Marijuana
I have no vested interest in the topic of the legalization of drugs. I’m not a user, so I have no dreams of trying to make the world see that pot should be legal. I’ve never once smoked a joint in my life, let alone been drunk. All that said, I believe it should be legal.
Why?
There is no way that we, a free society, can say that we are truly free without being able to do what we want with our bodies. The government should have no ability to say what we can and cannot do with our lives as long as we do not impact the life, liberty or safety of another individual(s).
What is one of the largest connectors of people during social gatherings? Alcohol. I’m sorry to say that no matter what anyone tries to tell you, the reality is that modern society is a drug society. The irony is the legal drugs (Alcohol and Tobacco) are considered more harmful, physically, than marijuana when that is very debatable.
Why is marijuana illegal?
Racisim and corporate profits.
Did you hear about Congresswoman Maxine Waters?
In her heroic efforts to provide the much needed bailout funds to the banking industry, she forgot to mention her connection to a bank she was helping to provide bailout funds to:
Top federal regulators say they were taken aback when they learned that a California congresswoman who helped set up a meeting with bankers last year had family financial ties to a bank whose chief executive asked them for up to $50 million in special bailout funds.
Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, requested the September meeting on behalf of executives at OneUnited, one of the nation’s largest black-owned banks. Ms. Waters’s husband, Sidney Williams, had served on the bank’s board until early last year and has owned at least $250,000 of its stock.
But Congresswoman Waters doesn’t seem to see it that way, and all of a sudden it’s about a “minorities”:
And Friday morning, Waters blasted back: “Recent press reports have raised questions about my advocacy on behalf of minority banks. Ultimately, however, these articles only revealed one thing: I am indeed an advocate for minority banks. Despite my public and consistent advocacy, news reports suggest that somehow I have acted improperly.”
Let me help you break it down, Ms. Waters – The issue isn’t minority banks, it’s about you and your family potentially benefiting from public funds. A bank that employed your husband, that you had investments in, has benefited because of your potentially illegal actions and political connections.
This has nothing to do with race or being a minority, it’s about conflict of interest.
New law in Cook County Illinois says people selling real estate must provide thumb print
I don’t even know where to start on this one…
The new law, which is set to go into effect June 1, 2009, will force anyone selling property in Cook County to provide a thumbprint from their right hand.
“No more so than any law abiding citizen walking down the sidewalk should be fingerprinted; just for selling my house, that’s ridiculous,” said Gerald Cain of Land Acquisitions, Inc.
Ok, I need to go play some Bioshock after hearing that…
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