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LuvNewcastle

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8. It's amazing what propaganda will get people to accept.

Sun Aug 11, 2013, 01:14 PM

Aug 2013

This country has been propagandized about the evils of marijuana for decades. Enforcement of our draconian drug laws has finally become intolerable and people are seeing the horrible results of the decades-long drug war.

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WTF is wrong with this country? [View all] 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 OP

A lot. n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 #1

WTF indeed Blue Owl Aug 2013 #2

Well, if you can take away the meth factories maybe we would be more sane. Pot is not kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #69

Why even consider Pot a problem at all? demwing Aug 2013 #98

I understand the frustration and angst. There was a time when the rest of the world looked HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #3

I like how you think 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #7

Silly! Civil war all over again. juajen Aug 2013 #49

Sure 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #50

I'd go for an all female ticket. Downwinder Aug 2013 #54

I am NOT using women compared to monkeys; greiner3 Aug 2013 #59

Seizing the wealth, eh? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #42

Our very own Bastille Day.... the_sly_pig Aug 2013 #55

... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #78

Fund Social Security & Single Payer Health Care For All 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #56

That's quite a list. GDP is "only" 16 trillion Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #79

I'm a Democratic Socialist and I think you can extrapolate from that HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #70

That's refreshingly direct of you Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #77

? timweidman Aug 2013 #90

Not "all the money". Most of the wealth (meaning equity stakes in the productive HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #94

so the family of 4 timweidman Aug 2013 #103

If we're going to talk about 'fair,' we have to discuss the FACT that the principal HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #104

first thing is you didnt answer the question timweidman Aug 2013 #105

Your question was worded in such an absurd, right-wing, frame that I did not feel it merited an HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #106

my question could have been worded better. sorry i am not the scholar you seem to be. timweidman Aug 2013 #107

Seizing the wealth, eh? AlbertCat Aug 2013 #97

only a income cap can really achieve the spirit of post 3 Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #99

Too many conservatives and 1-5%ers...including talk radio and Koch brothers and their ilk. Auntie Bush Aug 2013 #4

Some things, but nothing that can't be fixed. aristocles Aug 2013 #5

Iceland, where they actually arrest banksters. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #28

You would be very lonely in iceland. aristocles Aug 2013 #64

A person has to be very blond? I wonder if anyone told that to Eric the Red? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #68

Today's Iceland, not 1,000 years ago nt aristocles Aug 2013 #73

The "Swiss pot" story is spun, misrepresented bullshit. MADem Aug 2013 #6

Huh? This is from the International Journal of Drug Policy 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #11

Yes, if you followed the link, that is what I posted. MADem Aug 2013 #16

It's amazing what propaganda will get people to accept. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #8

The US has become a portrait of a country going under because of stupidity as RKP5637 Aug 2013 #9

I loved that movie, Idiocracy. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #12

I had thought it was satirical, though. Not a docudrama. gtar100 Aug 2013 #24

+1 AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #46

I have always suspected that there was a finite number... Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #80

That, is a very prolific statement and with far more meaning than initially might meet the RKP5637 Aug 2013 #82

Marijuana is still illegal Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #10

We can also blame the parents IF their pot-smoking leads to neglect or child endangerment. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #20

No one knew there was going to be a murder Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #26

No they wouldn't Nevernose Aug 2013 #36

Yeah, I don't understand why welfare workers do the things they do sometimes. Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #41

There are lots of countries that never enforce that law. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #62

Thanks Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #63

It's all about $$. nt bluedeathray Aug 2013 #13

Don't you know, America's the greatest fucking country in the world! FUCK YEAH! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #14

Wow, thanks! ... that was downright inspirational .. fuck yeah! 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #18

I just found this particular video mashup for America! Fuck Yeah! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #21

Never seen it before. bravenak Aug 2013 #32

It's one of my Youtube standbys... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #72

I have to see it now. bravenak Aug 2013 #75

Thank you. You just provided me tomg Aug 2013 #57

Glad to be of service! n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #74

Suddenly, I want to re-enlist Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #81

"Books!" (long silence . . .) hatrack Aug 2013 #95

Easy. WTF is wrong with this country is a pervasive right-wing governance coupled with indepat Aug 2013 #15

To listen to the right-wing their ideas have NEVER really been tried.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #33

You shouldn't let how "we" are be determined by the lowest among us for any given trait. Igel Aug 2013 #17

you make sense. up until the 4th paragraph. cali Aug 2013 #22

Memory loss is a myth about marijuana.... Utopian Leftist Aug 2013 #71

Before you discuss "short term memory loss and loss of will" SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #76

The first news story apparently involved more than just "parents smoking pot" KittyWampus Aug 2013 #19

links please. cali Aug 2013 #23

Link - The idea that she was take solely due to pot is the father's story... nessa Aug 2013 #37

"The parents...need to develop their understanding of being protective of the child," says TDFPS. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #60

If there's not more to this story, it's seriously fucking enraging. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #25

Good Question cantbeserious Aug 2013 #27

U.S. SamKnause Aug 2013 #29

Religion. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #30

We have a lot of child killers. bravenak Aug 2013 #31

Most of those with a bible never read it ...especially the books about the life and work of Jesus. L0oniX Aug 2013 #40

I think they have read it. bravenak Aug 2013 #44

Yeah the part about Jesus getting killed was super violent, cruel and unjust... L0oniX Aug 2013 #48

Our country was built on genocide, violence, enslavement and greed. bravenak Aug 2013 #51

There are actually fundamentalists who refuse to believe that the Beatitudes are in the Gospels eridani Aug 2013 #66

we also love fetuses and guns Doctor_J Aug 2013 #100

It's all about trying to define getting high with being immoral.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #34

America has a complex. zeemike Aug 2013 #35

"prison like taxes is for the little people" <-- true dat. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #45

"WTF is wrong with this country?" ...way too much to list here. n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #38

I've got a whole fucking list right now scorpiogirl Aug 2013 #39

Reagan and his uncontrollable lust for the almighty dollar happened, that's what. Initech Aug 2013 #43

Greed nt PD Turk Aug 2013 #47

you got it. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #65

Reading about all these kids getting killed HockeyMom Aug 2013 #52

WTF is right! It's on every issue. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #53

You forgot, ". . . and so powerful." another_liberal Aug 2013 #58

Well, right now, the world's "master" is a laughing stock, or worse. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #61

Good point. another_liberal Aug 2013 #67

0ver 35 years azureblue Aug 2013 #83

Yes. Thank you. Very nice summary of the train wreck that is "USA Fuck Yeah!" ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #86

I'd say education. Phlem Aug 2013 #84

One thing and one thing only. Religion. broadcaster75201 Aug 2013 #85

The belief that you can build a castle from bullshit, if only you pile enough of it Scootaloo Aug 2013 #87

Prohibition is a failed public policy...everywhere. nt TeamPooka Aug 2013 #88

war dothemath Aug 2013 #89

How much time do you have? TBF Aug 2013 #91

America is now the absolute worst of the developed countries to live in Doctor_J Aug 2013 #92

Our culture is a cesspool. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #93

Reagan and conservatives slipped deadly poison into the national consciousness during the 80's. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #96

Lots, including the 'bootstraps' mentality, those who promoted it and those who buy into it. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2013 #101

wtf is wrong with this country? PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #102