In all seriousness, you have to respect someone who has the balls to say, “Yes, that’s right, I most certainly used illegal drugs when I was younger, but I don’t anymore, and I am not going to look you in the eye and lie to you about it or try to weasel out of my lawbreaking actions (I didn’t fucking inhale) that I undertook at the time.”
The way the politicians (of all party and stripe) are constantly trying to parse their words and re-write their personal history is a mollyfocking joke, and is actively insulting to all thinking Americans…
I think you are right, as I don’t ever recall Obama trying to minimize (or deny outright) his youthful illegal activities. He came out and said he had made some poor choices in the past but had moved on and wasn’t going to let his political opponents define him by it.
The way GWB lied thru his teeth for many, many years about his (by all accounts EXTENSIVE) hard-core drugging made me so sick to my stomach that I had to smoke a huge lump of pure, raw gummy bear opium (“Saigon Shoogar”) to settle my Goddamn gut…:dubious:
The desire to greatly reduce our central government comes through loud and clear though and, I think, approaches “teh crazy” sometimes. Most of the positions I agree with, some I am horrified by. For example, it sounds like he is avocating for the Federal government completely stop regulating industry and to remove itself from education entirely. Maybe that experiement would work but it is scary enough to me that I would never vote for the guy, even if he will let me have pot.
I think that voting single-issue on marijuana legalization is a mistake, anyway. We’re heading in that direction no matter who wins. Some might get us there a little quicker than others, but it’s looking pretty inevitable.
Does anyone here know why drugs are illegal (the real reason :dubious: )? I don’t do drugs (I used to take some puffs of mary jane), but the problem with telling any US citizen what they can and cannot do is in direct violation of his/her rights stated in :eek: THE CONSTITUTION :eek: ! Treading lightly here, I’d rather not get banned just for telling the truth, but seems to me that anyone fighting for a constitutional right is fine by me. I realize that our current government would rather burn the old document our forefathers wrote (not that I care much for said forefathers), and anyone standing up for the piece of parchment has been ridiculed more and more throughout the nation’s history as time goes on. Still, the reason for banned drugs is much deeper and more insidious, and no, if your wandering, I’m not some crackpot like you all will un-doubtedly think I am. Do a little reseach and you’ll find the reason way each drug that’s been banned (there’s a very good reason for each one), you’ll also find the reason why alcohol has prevailed (even though its about as dangerous as any other when used unwisely). I’m stopping there, don’t want to make anyone mad (especially not the admin’s), just think about it, then follow the $$$ like everyone says to.
I meant what they do to themselves, not others. Plus, the citizens ARE the government, or at least should be, that was the point of the Constitution. Of course, it didn’t take long for people to forget. Presidents used to have to pay for everything that happens in the White House out of their pockets (the staff, the security, etc), now it comes out of our pockets (that’s only been recently mind you), but nobody talks about that…strange isn’t it…we also have to pay for the jet fuel don’t worry (AF 1 doesn’t fly itself either).
@Chronos…I’m through discusing this, it’s a pointless argument that cannot be won. The point of my original post was merely to educate on a completely different subject other than the actual government itself. I have no issue with the way things are done today, what you need to realize is that things used to be done differently, but again, the point of my first post was jabbing at another thing entirely.
