Quote Originally Posted by Phunnyman
You couldn't be more wrong on your statement in my opinion. It was the individual state governments that decided to use corporate prisons to reduce costs because of guess what? State budgets out of control. Hello California?

No FEDERAL prison is operated by a corporation.

It is so easy for some of you to blame President Bush and his administration when in fact it is CONGRESS that made and allowed decisions such as these. Who has controlled congress for most of the past 60 years? The democrats.

Marijuana was made illegal in 1938 under a machine gun law, by who? Democrats who controlled congress because of what? Racism fueled by economic hardships whites were having in finding jobs. Look it up.

True conservatives want government including the dea and everyone else out of our lives, because the best government is the one that governs the least. It is up to the states to grow a set of balls and exert states rights as to what is legal and illegal in their boundry's. I suggest reading the Federalist Papers.

Voting democrat today only increases socialism and communism to further increase as seen from the past year. Bush was by no means perfect, but blaming ONE person is to state that ONE person runs this country. NOT TRUE!

I teach political science and economics at both the high school and university level. I hold PhD's in both. It is the socialist mind set that thinks the democrat party who has enabled people to remain dependent upon government for DECADES, starting with welfare in the thirties. And that was supposed to be a temporary program. Look at it now.... a way of life for so many who refuse to look for work. (some people do deserve to be on it because of issues they are unable to overcome) All people who vote democrat are really doing is SWITCHING MASTERS and inviting more expanded government control into their lives, and allowing their liberties to be further trampled.

The Great Depression was created by Roosevelt and his administration and congress. (Never let a crisis go unused...sound familiar? Obama and this socialist congress are using the exact same tactics, and the exact same outcome is coming....), It was a recession that begun under Hoovers administration as a result of no banking oversight, easily overextended credit, investing through speculation, and states that could not control their own budgets....sound familiar again?) These are facts. Roosevelt expanded government so greatly and deeply during that recession, that it became a depression that took a decade and a world war to pull our country out of. History is repeating itself, again.

Marijuana dispenseries were in fact in operation in California during the Bush years, many actually started during his presidency, it was the state of California that has not until recently had the balls to exert states rights, and trying to force the dea to abide by their state laws and is still dealing with that issue.

I don't care who anyone votes for, but I respectfully would suggest looking at the facts before making comments about parties and assigning blame when in fact it is the exact oppostite.
Another kool aid republican.

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