A message to liberals and conservatives.
To My Liberal Friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great.
Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wish.
To My Conservative Friends:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
More on the war on drugs
This is someone else's words. They said it better than I could.
"The funniest thing is, extremely potent weed, coca, and opium extracts were entirely legal in the United States essentially from its founding. For hundreds of years, anybody could easily acquire the best morphine and cocaine for extremely cheap from any drug store. There was no "drug problem". There were no gangs, or cartels, or turf wars. Cannabis Sativa was either the first, second, or third most prescribed medicine throughout all of the eighteenth century. Fast forward a hundred years, and you have innocent people dying by the thousands in Mexico because of the idiotic self-righteousness of some puritan lawmakers.
That's what happens when you prohibit a product with extremely high demand. The illegality jacks up the price so much that anybody can see how lucrative dealing is. Prohibition does nothing to stop drugs and drug use, it merely makes the drugs more dangerous, dirtier, and places the manufacture and distribution of the substances in the hands of murderous thugs, instead of scientists in lab coats and fancy buildings.
Oh, and the cost? Holy jesus, do you know how much money our government flushes away each year solely on marijuana eradication? Just think about the untold billions spent chopping down all those plants...and yet cannabis remains the #1 cash crop in the United States, and teenagers report they can acquire it far more easily than they can alcohol and cigarettes. That is the DEFINITION of waste.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
We've been doin the same ol' thing for quite some time now, and all we have to show for it are record coca cultivation in South America, massacre of civilians on a truly massive scale in Mexico, and terrorists funding themselves through heroin sales. How anybody can not see that a radical new strategy is needed is fucking beyond me."
Indeed. However, I don't think drug laws are meant to eradicate the drug problem. It's usually "let's see how sadistic we can be towards druggies and make it legal, and whether it actually eradicates the problem... that doesn't matter, as long as we get our jollies off."
There are tried and true methods to lower drug use and drug-related crime, but unfortunately, with those methods you don't get to tell other people what to do with their bodies.
"The funniest thing is, extremely potent weed, coca, and opium extracts were entirely legal in the United States essentially from its founding. For hundreds of years, anybody could easily acquire the best morphine and cocaine for extremely cheap from any drug store. There was no "drug problem". There were no gangs, or cartels, or turf wars. Cannabis Sativa was either the first, second, or third most prescribed medicine throughout all of the eighteenth century. Fast forward a hundred years, and you have innocent people dying by the thousands in Mexico because of the idiotic self-righteousness of some puritan lawmakers.
That's what happens when you prohibit a product with extremely high demand. The illegality jacks up the price so much that anybody can see how lucrative dealing is. Prohibition does nothing to stop drugs and drug use, it merely makes the drugs more dangerous, dirtier, and places the manufacture and distribution of the substances in the hands of murderous thugs, instead of scientists in lab coats and fancy buildings.
Oh, and the cost? Holy jesus, do you know how much money our government flushes away each year solely on marijuana eradication? Just think about the untold billions spent chopping down all those plants...and yet cannabis remains the #1 cash crop in the United States, and teenagers report they can acquire it far more easily than they can alcohol and cigarettes. That is the DEFINITION of waste.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
We've been doin the same ol' thing for quite some time now, and all we have to show for it are record coca cultivation in South America, massacre of civilians on a truly massive scale in Mexico, and terrorists funding themselves through heroin sales. How anybody can not see that a radical new strategy is needed is fucking beyond me."
Indeed. However, I don't think drug laws are meant to eradicate the drug problem. It's usually "let's see how sadistic we can be towards druggies and make it legal, and whether it actually eradicates the problem... that doesn't matter, as long as we get our jollies off."
There are tried and true methods to lower drug use and drug-related crime, but unfortunately, with those methods you don't get to tell other people what to do with their bodies.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Bush dodged that shoe!
Damn. That was impressive.
And to be fair, the guy who threw it had damn good aim.
I am no Bush fan, but no American should be hit with a shoe thrown by a foreigner, specially not the president! That really would have embarrassed the entire country.
To all Americans saying you wish he got hit: You are a traitor.
And to be fair, the guy who threw it had damn good aim.
I am no Bush fan, but no American should be hit with a shoe thrown by a foreigner, specially not the president! That really would have embarrassed the entire country.
To all Americans saying you wish he got hit: You are a traitor.
Liberals oppose people saving for their future
Because to save money must mean you have extra money. Having extra money is a bad thing because that means you are depriving someone else of that money. Some people don't even have food.
People should be arrested and punished by the government for saving a.k.a. being greedy.
(THIS IS WHAT LIBERALS ACTUALLY THINK)
People should be arrested and punished by the government for saving a.k.a. being greedy.
(THIS IS WHAT LIBERALS ACTUALLY THINK)
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The government legalized drugs
Just not the American government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7757050.stm There is a video along with the article.
"Supporters say it has had positive results - getting long-term addicts out of Switzerland's once notorious "needle parks" and reducing drug-related crime."
Well that's a good thing... right? I think so.
Frankly, I think the war on drugs has been a disaster.
"Supporters say it has had positive results - getting long-term addicts out of Switzerland's once notorious "needle parks" and reducing drug-related crime."
Well that's a good thing... right? I think so.
Frankly, I think the war on drugs has been a disaster.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
GOP reformation
It's been said by everyone, so I might as well say it too: the GOP needs to be reformed!
What TURNS PEOPLE OFF is Republican social policies, and the Republicans won't budge. People gladly flock to the communists (liberals) because the voters care more about social policies than economic ones.
Us smart people know that economics matter 1000x more, and is what makes or breaks the entire country, but the masses do not.
The GOP needs to reform its social policy and get some voters back, or watch us become the U.S.S.A.
What TURNS PEOPLE OFF is Republican social policies, and the Republicans won't budge. People gladly flock to the communists (liberals) because the voters care more about social policies than economic ones.
Us smart people know that economics matter 1000x more, and is what makes or breaks the entire country, but the masses do not.
The GOP needs to reform its social policy and get some voters back, or watch us become the U.S.S.A.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Obama's grandmother
We all heard the news about Obama's grandmother dying, it's old news. But I was thinking, WHAT 47-year-old has a living grandmother in the first place? 47!
She and Obama's mother must have been whores.
She and Obama's mother must have been whores.
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