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Jail the frigging traitors. seriously, wtf? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #1
Are you also calling to "jail the frigging traitors" SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #34
Since the folks in arizona don't want to enforce ANY federal laws, not just marijuana laws, it's ND-Dem Mar 2015 #65
I'm sure you have the link SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #67
did you even read the op? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #70
but i'm sure you have a link to support your claim that states don't have to enforce federal law, ND-Dem Mar 2015 #71
Pointing out incorrect information SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #74
"enforce" in this case meaning "do the background checks".... = limited meaning of "enforce". ND-Dem Mar 2015 #78
As much as you want to believe it SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #81
define "enforce" and define which laws. Printz establishes no such broad right of non-enforcement. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #84
you're playing a very obvious game here, of false equivalency CreekDog Mar 2015 #127
Yes I did SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #72
There is so much out there you can find JonLP24 Mar 2015 #117
I can't say I'm too interested in laws that were passed in 2011 & 2013 n/t SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #123
Yes I did SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #72
i found the gun bill plus one you missed. reported on the same day. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #75
Thank you for finding that SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #76
is it? you know that because Printz exempted states from doing background checks? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #80
Why isn't Colorado forced to enforce federal marijuana laws? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #82
why don't you give me a link about this issue instead of constantly repeating the claim? since ND-Dem Mar 2015 #85
I gave you links SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #86
I didn't see any. Please link me to where you gave me links and I 'dismissed' them. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #113
You responded but you didn't see the links? SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #114
No, I didn't see the link about marijuana tucked away at the bottom, sorry. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #131
So the federal courts & docket is that open to them? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #118
I don't care if the marijuana laws are enforced or not SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #122
What is it I'm looking for...? False equivalence? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #124
Your unrelated comments notwithstanding SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #125
It is funding not enforcing JonLP24 Mar 2015 #135
Of course you are free to say it's wrong in Arizona SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #137
We'll have to agree to disagree JonLP24 Mar 2015 #138
And that's all Arizona is doing SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #139
I'm very sick of the Arizona Republican legislature JonLP24 Mar 2015 #116
Who cares, shut off all federal aid and military installations and suspend all military contracts Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #88
In Arizona or Colorado? SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #90
See #65 Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #92
I already read that nonsensical response SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #102
#65 fits you Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #103
I so love it SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #104
See #65 Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #109
I think your record is scratched n/t SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #110
See #65 Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #111
Congress controls all funding. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #91
Coming from you that's actually funny. Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #93
Perhaps you can explain how funding would be cut from AZ once Congress allocates funds. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #94
I know precisely how its done, I am an accountant for a Govt. Agency. Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #97
Is that a threat or a promise???!!! elleng Mar 2015 #2
We Could Stop Paying Everyone's Medicare & Social Security In Arizona. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2015 #4
How do "we" do that? onenote Mar 2015 #36
Does the DOD have any federal military bases in Arizona and Texas and all these other traitorous TheDebbieDee Mar 2015 #3
Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ android fan Mar 2015 #27
The repugs in the Arizona legis. have gone nuts, Tucson has always voted blue . . . brush Mar 2015 #31
Yep, I lived and worked in Tucson for a year android fan Mar 2015 #32
Grijalva is always a good progressive voice brush Mar 2015 #35
Tucson and how much hatred I have over their sports teams JonLP24 Mar 2015 #120
coordinate with Congress? You realize who controls Congress, right? onenote Mar 2015 #38
Several. GoCubsGo Mar 2015 #44
You would think that having all those astronauts in Texas TheDebbieDee Mar 2015 #146
1861 worked so well for so many irisblue Mar 2015 #5
No, actually it couldn't. MineralMan Mar 2015 #6
Maybe So But We Have Enough Fools Who Would Arrest Federal Agents. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2015 #9
We? Who are we? MineralMan Mar 2015 #10
It is a trip their willing to make JonLP24 Mar 2015 #121
You notice the OP does not link to any such laws. former9thward Mar 2015 #19
Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #40
Secessionist & Nullification Rhetoric Is Dangerous And A Threat To Our Our National Security. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2015 #7
What do you propose? former9thward Mar 2015 #20
If it was me, I'd throw them into a mental institution immediately android fan Mar 2015 #28
Always nice to hear reasonable thought out answers. former9thward Mar 2015 #58
Hmmmm, do they get water fredamae Mar 2015 #8
They'd have to renegotiate for Colorado River water XemaSab Mar 2015 #107
Federal Funds going to Arizona MineralMan Mar 2015 #11
Yep. See how the idiot paradise of theirs help with zero federal dollars pouring android fan Mar 2015 #29
Which "idiot paradise" do you live in? panader0 Mar 2015 #56
Good, let them go and take a few other states with them. leftofcool Mar 2015 #12
That would be fantastic for tourism Politicalboi Mar 2015 #13
We used to be a Republic and that worked for ten years. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #23
Mexico will take it back - exactly! Destroy your government, another one will take its place! n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #89
No Congressional Representation PADemD Mar 2015 #14
Woot! Jane Austin Mar 2015 #15
And all federal pork cut off android fan Mar 2015 #30
Under what statutory authority would this laughable vendetta over a non-existent issue be executed? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #49
That would be the SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #50
For all the ginned-up outrage over AZ not enforcing laws a lot of people in this thread Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #52
+1000 n/t SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #53
Yay! shenmue Mar 2015 #16
Bzzzt. Not a frickin' chance. absurd. ridiculous. cali Mar 2015 #17
Seriously... I hope the OP can get a grip. panader0 Mar 2015 #54
Nah. Just wait for the crazy old white people to die off. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #18
Hopefully they crazies will be voted out elias49 Mar 2015 #22
Also, no more Snowbirds ... retirees from the cold north spending the winter in the sun. n/t libdem4life Mar 2015 #21
A friends's brother retired from Ford 7 yrs. ago, lived in Detroit 40 yrs, native NYer. Splits time appalachiablue Mar 2015 #140
Now we know where to put the radioactive waste. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #24
+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #77
They already do JonLP24 Mar 2015 #136
Yay! Now I'll be able to get those rocket launchers my dad would never get me for XMAS Zorra Mar 2015 #25
The Second Civil War has been going on for awhile dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #26
There is a huge difference SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #33
No it won't, but your hyperbole is entertaining. onenote Mar 2015 #37
perhaps a state should be allowed to try this Takket Mar 2015 #39
It would be worth it just to be able to tell Arizonans "Papers, please." :) nt pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #41
It's not secession and tariffs between states is unconstitutional. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #43
Any state that has legalized MJ in any capacity is not enforcing federal law. It's not secession. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #42
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #45
Blah blah blah, federal law supersedes state law. They can act like the simpletons they are, but lonestarnot Mar 2015 #46
And states don't have to enforce federal laws n/t SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #47
They also cannot dismiss themselves from the Union. Rex Mar 2015 #61
Arizona isn't dismissing themselves from the union SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #62
Exactly, that is why the OP saying they are seceding is ludicrous. Rex Mar 2015 #63
Agree SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #64
Selective enforcement is against the law. lonestarnot Mar 2015 #133
This isn't selective enforcement SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #134
Your post eluded to selective enforcement or non-enforcement of federal laws by states... lonestarnot Mar 2015 #141
Sorry, but you're wrong SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #142
Arizona isn't alone. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #48
Destabilization would be a concern if this escalated towards reality HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #57
Gee, seccession worked so good th first time around. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #51
No laws are being nullified SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #60
as the following link will show, Arizona receives guillaumeb Mar 2015 #55
Passing this law is not secession SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #59
true. my comment is meant to show guillaumeb Mar 2015 #66
Promises, promises. Also: twaddle. Hekate Mar 2015 #68
No. It won't. H2O Man Mar 2015 #69
can i help pack? Colorado Vince Mar 2015 #79
What a False Karass! DeSwiss Mar 2015 #83
Does that mean that we get rid of McCain? AnnieBW Mar 2015 #87
There is a Parrot in this thread who keeps repeating States don't have to enforce federal law... trumad Mar 2015 #95
"Federal law can be enforced by the Fed if the feel inclined to do so." Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #96
send in the 101st airborne just like Ike did in Little Rock. CTyankee Mar 2015 #98
Nothing illegal is happening. The OP is just peddling hyperbole. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #99
right, but if AZ tries to secede...what then? there was a war last time some folks did that. CTyankee Mar 2015 #100
The OP is the only one mentioning secession SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #106
AZ could also be carved from the earth and taken away by aliens...what then? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #112
Well no fucking duh! SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #105
If it passes & Brewer signs it the federal government should immediately stop all federal money to catbyte Mar 2015 #101
Are you in favor of stopping federal money SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #108
yes catbyte Mar 2015 #130
Brewer is no longer the governor thelordofhell Mar 2015 #129
I seriously doubt it JonLP24 Mar 2015 #115
I'm sure that will help their water problems. L0oniX Mar 2015 #119
You just can't spell crazy Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2015 #126
cut 'em loose - but no more medicare and no more SS and no more federal dollars - n/t lapfog_1 Mar 2015 #128
The south has always wanted the Articles of Confederation Warpy Mar 2015 #132
We do? News to me. cordelia Mar 2015 #144
Why do you think it was called the Confederacy? Warpy Mar 2015 #145
Has it been 24 business hours yet? onenote Mar 2015 #143
No state will secede. Calm down. Throd Mar 2015 #147
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