Pretty good actually. the DEA's heavy handed actions against authorized medical cannabis facilities has been something of a disaster for them. Not only does it cost them MILLIONS to do, the DEA now has to get into a territorial pissing match every time they want to run one of those raids. Additionally, they have to go on their little raids without the support of local law enforcement.

so not only are the feds losing the propaganda war, they're also pissing off state and local authorities and spending twice as much as they normally would all to accomplish have as much. overall, a win/win situation. Even the DEA can't keep up the pace forever.

How's that spending tens of billions of dollars, giving the government massive powers to detain, arrest, confiscate property, and violate the Fourth Amendment rights of American citizens, while at the same time stifling job creation, expansion of the tax base, in addition to fermenting a civil war on our southern border working out for you, Prohibitionists?

Stop asking that question. The answer is still "He's better than Bush, better than McCain, better than Palin."

Also, you blog sucks.

I'm sorry, but did Barack Obama run on a marijuana legalization platform? Did anyone who voted for Barack Obama do so with the belief that he would be ending the federal "War on Drugs"? Anyone?

Subby needs better drugs.

Are republicans trying to suppress the stoner vote? Aim high guys, reach for the stars.

kronicfeld: I'm sorry, but did Barack Obama run on a marijuana legalization platform? Did anyone who voted for Barack Obama do so with the belief that he would be ending the federal "War on Drugs"? Anyone?

I don't think anyone in this country can tell the truth about the war on drugs and still get elected to office.

SouthernManDunWrong: Liberals getting hurt feelings in thread. Get the popcorn and count the number of people attacking sub by or blaming the reps.

why do you always assume that opposition to the sham war on drugs can ONLY come from 'libruls'? conservatives should be appalled at the way it's destroyed our 4th and 5th amendment rights.

SouthernManDunWrong: Liberals getting hurt feelings in thread. Get the popcorn and count the number of people attacking sub by or blaming the reps.

In this thread: A supposed small government, individual liberty loving conservative will support massive government spending, and increasing the government's authority over the lives of the citizens.

That's a big Twinkie.

Weaver95: SouthernManDunWrong: Liberals getting hurt feelings in thread. Get the popcorn and count the number of people attacking sub by or blaming the reps.

why do you always assume that opposition to the sham war on drugs can ONLY come from 'libruls'? conservatives should be appalled at the way it's destroyed our 4th and 5th amendment rights.

You of all people should know that conservatives aren't really conservative. They're totalitarian and use the label conservative like a brand name.

I don't even care which side you are--and I don't smoke pot. Going after pot smokers simply defies logic. Why? I'd rather have someone stoned and driving than drunk any day. I'd rather have someone stoned on a street corner than drunk any way. The drug is simply so much less damaging. Leave it the fark alone, righty or lefty.

atomic-age: Not to mention deprivation of property and liberty.

Yep. You can use your car to help you commit any crime and they won't confiscate it. But if you use it to buy weed, well... that car now belongs to the state.

Well, if the hydro stores around here and my friends with caretaker licenses are any indication it's going just fine.

[shrug]

I don't smoke, but my new-favorite hydro+conventional garden store gives the SO and I their10% caretaker discount anyway (I suspect because we're nice and polite)... plus it's a helluva lot easier for me to get liquid fertilizers and other assorted things that go with container gardening... and competition is driving the price down on some things as well as plenty of coupons in the alternative weeklies... so yeah, I'm fine.

trotsky: Reason used to be a decent magazine. Now it's just another Right Wing Shill sheet.

This. I used to actually like reading it because the articles challenged things I believed in (and if I can't defend my own position on something adequately I'm damn well gonna reassess why I have that position to begin with). I picked it up a few times recently from a friend with a scrip and it was just sad. Before you couldn't tell with a casual flip-through what side of the ideological spectrum they were on because the articles were fairly well reasoned (sigh). Now it's glaringly obvious.

chemical_angel: Remember kids: Small government and states rights unless it has anything to do with guns, god or intoxicants. If it involves guns, god or intoxicants, we must empower the government to completely take over your life.

Don't forget sex and reproduction, and who you can fall in love with.

Amazing how long the list gets when you start to think about it.

PonceAlyosha: Why is it a stupid plant? What plants do you consider particularly intelligent?

My Hydrangea can talk. But it can't do calculus so I don't consider it that intelligent.

/You ever hear a Hydrangea cry?

TimonC346: I don't even care which side you are--and I don't smoke pot. Going after pot smokers simply defies logic. Why? I'd rather have someone stoned and driving than drunk any day. I'd rather have someone stoned on a street corner than drunk any way. The drug is simply so much less damaging. Leave it the fark alone, righty or lefty.

This.

Going after the larger traffickers, fine.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat: Hey marijuana smokers. You usually have a pretty decent grasp on your feelings. Remember when Bush was in charge? Remember every time you clicked over to the Politics tab you were already primed for a heart attack? Remember how much you really, truly felt about the Bush Administration? Now think about how you feel when you click to Politics. Is it better or worse?

Moot point. I know better than to click on the Politics tab.

I do know, however, that at the very least it's nice having an intelligent, educated adult in the White House, even when he makes decisions I disagree with. Bush was just effing embarrassing.