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They're all damn good Democrats too. :mrgreen:
They are now!
They're all damn good Democrats too. :mrgreen:
Quite possibly. If I recall, the over all trend for people who've been in prison is to re-offend with more serious crimes than the last times. So while these people may have been in prison for non-violence crimes, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that they'd re-offend with violence crimes? And if so, on whom are would they be inflicting their violent crimes? Innocent citizens?
If all that adds up and follows, wouldn't a reasonable conclusion be that Obama has enabled the death and injury on innocent US citizens?
Yet more laughable, Pollyanna hand-wringing, trypical of the idiotic Reefer Madness mindset: "In the face of the human deaths and destruction being wrought by marijuana legalization in Colorado..." "...exposing the “seven great myths about marijuana” that have driven this unfolding disaster..."
Alarmist and emotional claptrap for suckers.
And? It's simply a matter of free market principles. Why do they frighten you so? When MJ is finally fedrally legalized, this won't be an issue.
No, it doesn't. It has some social conservative big gob't nanny statists up in arms, put people brining MJ into Kansas simply isn't a 'problem'.
You have absolutely zero clue what you're talking about.
That was the roll call from your link. soo...
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If they still have the felony on their record then they won't be able to get decent jobs very easily.
That's the MJ trade, not MJ, and it must be nice to have such an active fantasy life that you have to pretend you seem them every day.
Legalize it fully and that all goes *poof* away.
But don't let reality spoil your fantasy.
The best way to prevent that is to implement programs in prison to mitigate recidivism.
They'll be back in prison before you know it.
Kinda hard to deny the realities on the ground in Colorado, as shown in the citations posted, and a number of others from local LEOs.
Isn't it a premise of the left that unregulated free markets aren't necessarily a good thing? This may be one instance of it.
You don't acknowledge the possibility that should the drug trade in Colorado continue, much as they did in the Mexican border towns, that a similar outcome is possible? Why not?
People are people, whether they be Mexican or American. They are bound to react pretty similarly to pretty much the same situation, wouldn't they?
Every time I pick up the paper where I am, Sinaloa Mexico, I see deaths. I mean it is an everyday occurrence.
Quite possibly. If I recall, the over all trend for people who've been in prison is to re-offend with more serious crimes than the last times. So while these people may have been in prison for non-violence crimes, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that they'd re-offend with violence crimes? And if so, on whom are would they be inflicting their violent crimes? Innocent citizens?
If all that adds up and follows, wouldn't a reasonable conclusion be that Obama has enabled the death and injury on innocent US citizens?
Sinaloa is not Colorado.
I hope every case was examined I want to know what the original charge was and not what they pleaded it down to.
Also if these were drug dealers and not just his pet drug users, then there will be more deaths to come from this group.
That is what drug dealers do.
Don't think I ever used the word disaster in my post. Do you frequently put words in other people's mouths?No, not really. The numbers don't add up to a 'disaster'.
What would you call it then? Not the legal MJ market, but the illegal, black market one. How is that regulated?This isn't a an unregulated free market.
The differences between CO and the Mexican border and town on it are evident to anyone rational observing them. That you don't see this tells me you're likely unfamiliar wi them.
Nope. Utterly diferent culture, utterly different legal system.
Quite possibly. If I recall, the over all trend for people who've been in prison is to re-offend with more serious crimes than the last times. So while these people may have been in prison for non-violence crimes, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that they'd re-offend with violence crimes? And if so, on whom are would they be inflicting their violent crimes? Innocent citizens?
If all that adds up and follows, wouldn't a reasonable conclusion be that Obama has enabled the death and injury on innocent US citizens?
After they murder a few people and then Obama can drone on some more about we need to ban guns.
Barack Obama commutes the sentences of more than fifty felons with firearms violations « Hot Air
Why was it necessary to release all these people? More than ever in history. Drug addicts, drug dealers... what a bunch of great people. All non violent, not hurting anyone. Tell that to someone that's lost a a brother/son/etc... to drug use. Can't wait until one of these druggies moves into the neighborhood, cause, you know, it's all non violent. That's a line he tells the idiots who will swallow it without question. The bedrock of the Democrat party.Interesting, a post riddled with unsubstantiated conjecture often well outside the bounds of normal logic. Why is reasonable to assume a non-violent offender would re-offend with violent crimes? What a ridiculous statement! "If I recall" is not substantiation.... its taking you misguided impressions and selling them off as fact. That kind of reckless disregard for the truth might be considered a "lie" by many.
Start with the fact that most of this commutations were for drug offenses. These are not crimes that we often put people in prison for today.
Try substantiating your post with 3rd party evidence and try again. Otherwise stop wasting space in hyperspace with this nonsense.
All drugs should be legal. It is none of the government's business what drugs I put into my body...NONE AT ALL.
So those of them that were non-violent and drug possession/sale I am (without knowing the details of any of the cases) 100% in agreement with.
Plus, drug laws are - intentionally or not - racist in America.
Crack is used overwhelmingly by African Americans. Cocaine by other 'races' primarily.
The penalty for possession of 1 gram of cocaine is the same as 100 grams of crack. Yet on the street, they cost about the same. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Based on what little I know of this...GOOD FOR OBAMA.
Interesting, a post riddled with unsubstantiated conjecture often well outside the bounds of normal logic. Why is reasonable to assume a non-violent offender would re-offend with violent crimes? What a ridiculous statement!
"If I recall" is not substantiation.... its taking you misguided impressions and selling them off as fact. That kind of reckless disregard for the truth might be considered a "lie" by many.
Start with the fact that most of this commutations were for drug offenses. These are not crimes that we often put people in prison for today.
Try substantiating your post with 3rd party evidence and try again. Otherwise stop wasting space in hyperspace with this nonsense.
All drugs should be legal. It is none of the government's business what drugs I put into my body...NONE AT ALL.
So those of them that were non-violent and drug possession/sale I am (without knowing the details of any of the cases) 100% in agreement with.
Plus, drug laws are - intentionally or not - racist in America.
Crack is used overwhelmingly by African Americans. Cocaine by other 'races' primarily.
The penalty for possession of 1 gram of cocaine is the same as 100 grams of crack. Yet on the street, they cost about the same. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Based on what little I know of this...GOOD FOR OBAMA.
Don't think I ever used the word disaster in my post. Do you frequently put words in other people's mouths?
What would you call it then? Not the legal MJ market, but the illegal, black market one. How is that regulated?
I guess we can only hope that this bears out.
If you're of age, I don't really care how you abuse yourself.All drugs should be legal. It is none of the government's business what drugs I put into my body...NONE AT ALL.
OK. Fair enough.Nor did I say you did. It was a quote ffrom your linked articles.
Even with a legal and regulated market in place, The illegal black market continues to exist. Wasn't one of the promises of making a legal market possible that it would kill off the illegal one? It hasn't.It's self-regulated, due to its illegal nature. That's the problem.
There's always the hope that they don't. But I think it still a reasonable position to hold that there is still a risk to be concerned about that they could.I just don't see any rational or sreasonable comparison between the two. I've been to both, and I don't find it credible that somehow CO towns would turn into something akin to Mexican border towns.
Under the new initiative, the department will prioritize clemency applications from inmates who meet all of the following factors:
· They are currently serving a federal sentence in prison and, by operation of law, likely would have received a substantially lower sentence if convicted of the same offense(s) today;
· They are non-violent, low-level offenders without significant ties to large scale criminal organizations, gangs or cartels;
· They have served at least 10 years of their prison sentence;
· They do not have a significant criminal history;
· They have demonstrated good conduct in prison; and
· They have no history of violence prior to or during their current term of imprisonment.