Save Kids - End the War on Drugs

Kevin Sabet, supposedly a "drug expert" said, "The scientific consensus is that legalization (of marijuana) would increase use, especially among kids, and I think that is not something the President wants to happen under his watch." Only sorta-half true, the second half. The real issue is that a national politician who wants to win can't afford to endorse legalization, but s/he could byGod leave the states smart enough to legalize the hell alone! And if the U.S. really gave a care about Mexico, they'd (the U.S.) legalize it. An increase in use among kids is a concern? Ha! Make tobacco products and alcohol illegal and I might believe about concern for kids. But America wised up about alcohol, after essentially creating a market for gangsters. Take the market away and save Mexico - if you are concerned about Mexican kids.
I taught 7th and 8th graders on an Indian reservation and I caught them with pot. The "War on Drugs" has merely served as a front to give military weapons to foreign dictators -it's a part of the military/industrial complex. It's just one more way to separate poor and middle-class Americans from our money and send it overseas. Just like our jobs.

Seen a Christian lately?

I was brought up Southern Baptist, and I still remember some sermons and Sunday School lessons. Damn right. Our/your Republican leaders are not Christians. They say the government can't do any good. Right, THEY are not capable of running the government to do good, only to waste money on wars. The demonization of government begun by Ronald Reagan is feeding the fires of hate groups in America. The Constitution is our guide for how to run government, and it's done by politics, so they are demonizing our Constitution as they demonize government. It's all about the SUPERrich robbing the poor and it's done with a flag in one hand and a Bible in the other. Right-wing Christians can't even recognize Christian behavior when they see it. I see it - in Barack Obama.

Another Civil War? Insanity

An attorney associated with the Michigan Republican Party said that maybe "...  armed rebellion..."  was justified in light of the Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare.
I first heard people talking about a "new Civil War" over a decade ago. I heard it from my father (a WWII veteran) and from a rightward fanatic "Christian." The NRA is wayyyyy beyond the 2nd amendment (secret: it has a dependent introductory clause, shhh, don't mention it). The US had a Congressperson shot in the head and we, as a nation, as a government, didn't even have a discussion about gun laws! Anderson Cooper had on his show a Democrat who compared Tea Party tactics to the early days of Nazi Brown Shirts and said to him, "In the wake of this shooting, isn't it time to tone down the rhetoric." ! Some of those nuts out there with huge gun collections really think there will be chaos in the streets - and soon. They are counting on the police and other authorities to turn their heads, like some New Orleans cops did after Hurricane Katrina. One definition of insanity would be to think that, even if all the "militias", sovereign citizens, and gun-toting religious nuts worked together, they could defeat the United States military and police power! This is why we need to keep a mature adult in the White House! A real Christian gentleman. Barack Obama.