Marijuana and small government righty's
Hello experts:
I don't know.
I BELIEVE righty's when they talk about small government... That's why I don't understand how THEY don't understand, why the DEA is a prime example of BIG GOVERNMENT.
Righty's mouth the words about government interference in your life, but believe they have the RIGHT to tell you what to do with your own body, and believe they have the RIGHT to hire police forces with guns to enforce it.
I truly don't understand the disconnect. Ordinarily, righty's seem to be like you and me. You can't tell 'em apart by looking... But, utter a few choice words in their presence, and they'll stick out like sore thumbs. Yup, like preprogrammed zombies, when they hear words like Gitmo or marijuana, they actually lose their minds.
Point of fact, Senator Charles Grassley, (R) of Iowa, a long-time proponent of small government, does not object to the crass interference into the lives of American citizens perpetrated for more than 40 years by the so called War on Drugs. Are states' rights and personal liberty only catch phrases for Grassley and his cohorts, or is true application of these principles too threatening to contemplate?
Apparently so, for Grassley recently criticized Eric Holder and the Obama administration for the decision to no longer target medical cannabis dispensaries which comply with state law.
Since I've been posting stuff about marijuana, our local righty's have ALL said that they believe pot should be legal, and they don't engage me... But, I want to know if they've DONE anything about it, instead of just mouthing words. It is, after all, THEIR party who is blocking the way.
By the way, the trouble on our southern border would END in a moment, if we ENDED the drug war.
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