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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:21 PM Original message |
I have NEVER used pot and doubt I ever will but why in the hell does Obama.... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dunno. Maybe he's tough on pot to diffuse his former drug use |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. They're big on betrayal, this administration |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Or their favorite sport. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. You should try pot. |
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jimmyflint (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know. I always thought going after pot |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Obama owes to the Unions? |
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jimmyflint (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. That makes more sense. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. It makes no sense at all. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "there is legitimate medicinal value" |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. i'll also never use pot but think it should be legal and regulated; however, |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. it's interesting that "political capital" is only viewed as accruing to conservatives |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Then he can just ignore it! n-t |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. it doesn't work that way. if isn't seen as strong against drugs, |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't think too many people expected Obama to push for the decriminalization of pot.. |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Must be a great reason to stay in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Uhhhh, he could simply keep his campaign promise. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because TPTB need the prison slave labor. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hmm. Reminds me of CHINA. YIKES. n/t |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. High incarceration rate helps to keep unemployment figures lower |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Bingo. I think this is reason #1. nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. This is the winning answer. There are more & more stories about corporations using prison labor, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yup. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because it's easy busy-work. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. just easy low-hanging fruit to appease the right. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. He is trying to appeal to the Republicans. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Republican voters aren't exactly obssesed with this either and those that are probably |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Your explanation is better than mine. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. Going after pot growers and smokers will certainly keep them busy |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. Afraid of going after the real criminals |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. Because the war on drugs is a massive money maker |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Perhaps because investigating and prosecuting torture promoting, war criminals is hard work. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You say truth. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. or... persecuting John Edwards. not nearly on the same level of importance, but equally absurd. |
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