Palin inhaled, but still wants to jail you for inhaling

[allrollsin21]

"You realize that congress itself hasn't done crap in the last 3 years or so? It's democratic majority with approval ratings lower than Bush."


and it did not do much good the 5 years before that. If you read over the Figments post, you may see that he was saying,
"The problem is that all of this country has become so Partisan/Divided along "Party" lines that nothing is getting Done!!!!!

I pay these people to get something done....WELL FRICKIN DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN BASH THE OTHER SIDE!!!!!"

That to me is a complaint about both sides. It seems some folks are so entrenched in "their" parties that even when someone shares an idea that people are agreed on, they are met with a dispute. Such is the nature of politics.
The funniest thing about this forum is that probably 99% of the people on here are so involved they have their views and minds made up. Hence they even have the interest to post on a forum telling people what the REAL facts are!........this forum needs a lot more of this:jointsmile: and this

[flyingimam]

Quoting from CBS link

"Palin has said she doesn't support legalizing the drug, fearing the message it would send to her five children."

1st: She doesnt have to support "legalization" a mere decriminalization is by itself good enough in this traditionally conservative pool of people we live in.

2nd: A parent will teach their children what they think is right and good for them, how is that she thinks the government policy will override her teachings, something wrong there?

3rd: She smoked and inhaled weed as she has admitted to it herself, we dont know and cant know if she enjoyed it or not for fact! we probably cant even find out how long she smoked it or if it was just once. come on! anyone can smoke in secrecy alone and cover all signs and later say i didnt enjoy it and denounce it.

promoting Personal Liberty, meaning whatever i do in my private as long as it doesnt hurt any1 else's life or property is my own damn matter and nonna governments business (or anyone else's 4 that matter), is never a wrong message to send to any1's children. in fact that is the best message a righteous politician can send to their children. but if she thinks her children would have a different perception and understanding from such a message, then i highly doubt she has done any good parenting short of baseless idealistic brainwashing in regards with this subject... I think she fears it will make her children hate her as a parent! lol

[painretreat]

The problem with anyone that inhales and does it for the fun of it: They can never understand the difference between need (for medical users) and greed!
There is a big difference! I hate to have to use it or take a pill either! PR:jointsmile:

[The Figment]

You realize that congress itself hasn't done crap in the last 3 years or so? It's democratic majority with approval ratings lower than Bush. Instead of blaming a party just because it starts with an R why don't you look at the situation for what it is.

Politicians on both sides are screwing us over.

I'm not (at the moment anyways,lol) bashing Dems or The GOP....I'm lamenting the fact that as a country as a whole we have allowed ourselves to go down the path of "Divided We Fail".
History Proves that when a Country unifies in its Politics/Purpose it can become Quite the force to be reckoned with....be it for good or bad,some examples....

Roman Empire
Crusades
1st Dynasty China
Napoleon's France
The British Commonwealth of the 1800's
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia/USSR
Post WWI and WWII America

Before anyone Freaks Out....These are only examples of Country/Purpose/Politics unifying millions of people ot make a change in human history....For good or bad.

We are at a point in human history (The next 100 years) where we as a Race of people HAVE to start to Fix some of the Problems that plague the planet.
1 Global Warming.....I don't care weather or not Humans are Responsible for Global Warming,Common sense tells us that with a increasing planetary Population we better get started NOW on developing Technology/Techniques to deal with CO2 Emissions Worldwide!

2. Health/AIDS This is a no Brainer

3 Energy...Again a no brainer.....Refer to #1, swap "CO2 Emissions" with "Clean Energy Sources/Renewable Fuels.

One thing I keep hearing is "U.S.A." or "Yes We Can" Well we will see.

[The Figment]

D.P Sorry

[Reefer Rogue]

More hypocrisy from a right wing wacko. Keep regurgitating that drugs are bad rhetoric, it's very effective..

[Markass]

So you're saying that people can't try marijuana in their youth and believe it's bad when they're an adult? Maybe her experience wasn't so good with it.

I want legalization for cannabis but I don't think this makes her a hypocrite.

yeah, ultimately all it means is that she's ignorant of the facts, and not able to think far enough outside the box to realize that marijuana is as natural as it raining, or the sun shining, and given that, it's far less harmful than tobacco or alcohol in it's natural form.

And apparently she'd rather send the message to her kids that cigarettes and alcohol are okay because they're legal or something..Age old excuse..Oh, the children. It would be better to send a message of common sense.

[daihashi]

yeah, ultimately all it means is that she's ignorant of the facts, and not able to think far enough outside the box to realize that marijuana is as natural as it raining, or the sun shining, and given that, it's far less harmful than tobacco or alcohol in it's natural form.

And apparently she'd rather send the message to her kids that cigarettes and alcohol are okay because they're legal or something..Age old excuse..Oh, the children. It would be better to send a message of common sense.

Ugh.. I won't even touch this one

Everyone here is so pro marijuana (so am I) that they don't even use common sense anymore...

She has 5 kids.. that's all I have to say, if you can't figure out why that would be her stance then I have nothing to say.

Ignorance, yes because the definition of ignorance is being uneducated in a subject, but a hypocrite no. In regards to alcohol and cigarettes; you would have to condemn every politician in power for that so don't use that to try to exemplify hypocrisy.

[apocolips31]

Ugh.. I won't even touch this one

Everyone here is so pro marijuana (so am I) that they don't even use common sense anymore...

She has 5 kids.. that's all I have to say, if you can't figure out why that would be her stance then I have nothing to say.

Ignorance, yes because the definition of ignorance is being uneducated in a subject, but a hypocrite no. In regards to alcohol and cigarettes; you would have to condemn every politician in power for that so don't use that to try to exemplify hypocrisy.

If you think weed is so safe, what is the problem with letting her kids smoke it if they choose at a reasonable age of course? I can see the problem with Alcohol and cigarettes but, weed?

[daihashi]

If you think weed is so safe, what is the problem with letting her kids smoke it if they choose at a reasonable age of course? I can see the problem with Alcohol and cigarettes but, weed?

It's not my belief that's being question. The point is she tried weed, thought it was bad, has kids... it's not unusual for her and many parents to not want to advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

Do I agree with it, No, do I understand where she might be coming from due to ignorance.. yes.

And again you bring up alcohol and cigarettes. You would have to blame the majority of the united states. Remember even though we're part of a pro cannabis community it can be easy to forget that we're in the minority here, not them. It doesn't make it just, but the majority will always rule over the minority.

All I'm saying here people is use some common sense before you judge someone. There's been nearly 100 years of anti marijuana propaganda. Do you honestly wonder why she would be against the use of Marijuana.

Again I do not agree with her stance, but I understand her position.