I just threw Chris Dodd a fittie for his hemp stance

[zulchzulu]

https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1318/t/120/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1476

It takes gonadial glands to say we need to legalize Mary Jane.

[More Than A Feeling]

1. Except he said decriminalize, not legalize.

Perhaps that's a distinction without a difference, though.

[grasswire]

2. no, it's not

Think about it.

[msongs]

3. it pretty much means no prison time, which uncrowds the prisons a whole lot and

makes more room for people who truly belong in prison. If I recall, a huge percent of people in jail or prison are for minor drug offenses not related to any violent crime or major economic crime or say...war crimes against humanity in Iraq.

Msongs

[DCKit]

9. >600K MJ arrests per year and climbing..... still. nt

[zulchzulu]

5. I could have sworn he said "legalize"...

:smoke:

Even if it was "decriminalize"... that's a big step.

[AtomicKitten]

6. Obama supports decriminalization of the "soft drugs."

McLaughlin Group was talking about his plan a few weeks ago, and Mr. McL applauded Obama for it because he said his plan addresses the inequities in sentencing and the gross overcrowding in prisons.

w00t

edited for a link: http://www.mclaughlin.com/bb/bb.asp?topicid=2152&pagenumber=13

[eridani]

8. So does Kucinich. Has for many years n/t

[wtmusic]

4. Yes but will it sink any chances he has?

Decriminalize pot, fine. Wait until you're elected before you drop the bomb.

[lonestarnot]

7. Yes it did and he pointed out that grand overpopulation of our prison industry.

Good luck on stopping that one hugh. :shrug:

[DCKit]

10. Prison "industry," I have a problem with that.

The abuses in the commercial prison industry make Blackwater look like the Boy Scouts.

Let's just say you're a bit off mentally, really want to carry a gun and can't pass the test for the CIA, FBI or any reputable police agency: Where do you end up?

I've had several run-ins with local cops, US park police and Capitol police who shouldn't have been allowed to have weapons, so I can only imagine what it's like inside prison. There's a certain abusive mentality that searches out those positions.

[JNelson6563]

11. Great OP title

"A fittie"....hahaha I love it! I agree with you on the main point too. Rock on Senator Dodd!

Julie