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HillWilliam

(3,310 posts)
15. People hear
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 09:31 AM
Feb 2012

"legalize marijuana" and stop there. The brain shuts off at that point.

Ron Paul is for born-again nutwingers who want to screw and smoke dope without guilt.

Disclaimer: I'd like to see mj decriminalized. It was the only thing that gave my dad any relief from the pain of cancer. The suppliers who sold to him were older widows living on (shrinking) fixed incomes who sold a pinch here and a pinch there to ailing seniors so as not to have to eat cat food. I suspect this scenario is at least as much the case as the casual user.

I'll say this: I don't know how many others here have had to care for terminally-ill relatives. People living with horrible pain can be difficult, even nasty. MJ relieves the pain, allows them to eat (often a huge challenge), both of which make caring for them one helluvalot easier.

After witnessing the benefits first-hand, I can think of no rational reason to keep it outlawed.

Unlike the Paulbots, I'm not willing to trash the Constitution, bring down the entire government, and cause global economic chaos in order to achieve that goal.

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more like America’s most irrelevant nazi - rp is yesterday's news nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #1
How dangerous can he be given that he's unelectable? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #2
Have you met his cult? Galraedia Feb 2012 #3
You make the word "With" sound like "In spite of" when in fact it's "because." 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #4
I've never met a Paulbot, but he's at the fringe of the Republican Party and will remain so. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #5
One of my relatives is a Paulbot HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #6
Hitler was "fringe" too. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #11
As a black person, the craziest thing is that BLACK PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS CULT!! Ecumenist Feb 2012 #7
Some people get off on pain. Scootaloo Feb 2012 #8
He has gay followers too! Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #9
From "The Pink House" (newsletter article): HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #16
People hear HillWilliam Feb 2012 #15
I liked that show better when it was "America's Funniest Home Nazis" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #10
LOL!!!!!!!!! Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #12
A classic. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #13
right wing libertarian yes. dameocrat67 Feb 2012 #14
... woo me with science Feb 2012 #17
He's one of them, for sure. Leading the flock of the willfully ignorant. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #18
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