tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post2720000719186099512..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Now You're Just Scaring MePersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-35577768767398025392009-05-20T13:00:01.036-04:002009-05-20T13:00:01.036-04:00I was once a Republican. Guys like this are why I ...I was once a Republican. Guys like this are why I quit. Actually G.W. Bush was the final insult but religious freakazoids certainly helped me along with my exit.<br /><br />I am conservative on some issues and completely liberal on others. At one time the Republicans were a decent fit. Although I called myself a liberal Republican. However the parties endless spiral in to the grip of big government and cross kissing has pushed me way out of the "big tent"Rykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424545934239146403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-91404110475943066712009-05-20T10:38:43.754-04:002009-05-20T10:38:43.754-04:00Based on my limited experience, the one attribute ...Based on my limited experience, the one attribute that all conservatives share is an enormous ability to endure the suffering of others.GarageDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399828220100913111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-15604043593856458922009-05-20T03:53:49.667-04:002009-05-20T03:53:49.667-04:00gah! jail time for rec drug use (or drug addiction...gah! jail time for rec drug use (or drug addiction for that matter) has been PROVEN to not work! i was AT that meeting, 14 years ago in the State Juvenile detention, as a volunteer i was tapped to play secretary.<br />they never published those findings. but *I* was there, and let me tell you the finding.<br />if you incarcerate a 15 year old for a minor drug charge (doesn't matter if its felony or misdemeaner, and btw the felony/misdemeanor is more about race than anythng IME.), when that 15 year old is released at 18, now you have a guy with an actual habit, generally something harder, and *more criminal skills(<br /><br />prision: serving the educational needs of criminals, one lockpick at a time...<br /><br />why the hell are drug users sent to prison anyway, instead of rehab - rehab that actually as a *chance* of getting the "criminal" to stop his crimes, without teaching him more crimes! and without ruining some guys life TOTALLY because he grows his own pot for is OWN use (also, his wife, and his mother with cancer. it goes without saying that neither pay for pot. and so he is in jail for FOUR YEARS as a "dealer" even though he wasn't! what kind of job can he get NOW? chances are ober 65% that it will have to be criminal - no one will hire anyone with a felony...denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-53604728843923711902009-05-19T14:51:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:51:00.000-04:00anonymous wins the thread, btw.
beamstalk: he was...anonymous wins the thread, btw.<br /><br />beamstalk: he was to be the example that would, like Mr. Adams said, dissuade others from possessing/selling drugs on a school campus.<br /><br />haven't you noticed how students never have/sell/use drugs at school anymore?PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-2049448713693209542009-05-19T14:49:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:49:00.000-04:00Actually, I think a commentator on Krugman's new b...Actually, I think a commentator on Krugman's new blog post on Conservatism's intellectual bankruptcy, had a really interesting take on Conservatism.<br /><br />He basically called it an ideology to find a higher reason to justify their selfishness and greed. Prime example is how much of a heroine Ayn Rand is for most movement conservatives (and Reagan).<br /><br />The irony, however, is that man (and many animals) is actually biologically designed for generosity, and selfless behavior. Thats the only way we could have survived against much larger, stronger, faster animals that wanted to hunt us for food....<br /><br />Conservatives, however, insist that their moral deficiencies are actually a human condition, and liberals are "soft".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-81791895380937365012009-05-19T14:39:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:39:00.000-04:00of course not. the DEA doesn't benefit from the wa...of course not. the DEA doesn't benefit from the war on drugs, do they?<br /><br />i have a friend who has had a longstanding problem with drugs. he has been arrested many times for possession. he is utterly harmless, but his life was completely ruined, when at age 15, they enacted the zero tolerance policies and he was tried as an adult, and put in prison for 2 years because he gave one ritalin to another girl at school. <br /><br />she took ritalin. she had simply forgotten her dose that day.<br /><br />they stuck a naive 15 year old boy in with rapists and murderers and now we're all supposed to be surprised how he turned out.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-33816964492272943182009-05-19T14:29:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:29:00.000-04:00Oh and on the drug issue, according too here, most...Oh and on the drug issue, according too <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" TITLE="http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/demand/speakout/index.html">here</A>, most of these drug possession charges are actually plea bargained down and they are real hard asses that deserve to be in prison.<br /><br />I mean you can believe the US Drug Enforcement Agency right? They wouldn't be saying that just to protect their job right? Kind of like Oil companies paying Climate Change Denialists, there is no hidden agenda here.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-20511309703808522352009-05-19T14:07:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:07:00.000-04:00Actually the reason I don't have children is becau...Actually the reason I don't have children is because I am afraid I will be raping them with chainsaws. Every time I buy condoms I check out the chainsaw section, just in case one breaks.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.com