Comments on: The end of prohibition http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Joe http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25886 Joe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:36:59 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25886 ding dong, can you name a few of these countries where decriminalization hasn\'t worked? ding dong, can you name a few of these countries where decriminalization hasn\’t worked?

]]> By: Craig Knauss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25870 Craig Knauss Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:11:06 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25870 Gee, the next thing you know, we'll be legalizing travel to communist China and Vietnam. Oh, wait. It's already legal, isn't it? Gee, the next thing you know, we’ll be legalizing travel to communist China and Vietnam. Oh, wait. It’s already legal, isn’t it?

]]> By: DingDong http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25869 DingDong Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:53:12 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25869 On the surface, legalization or de-criminalization of drugs seems like a good idea. But in most countries that this has been tried, it has been a failure. Increasing crime, drug users and abusers. I agree that the punishment needs to be much more lenient. It is ridiculous imprison a user for lengthy amount of time just for using. On the surface, legalization or de-criminalization of drugs seems like a good idea. But in most countries that this has been tried, it has been a failure. Increasing crime, drug users and abusers. I agree that the punishment needs to be much more lenient. It is ridiculous imprison a user for lengthy amount of time just for using.

]]> By: QuentinK http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25866 QuentinK Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:52:33 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25866 Joe is right on the drug war thing. A child molester gets out in 18 months and some guy smoking a joint in his backyard after work gets a 5 year minimum sentence??? Somebody rapes a girl, then cuts off her head and sticks it on a flagpole is eligible for a student loan UNLESS he was smoking a joint at the time. All of a sudden he has crossed the line. How about legalize pot, tax the hell out of it and use the money to keep the rapists, muderers and child molesters in for a LONG, LONG time? Oh and since their would be a tax on pot we could use that law as a way to go after the cartels. It's what we did after the first prohibition. Joe is right on the drug war thing. A child molester gets out in 18 months and some guy smoking a joint in his backyard after work gets a 5 year minimum sentence??? Somebody rapes a girl, then cuts off her head and sticks it on a flagpole is eligible for a student loan UNLESS he was smoking a joint at the time. All of a sudden he has crossed the line. How about legalize pot, tax the hell out of it and use the money to keep the rapists, muderers and child molesters in for a LONG, LONG time?

Oh and since their would be a tax on pot we could use that law as a way to go after the cartels. It’s what we did after the first prohibition.

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25865 Joe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:37:40 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25865 denny you will not see an uptick in poor drivers when marijuana is made legal. It is not like the american people are going without marijuana. Right now it is easier for a kid to buy marijuana then it is for them to buy beer. It is everywhere. If anything by making marijuana legal we would see a decrease in usage. That is exactly what happened in other countries when they decriminalized marijuana, Take a country like portugal. They decriminalized and seen a decrease in usage. Of course we could just keep building prisons and locking people up. That plan is clearly working well. We have more people smoking marijuana now then ever before. We also have more people locked up then ever before. This clearly is a win win for the people that make money off marijuana being illegal. You know drug dealers, cops, growers, lawyers, prison guard unions, judges, bankers, pfizer, miller, and politicians. Don't forget the good people making these kits to test everyone, Denny did you know that kids as young as 7th grade are subject to drug testing if they want to play sports. My favorite part of the drug war is how they deal with student loans. If you have been arrested for marijuana you can not get a student loan. If you have been arrested for rape or murder you can. That my friend is crazy. Another interesting fact is more people in columbia die from our tobacco, then americans die from columbia's coke. I also find it interesting that our government labels marijuana as a schedule one drug. Yet they have ok'ed the use of marinol, which is thc in a pill. How can they say marijuana has no medical value, but at the same time have a marijuana pill? I guess marijuna has value as long as it is developed in a lab and not in your back yard. Either way I'll keep smoking. Just wish my country didn't want to lock me up for it. If only i was a drinker. denny you will not see an uptick in poor drivers when marijuana is made legal. It is not like the american people are going without marijuana. Right now it is easier for a kid to buy marijuana then it is for them to buy beer. It is everywhere. If anything by making marijuana legal we would see a decrease in usage. That is exactly what happened in other countries when they decriminalized marijuana, Take a country like portugal. They decriminalized and seen a decrease in usage.

Of course we could just keep building prisons and locking people up. That plan is clearly working well. We have more people smoking marijuana now then ever before. We also have more people locked up then ever before. This clearly is a win win for the people that make money off marijuana being illegal. You know drug dealers, cops, growers, lawyers, prison guard unions, judges, bankers, pfizer, miller, and politicians. Don’t forget the good people making these kits to test everyone, Denny did you know that kids as young as 7th grade are subject to drug testing if they want to play sports.

My favorite part of the drug war is how they deal with student loans. If you have been arrested for marijuana you can not get a student loan. If you have been arrested for rape or murder you can. That my friend is crazy.

Another interesting fact is more people in columbia die from our tobacco, then americans die from columbia’s coke.

I also find it interesting that our government labels marijuana as a schedule one drug. Yet they have ok’ed the use of marinol, which is thc in a pill. How can they say marijuana has no medical value, but at the same time have a marijuana pill? I guess marijuna has value as long as it is developed in a lab and not in your back yard.

Either way I’ll keep smoking. Just wish my country didn’t want to lock me up for it. If only i was a drinker.

]]> By: snuss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25861 snuss Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:35:26 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25861 My only concern about travel to Cuba, is that it helps support the Castro regime, in it's repression of the Cuban people. Why do you think so many of them have, and continue to try to, reach the U.S., at great risk to their lives? My only concern about travel to Cuba, is that it helps support the Castro regime, in it’s repression of the Cuban people. Why do you think so many of them have, and continue to try to, reach the U.S., at great risk to their lives?

]]> By: denny johnson http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25857 denny johnson Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:16:47 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25857 Don't mind at all if we open the doors to travel to Cuba. We have built several playgrounds there for the kids. Also have brought in materials to assist the churches to teach the children. Have met Castro in the process. However America has a long standing reverence for God and making laws that use the common sense He put in each one of us. Legalizing marijuana seems as logical as texting while driving...... both can produce crazy drivers. Don’t mind at all if we open the doors to travel to Cuba. We have built several playgrounds there for the kids. Also have brought in materials to assist the churches to teach the children. Have met Castro in the process. However America has a long standing reverence for God and making laws that use the common sense He put in each one of us. Legalizing marijuana seems as logical as texting while driving…… both can produce crazy drivers.

]]> By: DingDong http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25852 DingDong Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25852 Got to remember, anything that is compulsion that an individual can not control should just be understood and legalized. It is the liberal way. Got to remember, anything that is compulsion that an individual can not control should just be understood and legalized. It is the liberal way.

]]> By: snuss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25846 snuss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:01:35 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2009/10/31/the-end-of-prohibition/#comment-25846 And when will you Liberal proclaim NAMBLA "mainstream"? It IS just another lifestyle choice, isn't it? And when will you Liberal proclaim NAMBLA “mainstream”? It IS just another lifestyle choice, isn’t it?

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