keep his promise, that is their fault.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#139
They're hanging out with the	kurtzapril4	May 2012	#36
Is weed on the table now, Nancy Pelosi?	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#5
+ me too. But I remember how she feels about really and truly keeping	truedelphi	May 2012	#49
So introduce a friggin bill to reschedule marijuana.	anti-alec	May 2012	#6
Activists are people who have tried things like that for decades.	truedelphi	May 2012	#52
H.B. 2306 was introduced in June 2011	RainDog	May 2012	#92
Obama HAS to order Holder to focus on busting the pot heads until we write more letters.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#121
Contacting John Conyers would be a really useful thing to do	RainDog	May 2012	#125
Obama is forced to order Holder to focus on busting pot heads unless I do (or do not) write letters.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#128
Got it! first thing's first, since Obama is forced to force Holder to bust clinics, who is his boss?	Dragonfli	May 2012	#133
If stoners/progressives are too lazy to make him keep his promise, that is their fault.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#138
Not exactly what I said...	RainDog	May 2012	#145
Thank you!	treestar	May 2012	#103
No no no no no no no no no no no! Pelosi just needs to SAY things about this, not do things.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#119
It's pretty easy to guess why he's doing it.	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#8
RTFO, Nancy, push marijuana legalization	Dont call me Shirley	May 2012	#9
you can tell its an election year......... n/t	IamK	May 2012	#10
+1	Blue_Tires	May 2012	#61
He was doing this BEFORE an election year! n/t	rayofreason	May 2012	#100
a case of "do as I say, not as I did" with Obama.	provis99	May 2012	#11
Thank You, Nancy!!! We love you and will never forget your support! nt	patrice	May 2012	#16
I have no problem with ppl using marijuana for medical purposes. However,	Galraedia	May 2012	#18
I have no problem with minding their own business and not dwelling on what I do in the privacy	Purveyor	May 2012	#20
I don't smoke pot, nor do I have any of the conditions mentioned...	markpkessinger	May 2012	#21
Is it okay to get drunk? Why is alcohol legal and canabis not? - and - WHY THE FUCK IS HEMP	patrice	May 2012	#22
And, if true, so?	obamanut2012	May 2012	#25
My medical issues aren't your concern when I exercise my right to	kestrel91316	May 2012	#26
So what?	Chemisse	May 2012	#30
Most ppl want it placed on the same shelf as alcohol	may3rd	May 2012	#34
how is that any of your damn business?	frylock	May 2012	#41
Right. Let's imprison those fuckers!	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#56
O_o ...?	Galraedia	May 2012	#70
As a matter of fact, yes, I am high right now	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#72
Riiight.	Galraedia	May 2012	#74
Riiiiigh? No, really, I'm high right now.	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#76
I wasn't disputing that. I really do think your high.	Galraedia	May 2012	#77
Take it from a stoner: you meant "you're", not "your", and "whom", not who	DisgustipatedinCA	May 2012	#78
The lunatic is on the grass,	Dragonfli	May 2012	#123
but, you know, that doesn't really matter	RainDog	May 2012	#86
True. If they want it legal, they will have to get society, via Congress and the states	treestar	May 2012	#104
are you trying to support Obama by attacking imaginary stoners?	RainDog	May 2012	#110
Yup- the lazy stoners should admit they smoked it just for fun- Like Obama and Al Gore did.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#131
Your attitude is ignorant	RainDog	May 2012	#146
and that's bad, why?	mike_c	May 2012	#115
Heaven forbid that someone uses marijuana to get stoned legally. The horrors.	rhett o rick	May 2012	#137
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#23
Seriously!! SCOTUS, Jimmy Kimmel, Time Magazine & now Pelosi.	99th_Monkey	May 2012	#27
i'm sure her staffers hear it all day every day from pissed off constituents..	frylock	May 2012	#28
honesty is not a value in US politics	fascisthunter	May 2012	#42
drugs used to be legal back before prohibition. once they decided	teewrex	May 2012	#44
Top 5 special interest groups that lobby to keep marijuana illegal:	felix_numinous	May 2012	#59
I am only surprised that big pharma isn't among them as we have an administration that	Dragonfli	May 2012	#66
I've always thought they were part of it too.	polichick	May 2012	#68
Big pharma is number 4	felix_numinous	May 2012	#85
The article lists	felix_numinous	May 2012	#120
Sorry, I replied as I was out the door and didn't follow the link until I got back.	Dragonfli	May 2012	#124
Hey--you're so right	felix_numinous	May 2012	#140
Thank you Nancy!	Proletariatprincess	May 2012	#69
instead of regulating fracking, nukes, et. al, O's raiding med mj sites	wordpix	May 2012	#79
same here	CountAllVotes	May 2012	#107
K&R (n/t)	a2liberal	May 2012	#80
The Obama MJ problem keeps growing and growing . . . . .	FlaGatorJD	May 2012	#82
Check out this DU thread about what's happening to good people because of this.	Comrade Grumpy	May 2012	#83
k&r THANK YOU, NANCY PELOSI!!! n/t	RainDog	May 2012	#84
Seconded, of	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#89
Oh, this needs a K&R!	Trillo	May 2012	#90
I'm so sick of this crap. Legalize it already!	SunSeeker	May 2012	#91
At least the Colorado Democratic Party endorsed legalization.	joshcryer	May 2012	#93
How is the rocky mountain high state going to dispense it?	may3rd	May 2012	#97
Our marijuana grown in Colorado is appropriately taxed by the state.	fuddyduddy	May 2012	#117
Then again, perhaps Obama is concerned about jobs being taken away from street dealers...	Dr Fate	May 2012	#132
More African Americans are in jail now than were enslaved	RainDog	May 2012	#149
Hows the BBQ sauce these days ?	may3rd	May 2012	#105
MONSANTO is eagerly awaiting legalization, so they can do to cannabis what they've done to corn,	yodermon	May 2012	#101
I agree with Ms. Pelosi except for this statement -	TBF	May 2012	#102
I agree - it should be legalized on a national level and the prez has chosen...	polichick	May 2012	#152
This post kind of reminds me of this...	FightForChange	May 2012	#106
Thank you Nancy Pelosi!	abelenkpe	May 2012	#108
thanks again Nancy!	librechik	May 2012	#111
Is she planning on introducing any legislation that would directly counter Obama's raids?	Dr Fate	May 2012	#118
President Obama could decapitate Betty White during a Presidential debate and still win CA	Freddie Stubbs	May 2012	#122
So having Holder focus on busting medical clinics is Obama's idea then. And a damn good one too.	Dr Fate	May 2012	#130
It may not be Obama's idea, but he certainly isn't stopping it	Freddie Stubbs	May 2012	#150
At first glance, I thought this was an "Onion" article.	Peace Patriot	May 2012	#127
The War on Drugs was a Republican Idea	RainDog	May 2012	#148
Kick	Warren DeMontague	May 2012	#142
Wow, President Obama must be a busy guy raiding all those places by himself. nt/	progressivebydesign	May 2012	#144
I agree with Nancy, but it's another "state" situation where the state votes one way and the feds	IndyJones	May 2012	#147
Thanks kpete for the thread...Thanks Nancy for your "rebuke" of POTUS	red dog 1	May 2012	#151
Kick!	sarcasmo	May 2012	#155
"whose actions complied with state laws"....	boppers	May 2012	#157
Good for Pelosi.	musical_soul	May 2012	#159
hopefully, this will be his next come to jesus moment	yurbud	May 2012	#160

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