And those drug dealers have so much power and influence in the underground why?

Because of the futile and misnamed "War of Drugs" began by a republican/conservative president. Ronnie Reagan.

Not even mentioning the asanine and misnamed "gun control laws" the dems love so much, taking firearms out of the hands of law abiding citizens who have to rely on police to show up on the scene after the crime, oh sorry, that should say " rely on the police to protect them".

And it's difficult for a man to "be honest" about a compelte fabrication, sorry.

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Stupid people are like a Slinky...
Pretty damn useless, but a ball to push down stairs.

Yes, Conservatives believe that the culture should not provide for the free distribution of narcotics and other presently illicit drugs. But to complain about the influence of drug dealers and blaming that influence on the law sets aside the certainty that those idiots would be influential in other presently unforeseen ways without such laws and the abuse rates would be catastrophic, bringing with them a brand new set of problems.


You erroneously believe that it is a right to use drugs. It is not. There is no right which provides that a person can participate in behavior where they become a burden to their neighbor, which inherently usurps their right.

Sure, if this nation were not infected with leftist entitlements, where any adleminded sot can suckle on the government tit whenever they find themselves unable to produce sufficiently to care for themselves, then I would agree; let them buy their drugs and destroy themselves... and let them die as a result of that abuse. Of let them sign contracts which obligate them to serve thoe who pay for their care and rehabilitation; indentured servitude of the highest order.

But such is not the case and when these idiots find themselves on the government dole because of their abuse of drugs, they usurp the rights of thier neighbors, whosetaxes they consume under their dead weight.

Sorry, what I see above is mere right-wing neo-con rhetoric.

There is no studies showing that legalizing pot would lead to massive numbers of pot addicts wandering the streets.

Legalizing pot, and bringing it under such laws that control alchohol, would not only open up several taxable industries, but give those same drug dealers a nice, pointy steel toe boot to the groin, and eliminate their main source of income overnight.

It would also empty out almost half the prison population of non-violent inmates.

Everything says "legalize pot", except an outmoded, out of date mindset that began in pure racism in the first place.

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Stupid people are like a Slinky...
Pretty damn useless, but a ball to push down stairs.

Ahh... the harminic whistle of the rare Red Eyed Libertarian. Always a great find...

Yes, and while there are no studies that show that legalizing Bank Robbery will increase the incidents of withdrawals by people with no deposits, it remains a certainty that such would be the case, as that is the nature of the species. Humans, like cattle, will almost always take the path of least resistance.

But hey... Don't let this get ya down, here's another great opportunity to explain how Hemp is 100 times stronger, softer and more versatile than Cotton and I know you're just DYIN' to set the record straight on that...

Let's see.
An insult... I am not one of those Libertarians, sorry.
Followed by a Straw man.

Absolutely no proof offered.
So noted.

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Stupid people are like a Slinky...
Pretty damn useless, but a ball to push down stairs.

You're not?

Yet here you are promoting the legalization of Pot, JUST LIKE one of those Libertarians. Perhaps you misread your own signs...

What proof do you need that people on the whole; this is no tto say that every single human being will, but as a herd, people will usually take the path of least resistance.

Instances where hand guns are outlawed always result in increases in violent crime. There is not a single township, county, city or what have you that has banned the possession and ownership of handguns; often for the purposes of REDUCING violent crime, and not realized a continuous INCREASE in violent crime. This as a result of low rent thugs knowin gthat they will be in possession of the most power in that exchange.

The same would be true in places which de-criminalized bank robbery... instances of bank robbery would increase.

Now the above is indisputable. Meaning that while you may try and dispute it, the certainty of the truthfulness, accuracy and validity and soundness of the reasoning is irrefutable, thus rendering your dispute, moot.

Naturally, you rejecting such because it makes you uncomfortable, given that buzz you're sportin' and the 1/4 sitting on the desk... is understandable, but thems the facts, nonetheless.


If Pot were legal, more parents that now smoke pot, but hide it from their kids because they don't want them to see them doing soemthing illegal, would openly smoke pot in front of their kids...

More idiots would blow a kid a shotgun, to watch them do stupid crap... a recent news story spoke of some imbeciles taping themselves getting a 5 year old stone... when she was 7 she took the tape to school to show it to her friends; at which time the house was raided and the parents arrested... MUCH more of that would happen and we don't want MORE kids trying pot, or being exposed to pot or watching their parents get high... BECAUSE THAT TRANSLATES INTO MORE STONERS AND THAT TRANSLATES INTO A CULTURE ON THE SLIDE and that's just bad for business sport.