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jomin41

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30. What kind of a person (HRC)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 07:33 PM

Mar 2016

continues to insist on arresting and ruining peoples' lives over marijuana? The evidence against this position is overwhelming, ubiquitous, and irrefutable. This evidence has been there since the very beginning. HRC must be for this repression for the same reason that Nixon was. That is, politics. Inexcusable.

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Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress 'Anti-War Left and Black People' [View all] klook Mar 2016 OP

And only one Presidential Candidate has been bold enough to call the WOD what it is- Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #1

Yep. klook Mar 2016 #5

Think yer onta somethin' there, klook. chapdrum Mar 2016 #32

while another candidate has a campaign manager (sorry, I mean DNC chair) who Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #15

..and who allies herself with Sheldon Adelson on the topic of putting medical mj users in prison. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #29

According to the original Nixon strategy the WoD has been a vast success Fumesucker Mar 2016 #25

But he did so without being on the right rung of the US's ethnic ladder Scootaloo Mar 2016 #28

Once upon a time, that was conspiracy talk. Gregorian Mar 2016 #2

Also, keep this in mind . . . gratuitous Mar 2016 #3

you bring up the most important topic in my opinion waddirum Mar 2016 #37

But, powerful people would *never* collude against the rest of us! villager Mar 2016 #4

But, they said : "the rest of us" meaning their class. They have been very faithful about not LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #12

You took the words right out of my mouth.... smiley Mar 2016 #23

I know. Coincidence theorists are a riot. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2016 #31

That is exactly what the war on drugs has done. WDIM Mar 2016 #6

Ehrlichman was the epitome of an amoral man. yellowcanine Mar 2016 #7

2Pac Said that 20 Years Ago mckara Mar 2016 #8

No surprise. It was rather obvious, in many ways. HuckleB Mar 2016 #9

Another post on this same topic, FYI klook Mar 2016 #10

and the Clintons still make money off the war on some drugs. nt grasswire Mar 2016 #11

And those suffering because of the WOD vote for her. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #18

And I don't get that. At all. eom SusanaMontana41 Mar 2016 #19

It's the War Of Drugs. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #13

How these people live with themselves boggles my mind. C Moon Mar 2016 #14

$$$$$$$$ Power. That's how. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #17

+1 ...but still. If I had millions of dollars and watched other living beings C Moon Mar 2016 #20

Sociopaths have no conscience so they just don't care. BeanMusical Mar 2016 #26

+1 C Moon Mar 2016 #34

Correct Waitsman Mar 2016 #42

Pure Evil. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #16

Of course they did. AllyCat Mar 2016 #21

"If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts." Rex Mar 2016 #22

Once again ... nikto Mar 2016 #24

Kick and R BeanMusical Mar 2016 #27

What kind of a person (HRC) jomin41 Mar 2016 #30

So think about it. FairWinds Mar 2016 #33

Had Dan Baum tried to share this info earlier? snot Mar 2016 #35

Dan Baum's book, "Smoke and Mirrors" was published in 1996. jomin41 Mar 2016 #44

Isn't this exactly how all Republican Presidents run their administration and America? rladdi Mar 2016 #36

Yep... KansDem Mar 2016 #38

Legalize All Drugs billhicks76 Mar 2016 #39

Having worked in criminal defense for the last Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #40

Twenty-two years. Iggo Mar 2016 #41

of course runaway hero Mar 2016 #42