tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post9217039460589447220..comments2023-10-31T03:23:29.373-04:00Comments on Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: A "Balanced Approach" to Drug Control?David Bratzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16356249815391506872noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-72990447557062663252010-02-04T15:20:41.200-05:002010-02-04T15:20:41.200-05:00Thanks for the comments everyone. Rhayader - great...Thanks for the comments everyone. Rhayader - great comment and I agree with you 100% (although, of course, I can't counsel civil disobedience, for reasons that are probably obvious :). I think drug policy reform will occur (and has been occuring) from the bottom up rather than the top down.David Bratzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16356249815391506872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-23075341257104568682010-02-04T14:54:57.151-05:002010-02-04T14:54:57.151-05:00It's clear that these battles will be won in s...It's clear that these battles will be won in spite of -- not along with -- the federal government. I've heard criticisms before about the medical marijuana movement and ballot initiatives and such, to the effect that this isn't the "proper" way to get something like this done. These people would prefer a top-down decision in which nothing is done without the blessing of the federal government. Well, when the government keeps the game rigged, there's not much we can do in the "proper" channels.<br /><br />So let's keep it up: the ballot initiatives, the medical laws, the city regulations, the civil disobedience. That whole wonderful confusing mess. All historical advances for the cause of freedom -- from the revolutionary war to the underground railroad to Rosa Parks -- came not from working within the established system, but from confronting it head-on. This is what we're doing right now, as we speak. The federal government will be the <b>last</b> part of the wall to crumble, not the first.Rhayaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058323741957679243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-25051554107889708122010-02-04T09:16:20.175-05:002010-02-04T09:16:20.175-05:00Viewed from this side of the pond the election of ...Viewed from this side of the pond the election of Obama seemed a bit like the election of our Mr Blair in 1997 - a young, apparently progressive new broom willing to sweep away the hopelessness caused by the previous administration. Indeed - Obama actually offered "hope", a suspiciously easy thing to offer.<br /><br />What we got with Blair of course was more of the same, there was to be no new dawn, no new way. Worse, he turned out to me not only a fake but a lying fake.<br /><br />I hope Obama isn't a Blair Mk2, but it's not looking good is it?Derekhttp://www.ukcia.org/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-27362925879379578472010-02-03T07:24:53.558-05:002010-02-03T07:24:53.558-05:00Lets see,spend 15 billion dollars and maybe kill a...Lets see,spend 15 billion dollars and maybe kill a few more cartel members and confiscate a few more tons of marijuana. Which does not phase the cartels or stop the green market. <br />Our prisons are already full,so how much is the bill going to be to build more? <br />I think we need to just let these idiots keep spending until we get to see how the next government of this country handles the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-13139499115820679252010-02-02T23:28:43.395-05:002010-02-02T23:28:43.395-05:00Same as the old boss...way to go Mr. Change!Same as the old boss...way to go Mr. Change!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-8884693398862568392010-02-02T18:44:34.804-05:002010-02-02T18:44:34.804-05:00It can't be possible that the Obama administra...It can't be possible that the Obama administration would say one thing and do another {insert fake shocked look here}. He got an eye opening crash course in reality on the day he took office. The president isn't the leader of the US. he is a tool being used by the real powers that be.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239216021502788985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194774682855710383.post-90483208471370513462010-02-02T17:44:11.260-05:002010-02-02T17:44:11.260-05:00Yea... I expected this. Until we pass the Oregon C...Yea... I expected this. Until we pass the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act / Tax Cannabis 2010... This will continue in full. <br /><br />Support the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2010: http://www.cannabistaxact.org/Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970010108999563056noreply@blogger.com