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I wish everyone would cleanse more often.
They don't have enough FEMA camps to put us in if we all stick together. Divide and conquer has been a tool used since the days of Alexander the Great. It worked great then and works even better today. We have the media lying to us every day telling us what the establishment wants to tell us.
I keep hearing about these "FEMA camps" usually from right wing talk radio listening nut jobs.." Please, and i reapeat PLEASE show us just one ACTUAL example that these alleged camps exist.."
people need to stop listening to talk radio and spin doc's like Rush and Glen Beck.. morons.
There would be no schools, highways, parks... itd really be fuct .... the poor wouldnt stand a chance...no court system police... no minimum wage...
I know he's not a champion for marijuana per se, and that does stem from his social conservatism. Actually most often I adapt my arguments to respect the fact that most people do not understand or acknowledge that Obama is socially conservative. In fact, you are the first person to actually address me and say this on the internet or in real life.
Sad but true.
That said I still believe the guy thinks it's a bunch of bullshit. It just comes out of his statements. This is a guy who understands the history of the prohibition of alcohol. He gets it why it was repealed. We were losing the "war on alcohol", badly. The two situations couldn't be more analogous, and he understands that (I can't find a quote but I feel as though I've heard him reference this comparison, I am from Illinois so I've seen Obama for quite a bit longer than most).
He doesn't agree that it's the government's place to be making this decisions, and he understands that its an absolute fiscal clustrfuck-nightmare-snowball of gargantuan proportions.
He is not going to come out as a champion for MMJ because that isn't his "political identity" its not going to win him an election--and while for us "playing to the election" is about as appalling as "teaching to the test" or something similar--it is really important that we understand this is a process which is underwritten and guaranteed by the American people, not the candidates. We, as a whole, make it political suicide to do some of these types of things. Even if we hadn't it's also important to think of Obama's perspective--he needs to think about what he believes America will look like if Romney wins rather than him. This is a perspective that only he can really have, and it's a difficult one to try and wrap your head around adequately.
Do you stand up for the right thing, sink yourself, and end up putting someone into office (and essentially being willfully complicit with it) who you believe and know for yourself will do something wrong?
Or do you tell the people what they wanna hear, so that you can try to do what you know needs to be done--irrespective of what you had to do to get there.
The top one certainly sounds more noble--but it doesn't get a whole helluva lot done.
I'd say Obama is socially conservative, but that he doesn't believe social norms should come down as a dictat according to rule of law. The reason I identify so much with this is the same reason I think he believes it. I've experienced a very culturally and socially diverse upbringing.
What I've learned in that time is that both great people and absolute garbage come in all shapes, colors, sizes, and creeds. We'll do the best work if we pull that together rather than drive a lawful steak between it.
This is why things like gay marriage rights matter so much--not because of the actual thing, but because of the disconnect it causes. Its one less reason to work together as Americans, and that is the absolute last fucking thing we need right now.