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Ditto WTF! elleng Feb 2013 #1
Fucking idiot. bluedigger Feb 2013 #2
Like everyone else is? Since when is ME testing everyone? MADem Feb 2013 #22
Well how about them? They are getting paid by the citizens. They are government employees. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #29
Absolutely! FarPoint Mar 2013 #33
Yep. However, it really is a waste of money. FL has done it and come to find out it southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #47
Sorry....I didn't identify properly...my bad. FarPoint Mar 2013 #48
It's ok. Another old saying "A Pig can't smell it's own hole". Republicans are pigs. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #50
Hey, now! IrishAyes Mar 2013 #67
Actually I love pigs. In Germany pigs are good luck. I collect them. I just thought southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author sammy27932003 Mar 2013 #73
Random drug testing should be imposed AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #3
Random hell! bluedigger Feb 2013 #5
OK. I'm in with that. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #10
And test for alcohol!!! Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #14
LOL! bluedigger Feb 2013 #17
Allen's makes a coffee brandy? I never knew! MADem Feb 2013 #23
You have no idea... bluedigger Feb 2013 #24
How could I have missed this? I need to get out more! MADem Feb 2013 #25
Just stop at the State liquor store on 95 in NH. bluedigger Feb 2013 #28
I pass that store all the time when I go up to northern ME... MADem Mar 2013 #72
Brandy IrishAyes Mar 2013 #68
they like it mixed with 1/2 & 1/2 or milk. Maine-ah Feb 2013 #32
Sort of like a downscale Baileys! MADem Mar 2013 #36
Blender it with some cheap vanilla ice cream Mopar151 Mar 2013 #39
With a stiff penalty to booth roxy1234 Mar 2013 #56
Fuck her MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #4
Or, as Republicans call it... LTR Feb 2013 #6
And this is a DEMOCRAT? RT_Fanatic Feb 2013 #7
Rec for wider exposure. "everybody else" is drug tested? WTF? uppityperson Feb 2013 #8
They don't care because it was never about saving money . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #12
Also about MAKING money for whoever owns the firm responsible for testing... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #57
"Also about MAKING money for whoever owns the firm ..." That seems to be right. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #59
IIRC, this was tried in Florida and the cost of the testing Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #9
Fuck the Deficits!! We will spare NO expense 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #11
Not only that Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #15
The author of that Huffington Post article over-stated what the 11th Circuit did. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #60
How to respond: "I'll take a drug test if you'll take an IQ test." Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #13
Random drug testing violates the Fourth Amendment. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #16
what if your boss is the gov't? ie. the military. littlewolf Feb 2013 #18
The civilian Federal government doesn't really drug test. bluedigger Feb 2013 #31
Primary them. nt onehandle Feb 2013 #19
we can't! you don't understand. try and be sensible for gawds sake!!1 frylock Feb 2013 #26
but being back on subject: littlewolf Feb 2013 #20
I would think timdog44 Feb 2013 #21
Great point! I suggest she fill her pee cup in public so we can tell if it's really hers, too. freshwest Mar 2013 #44
Some lawmaker in Kansas timdog44 Mar 2013 #45
They're really arguing over disrespecting humans and treating them as animals. freshwest Mar 2013 #61
Sorry about the headache. Very aggravating. timdog44 Mar 2013 #62
Thanks. And agree with you on all your points. freshwest Mar 2013 #63
Thank you IrishAyes Mar 2013 #69
Thank you. Today is a better day. I hope that people will reason this out with open minds. freshwest Mar 2013 #70
that dime is getting thinner and thinner frylock Feb 2013 #27
What these bills are all about is convincing people nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #30
Damn it, it's poverty that CAUSES the drug use, not the other way around. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #34
what IS this garbage??? Skittles Mar 2013 #35
Drug testing for ANYONE is a gross violation of Constitutional rights Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #37
Every study has shown that welfare recipients have lower incidences of drug use Fearless Mar 2013 #38
Linky? 1983law Mar 2013 #40
Here you go. PotatoChip Mar 2013 #53
Rock on 1983law Mar 2013 #65
Despicable davidthegnome Mar 2013 #41
I don't think the right reframed it better. The US always had a powerful puritanical streak. Selatius Mar 2013 #42
Well Bigredhunk Mar 2013 #43
This is nonsense, and it is isn't gonna fly. RBInMaine Mar 2013 #46
I hope a REAL Dem. primaries her, come the spring of 2014. PotatoChip Mar 2013 #54
She actually has been pretty progressive on most things, but this is just weird. RBInMaine Mar 2013 #64
So the "Democrat" representing Ed Muskie's hometown is a co-sponsor? WTF indeed. Scuba Mar 2013 #49
Let's drug test the politicians first! They, are the ones that can cause real harm to millions of RKP5637 Mar 2013 #51
Goodness! Turbineguy Mar 2013 #52
What a damn waste of money, too. mainer Mar 2013 #55
Those who test positive They_Live Mar 2013 #58
Sickening IrishAyes Mar 2013 #66
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