NM Politics & The NMMCP

[CFO]

Welcome one and all. Look forward to reading your posts.

[alfonso2002]

Nice to hear that there is intrest in using hemp in so many ways.The plant of many wonders will show it's colors. We have been so mislead that most people just can't get it.

[ManOBuds]

Thanks for that info RG.Now come on now CFO" What we need is a new President " I don't think any republican running would b any better.What would be best is that cannabis to changed to a class 2 drug.

Ron Paul would be better.

[ManOBuds]

Thanks CFO for your commitment to call your legislator - that is the most important thing any of us can do. As for the politics, I'll admit that I am a proud Independent and I agree that Gary Johnson would probably be a better choice for president. Go Gary! Meantime, the fact is that Democrats carried this bill through the legislature and continue to be the stronger base of support for our program. And this program would not even exist if not for the efforts of one specific woman who ran the DPA and made cannabis therapy her absolute priority. Those are just the facts. Many of my colleagues in this industry are proud Republicans and they are the ones that I am imploring to make some noise. Democrats or Republicans, we all support our returning veterans of war and this program has proved itself to be extremely beneficial to many who suffer from PTSD. We need to put politics aside and work together to garner more support to protect this program from people like Jim Smith and other ultra conservatives who see this medical program as some sort of threat.

Gary Johnson lost my support when he voted for Susana Martinez.

[allwx]

Ron Paul isn't really a repub. He'll never be president, and unfortunately he isn't a very good promoter of reform of the marijuana laws. Most people think he's just a daffy old man. I'm afraid Gov Johnson has a similar problem. Whenever he gets on camera he seems stunned. My guess is that people think he's high on weed.

Even if one of these two got elected pres, they would find a long long road to legalization. Laws are passed only by Congress. We know there are several bills sitting on the table in the House to reform the weed laws. They aren't going anywhere, because the legislators are afraid of the blowback from the public. The public is split about 50-50. If there was any kind of misstep, a Congressman or president could find himself in a firestorm of public outcry. Remember how Clinton came in in 92 singing about ending military's ban on homosexuals? That was his first project, and it caused a huge uproar in Congress and the public that led to don't-ask-don't-tell and an educational lesson for the new president. He thought it would sail right on through.

I remember sitting in a bunker in Vietnam in 1969 and hearing one of my friends say he was certain weed would be legal within five years. NOt only did that not happen, but the weed laws got even worse after that. So I say, don't be too hard on pres. Obama. He will act when the time is right. I wouldn't expect any changes before his reelection, once pressure is off. For him to do something like this now, with so little to gain and so much to lose, would be insane. He might pick up a few votes, but Romney and the other GOPs would howl like wolves. Moreover, a large failure like that would set the legalization movement back 30 years. We need to be smart.

[alfonso2002]

allwx I agree with you totally.

[InsuranceGuy]

Emailed every one!!!

[allwx]

Same here. I may write a few actual letters tomorrow. I wish I'd known about the meeting earlier. I might've gone. I guess I should pay closer attention to the goings-on up in Santa Fe.

[ManOBuds]

Gary Johnson isn't a republican.I don't think you understand what a real Republican is......Ron Paul is a true Constitutionalist Republican,not a neoCon like these current pretenders.Ron will "never be President" because the controlled media has convinced you and others that he won't,so you won't vote for him like a good sheep.

Ron Paul isn't really a repub. He'll never be president, and unfortunately he isn't a very good promoter of reform of the marijuana laws. Most people think he's just a daffy old man. I'm afraid Gov Johnson has a similar problem. Whenever he gets on camera he seems stunned. My guess is that people think he's high on weed.

Even if one of these two got elected pres, they would find a long long road to legalization. Laws are passed only by Congress. We know there are several bills sitting on the table in the House to reform the weed laws. They aren't going anywhere, because the legislators are afraid of the blowback from the public. The public is split about 50-50. If there was any kind of misstep, a Congressman or president could find himself in a firestorm of public outcry. Remember how Clinton came in in 92 singing about ending military's ban on homosexuals? That was his first project, and it caused a huge uproar in Congress and the public that led to don't-ask-don't-tell and an educational lesson for the new president. He thought it would sail right on through.

I remember sitting in a bunker in Vietnam in 1969 and hearing one of my friends say he was certain weed would be legal within five years. NOt only did that not happen, but the weed laws got even worse after that. So I say, don't be too hard on pres. Obama. He will act when the time is right. I wouldn't expect any changes before his reelection, once pressure is off. For him to do something like this now, with so little to gain and so much to lose, would be insane. He might pick up a few votes, but Romney and the other GOPs would howl like wolves. Moreover, a large failure like that would set the legalization movement back 30 years. We need to be smart.

[allwx]

Actually, I form all my own opinions. I've watched the Paul People for years. They look good on the surface, but once a thoughtful examination is done, it becomes apparent that their libertarian program represents nothing more (or less) than a return to an earlier age. Say, around 1830. If that is your idea of a good thing, then by all means waste your vote on Ron Paul. Most people, and by most I mean a substantial majority of adult American people, are progressive. In 1830 there was barely a telegraph, steam engines were new technology, the Federal Gov't didn't do very much except maintain the military and keep the states from going to war with each other. You may've noticed, times have changed.

And they aren't going to change back. And that's why I know that Ron Paul will never be President. And don't forget, he named his son Rand. As in, Ayn Rand. Anyone who still admires Ayn Rand into his seventies has probably got something loose somewhere. And I don't mean to insult you, but you DID come at me with the Sheeple thing. I'd suggest a little less inflammation.