Rep. Barney Frank Educates George Will and Paul Ryan on Marijuana Legalization

[The Dude]

It's an economic boom waiting to be unleashed. We just haven't gotten sufficiently concerned about the economy to be honest about it yet.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

mott, stop the hackery. liberals AND conservatives are for big government. BOTH are far more invasive of our personal liberties, just different ways and means.

Hey I'm not giving liberals a pass. I'm pointing out to you that Frank was spot on accurate and dead on right in pointing out the Republican Party's (the party of small government) hyporcrisy in that they are far more for big government and far worse at transgressing our rights and liberties then liberals are.

I don't see liberals telling me that I can't smoke pot.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't marry someone I love.
I don't see liberals telling me I have to give up my rights to be protected from terrorist.
I don't see liberals telling me that I can't read certain books.
I don't see liberals telling me that we have to teach a certain religion in the science class room.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't perform normal sexual practices.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't have certain houses of worship in my community.

Now that aint to give liberals a pass. It's pointing out that Frank is right and the facts are on his side.

 

[Rune]

up is down, left is right, and front is back. frank is one of the biggest liberal big government lovers out there and he's schooling two neocons on smaller government.

Hack attack! Frank is entirely correct on this issue and you can't stand it.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Hey I'm not giving liberals a pass. I'm pointing out to you that Frank was spot on accurate and dead on right in pointing out the Republican Party's (the party of small government) hyporcrisy in that they are far more for big government and far worse at transgressing our rights and liberties then liberals are.

I don't see liberals telling me that I can't smoke pot.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't marry someone I love.
I don't see liberals telling me I have to give up my rights to be protected from terrorist.
I don't see liberals telling me that I can't read certain books.
I don't see liberals telling me that we have to teach a certain religion in the science class room.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't perform normal sexual practices.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't have certain houses of worship in my community.

Now that aint to give liberals a pass. It's pointing out that Frank is right and the facts are on his side.

and on the two points in his statement to them, i most certainly agree, but you knew this.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Hack attack! Frank is entirely correct on this issue and you can't stand it.

now I know i only had two cups of coffee when I wrote that statement, but how many of y'all have seen me get royally righteous about the decriminalization of pot? how many of you think I could be on the neocons side in that?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

He sounds like he read one of my posts. Except I would call them religious radicals rather than 'conservatives'.

That's a good point but they do identify themselves as "conservatives" and they have willingly joined and been accepted as part of the "conservative" political coalition.

 

[Alias]

The only problem there is the Republican party panders for their vote.

Pandering is a problem for both parties.

 

[Phantasmal]

if you know I agree, why are you asking me if I agree?

Rhetorical question

 

[Mott the Hoople]

One of my frustrations. I have no problem telling them it is absolutely against the principles of the party. Responsibility does not require a government solution.

I honest to god wish that was true. Otherwise we wouldn't need jails or prisons.

 

[Phantasmal]

Pandering is a problem for both parties.

Yes, it is, but in this case we are talking marijuana and the religious right.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Wanna see unemployment plummet and the economy grow faster. Decriminalize Herb!

That's probably because there would be to many lodos to stoned to remember to apply for unemployment! LOL

 

[Rune]

now I know i only had two cups of coffee when I wrote that statement, but how many of y'all have seen me get royally righteous about the decriminalization of pot? how many of you think I could be on the neocons side in that?

Even Alias admits Frank is right...

Barney is right about weed. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Even Alias admits Frank is right...

how soon people forget the stances of their perceived enemies.

 

[Rune]

That's probably because there would be to many lodos to stoned to remember to apply for unemployment! LOL

Nah, it is because it would create jobs growing, processing, transporting and selling, and because the largest untaxed cash crop in the country would become taxable.

 

[Rune]

how soon people forget the stances of their perceived enemies.

What does that mean?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Nah, it is because it would create jobs growing, processing, transporting and selling, and because the largest untaxed cash crop in the country would become taxable.

That was a joke son....a joke...get it?

 

[Alias]

Hey I'm not giving liberals a pass. I'm pointing out to you that Frank was spot on accurate and dead on right in pointing out the Republican Party's (the party of small government) hyporcrisy in that they are far more for big government and far worse at transgressing our rights and liberties then liberals are.

I don't see liberals telling me that I can't smoke pot.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't marry someone I love.
I don't see liberals telling me I have to give up my rights to be protected from terrorist.
I don't see liberals telling me that I can't read certain books.
I don't see liberals telling me that we have to teach a certain religion in the science class room.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't perform normal sexual practices.
I don't see liberals telling me I can't have certain houses of worship in my community.

Now that aint to give liberals a pass. It's pointing out that Frank is right and the facts are on his side.

Homosexuality is not "normal sexual practices". Homosexuality is not the "norm". We are born with male OR female sex organs.

You took God out of our public schools. No example needed.

You have lost no rights by govt protecting you from terrorists. Show an example.

No one is telling you that you can't read a certain book. Please show your example.

No one is telling you that you can't have a mosque. You can't have a mosque with people in it that support Islamic terrorism. There's a difference.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

how soon people forget the stances of their perceived enemies.

Oh well....life is like a butterfly.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

What does that mean?

it means that you, mott, and rana can't remember shit. how long have I been on this board and in that time, how many times have you seen me confront those who are pro drug war? how many times have you seen me state that pot shouldn't be legalized, but decriminalized because the feds have no constitutional authority to make it illegal? and because you three misread my statement about barney frank schooling two pro government neocons, you assume i'm against barney frank in his statement?

 

[Phantasmal]

it means that you, mott, and rana can't remember shit. how long have I been on this board and in that time, how many times have you seen me confront those who are pro drug war? how many times have you seen me state that pot shouldn't be legalized, but decriminalized because the feds have no constitutional authority to make it illegal? and because you three misread my statement about barney frank schooling two pro government neocons, you assume i'm against barney frank in his statement?

No, you are the one doing the assuming.