Ryan: Don't interfere with legalized medical pot

[SmarterthanYou]

Yep, I pretty much ignore extremist 'world is ending' rants by lunatics.

I'm guessing that you'll be pretty surprised later on then.

My point about plugging cops is, I am betting that strategy won't turn out well for you at the end of the day. You're free to give it a shot (pardon the pun), but as I said, whether you feel justified or not, I predict your day won't end well.

shouldn't that tell you something about lost freedoms? or are you now an advocate of that social contract shit i've been hearing lately?

No, I think the last 200 years have turned out pretty well. Again, you aren't promoting what you claim to be. You are promoting what you believe is what was envisioned by the founding fathers, without considering the founding fathers were all individuals who had different opinions. You've developed an ignorant mindset that they envisioned this one thing and were all in agreement, and that isn't the case. They had a variety of opinions on where power should rest and how much of it to whom, etc. What they settled on was ratified into a Constitution, but they would have been the first to tell you it wasn't perfect... in fact, that's precisely what they did when they formed the Bill of Rights. We've gone on to amend the Constitution 17 more times over the years, and will probably do so again at some point. The Founding Fathers gave us this option, it's built in to the system.

where did you learn american history from? the only thing accurate in that statement is that they had differing opinions.

That's exactly what you are advocating. And yes, that's exactly what the framers intended, for us to be able to "re-interpret" the constitution through the process of amendment, that's how black people gained freedom, and women gained the right to vote.

you're delusional and wrong. Also, 'reinterpreting' the constitution is completely different from 'amending' the constitution. Blacks didn't gain freedom and rights because the constitution was 'reinterpreted', but because it was 'amended'. I've long ignored everyones claims on here of your outlandish and ill conceived ideas, but you made it impossible to do that anymore with the outright revisionist history you've posted here.

 

[Althea]

I actually prefer Indica now, the high THC content just blows my head off, since I am not a chronic user.
The CBD:THC ratio in Indica,allows my mind to quiet, as I fold up shop outside ( get the cat in. trash out. water any plants since we're now in the dry season), and come in calm.

LOL we used to call it "creeper weed", we were right, we just didn't know WHY it didn't blow the top of your head off

Yep.....It ain't for everyone!

 

[Dixie - In Memoriam]

I'm guessing that you'll be pretty surprised later on then.

I'm guessing I won't be surprised.

shouldn't that tell you something about lost freedoms? or are you now an advocate of that social contract shit i've been hearing lately?

Nope, I just said I don't think your day will end well if you ever decide to start plugging cops who come to arrest you.

where did you learn american history from? the only thing accurate in that statement is that they had differing opinions.

Everything I stated was accurate. They had different opinions, no one got all of what they wanted, everyone got some of what they wanted, the Constitution was ratified and they almost immediately passed the Bill of Rights, amending the Constitution they just ratified. There have been 17 more amendments over the years, for a total of 27 in all. If you wish to believe something else, that's your problem.

you're delusional and wrong. Also, 'reinterpreting' the constitution is completely different from 'amending' the constitution. Blacks didn't gain freedom and rights because the constitution was 'reinterpreted', but because it was 'amended'. I've long ignored everyones claims on here of your outlandish and ill conceived ideas, but you made it impossible to do that anymore with the outright revisionist history you've posted here.

You need to start showing me where you think I am "delusional" when you claim that, I am getting tired of you constantly saying it and not backing it up with anything. Again, nothing I said was inaccurate. Yes, the amending to include slaves as part of "we the people" was a re-interpretation of the original meaning, which did not include slaves. The amending to allow women the right to vote, was a reinterpretation of "we the people" as well, as this previously did not include women. If it weren't a reinterpretation, as you seem to want to argue, then it means we flagrantly violated the constitution for all those years before the amendments passed. I don't think we violated the constitution all those years, and I don't think the Supreme Court upheld our violation of it. I think we had a different interpretation, and that was changed with the amendments. Again, if you wish to believe something else, that's not my problem. Them's the facts.

 

[Liberty]

Prohibition kills.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican prosecutors said Thursday they were investigating a 16-year-old suspected hitman who was believed to have participated in at least 50 murders while working for a drug gang.

A spokesman for prosecutors in the northeastern state of Sinaloa said the teenager, identified as Francisco Miguel N., was part of a gang known as Los Mazatlecos, a criminal group attached to the Beltran Leyva drugs cartel.

Police arrested the teen for carrying a loaded gun and drugs. He later confessed to working as a hitman for the group, local prosecutors said in a statement.

The teenager said he had taken part in executions of police, farmers and even a musician since February.

The 16-year-old, one of whose nicknames was "El Nino" or "The Boy," said he was given an AK-47 rifle and a pistol to carry out the various attacks in Sinaloa, a violent coastal state with a long tradition of drug trafficking.

Sinaloa is home to the powerful drug cartel of the same name, led by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman. Once allied to Guzman, the Beltran Leyva gang has fought with him since breaking from the Sinaloa cartel in 2008.

A number of teenagers have been captured working for drug gangs, lured by the prospect of quick money. In June 2011, a group of six teenage drug gang members were captured after a shootout with police in central Mexico.

Turf wars between the gangs and their clashes with security forces have killed more than 55,000 people during the rule of outgoing President Felipe Calderon.

(Reporting By Dave Graham; Editing by Stacey Joyce)