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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 12:58 PM Original message |
Obama canNOT think of himself as another FDR if he does not take a stand against PROHIBITION. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't give in to ratfucking |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. WTF DOES THAT MEAN? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. meanwhile the bible thumpers continue to murder civilians across the planet with impunity nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. There's no indication Obama has ever thought of himself as another FDR |
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haikugal (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. He doesn't think of himself as FDR... |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Even quoting Reagan in his debt speech. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Exactly. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sadly, I don't think this will lose him very many votes |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This Drug War has FILLED OUR STATE PRISONS & COST US TRILLIONS of U.S.TAX$! |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's not like I'm even asking for a lot here either |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. That would require more than just medical marijuana legalization |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. & it is TIME to do it! |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Tell that to Martha Coakley |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't get it |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. She led the oppostion to the marijuana decriminalization bill in the previous election |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I certainly wasn't aware of that |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is this going to be yet another thread... |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yet you drive on those same highways where people might be drunk |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. In theory, I agree with you. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You and I agree on the basics, except I draw the opposite conclusion |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. At least you and I... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. you're also wrong about alternatives to cannabis for many people |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The right to choose. The right to control one's body. The right to a pain-free exit if term. ill. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Your respoinse ignores the reality that the Portuguese decriminalization experiment works |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. marijuana has been criminal for only 70 years - far less time than it was legal |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. WE ALL NEED TO TWEET HIM ABOUT IT! & ALL OF THE MEDIA TOO! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Bullshit. Pot WILL be legalized. Momentum is building & the status quo is |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hopefully this action will be the impetus to get voters to the polls to legalize in CA and CO |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. It is much more than about what is RIGHT! It is about THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE NEVER been able |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. The cynical thing about the bumper sticker phrase "Change that you can believe in" is that it |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. U are VERY welcome! NOW if we can ONLY GET MORE PEOPLE TO CARE ENOUGH to TAKE THIS ISSUE to the |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. What does FDR have to do with it? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. FDR came out against Prohibition of alcohol during his inaugural convention, because Al Smith |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. LEGALIZE IT, REGULATE IT, TAX IT. FUCKING ENOUGH ALREADY. |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. EXACTLY! IT IS TIME! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. He'd have to do something about jobs to be another FDR anyway, and he's not interested in that. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. He shouldn't think of himself as FDR for a lot of reasons. The biggest one being right of Nixon. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. To be another FDR he would have to protect/reregulate the banking system, |
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