Mr. Shaman
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- May 4, 2010
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As usual....his pomposity disallows him to apply his moralizing to any present-day scenarios.
"Daniel Okrent's darkly hilarious "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" recounts how Americans abolished a widely exercised private right -- and condemned the nation's fifth-largest industry -- in order to make the nation more heavenly. Then all hell broke loose. Now that ambitious government is again hell-bent on improving Americans -- from how they use salt to what light bulbs they use -- Okrent's book is a timely tutorial on the law of unintended consequences.
The many lessons of Okrent's story include: In the fight between law and appetite, bet on appetite. And: Americans then were, and let us hope still are, magnificently ungovernable by elected nuisances."
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....how BOLD, there, Georgie.....taking-on such GARGANTUAN-THREATS to our individuality as the salt-use/lightbulb-application cabals!!!! (You gutless-weenie.)
.....And, alcohol-consumption was some kind o' widely exercised private right??!!!! Where-and-when was THAT Absolute established....or, was that merely one o' those Divine Rights, to which "conservatives" were entitled.....'cause they said so????????
If pickled-livers is a "conservative" private-right, they need to quit steppin'-on-the-toes of OTHERS' private-rights!!!
.....And, alcohol-consumption was some kind o' widely exercised private right??!!!! Where-and-when was THAT Absolute established....or, was that merely one o' those Divine Rights, to which "conservatives" were entitled.....'cause they said so????????
If pickled-livers is a "conservative" private-right, they need to quit steppin'-on-the-toes of OTHERS' private-rights!!!
"The entire trade, of course, is fueled by the selling and buying of drugs," said Chetry. "There are some who make the case, including a former deputy foreign minister of Mexico who now works for the Brookings Institution -- somebody by the name of Andres Rosenthal -- who says maybe we need to rethink our drug laws."
Rosenthal is one of a growing chorus of former Latin American leaders who have voiced support for the legalization of marijuana.
"He says, 'As with the repeal of prohibition, the US must follow a common-sense approach by thinking the unthinkable: The gradual legalization of some drugs. The US must realize that all drugs are not created equal,'" said Chetry. "They go on to say that marijuana, maybe some methamphetamines, do not have the same harmful effects and legalization might make a difference. Do you agree?"
"Well, I don't," said Goddard. "But I do think the debate needs to go forward. We need to find a better way to handle ... Right now, the item that's fueling the violent cartels, the murders in Mexico, the cartel wars that are going on right now that have resulted in over 1,000 deaths this year, I think we need to take a very aggressive stand on that and marijuana is the number one producer for the cartels. Sixty to 70 percent of their gross profits comes from marijuana. So, I think we need to look very hard at something we haven't looked at for years."
Yeah, "conservatives"....THAT'S what we NEED; something nice-'n-convenient/politically-safe like MORE DEBATE!!!!!!!!
"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marihuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana." - Jimmy Carter, U.S. President