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Texas Leaders v. Obama
topdawgnc
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He is a threat to the establishment in DC, so he is portrayed as such. Sounds like you fell for it.
1. Eviscerate Entitlements: Believes that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are unconstitutional, and has compared the failure of federal courts to strike them down to the courts' failure to abolish slavery in the 19th century.
2. Lay Off Half His Cabinet: Wants to abolish half of all federal agencies, including the departments of Energy, Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Labor.
3. Enable State Extremism: Would let states set their own policies on abortion, gay marriage, prayer in school, and most other issues.
4. Protect Sexual Predators' Privacy: Voted against requiring operators of wi-fi networks who discover the transmission of child porn and other forms online sex predation to report it to the government.
5. Rescind the Bin Laden Raid: Instead of authorizing the Navy Seals to take him out, President Paul would have sought Pakistan's cooperation to arrest him.
6. Simplify the Census: The questions posed by the Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey, which collects demographics data such as age, race, and income, are "both ludicrous and insulting," Paul says.
7. Let the Oldest Profession Be: Paul wants to legalize prostitution at the federal level.
8. Legalize All Drugs: Including cocaine and heroin.
9. Keep Monopolies Intact: Opposes federal antitrust legislation, calling it "much more harmful than helpful." Thinks that monopolies can be controlled by protecting "the concept of the voluntary contract."
10. Lay Off Ben Bernanke: Would abolish the Federal Reserve and revert to use of currencies that are backed by hard assets such as gold.
11. Stop Policing the Environment: Believes that climate change is no big deal and the Environmental Protection Agency is unnecessary. Most environmental problems can be addressed by enforcing private-property rights. Paul also thinks that interstate issues such as air pollution are best dealt with through compacts between states.
12. Not Do Anything, but Still...: Would not have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because it was a "massive violation of private property and contract, which are the bedrocks of a free society."
13. Let Markets Care for the Disabled: "The ADA should have never been passed," Paul says. The treatment of the handicapped should be determined by the free market.
14. First, Do Harm: Wants to end birthright citizenship. Believes that emergency rooms should have the right to turn away illegal immigrants.
15. Diss Mother Teresa: Voted against giving her the Congressional Gold Medal. Has argued that the medal, which costs $30,000, is too expensive.
But if true:
1. Completely ludicrous.
2. Some of this should happen, but not all.
3. Excellent idea.
4. Agree. I don't like these people but privacy from the government trumps that.
5. Completely naïve and idiotic.
6. Who cares.
7. Completely retarded.
8. Even more retarded.
9. Fucking Door, Ass, Out stupid.
10. Maybe.
11. Naïve.
12. Jackass. Would squander American power internationally.
13. Faggot ass position.
14. Yes
15. Yes
In short, looks like another menace to society.
1. Eviscerate Entitlements: Believes that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are unconstitutional, and has compared the failure of federal courts to strike them down to the courts' failure to abolish slavery in the 19th century.
2. Lay Off Half His Cabinet: Wants to abolish half of all federal agencies, including the departments of Energy, Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Labor.
3. Enable State Extremism: Would let states set their own policies on abortion, gay marriage, prayer in school, and most other issues.
4. Protect Sexual Predators' Privacy: Voted against requiring operators of wi-fi networks who discover the transmission of child porn and other forms online sex predation to report it to the government.
5. Rescind the Bin Laden Raid: Instead of authorizing the Navy Seals to take him out, President Paul would have sought Pakistan's cooperation to arrest him.
6. Simplify the Census: The questions posed by the Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey, which collects demographics data such as age, race, and income, are "both ludicrous and insulting," Paul says.
7. Let the Oldest Profession Be: Paul wants to legalize prostitution at the federal level.
8. Legalize All Drugs: Including cocaine and heroin.
9. Keep Monopolies Intact: Opposes federal antitrust legislation, calling it "much more harmful than helpful." Thinks that monopolies can be controlled by protecting "the concept of the voluntary contract."
10. Lay Off Ben Bernanke: Would abolish the Federal Reserve and revert to use of currencies that are backed by hard assets such as gold.
11. Stop Policing the Environment: Believes that climate change is no big deal and the Environmental Protection Agency is unnecessary. Most environmental problems can be addressed by enforcing private-property rights. Paul also thinks that interstate issues such as air pollution are best dealt with through compacts between states.
12. Not Do Anything, but Still...: Would not have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because it was a "massive violation of private property and contract, which are the bedrocks of a free society."
13. Let Markets Care for the Disabled: "The ADA should have never been passed," Paul says. The treatment of the handicapped should be determined by the free market.
14. First, Do Harm: Wants to end birthright citizenship. Believes that emergency rooms should have the right to turn away illegal immigrants.
15. Diss Mother Teresa: Voted against giving her the Congressional Gold Medal. Has argued that the medal, which costs $30,000, is too expensive. Good Christ you are a fucking simpleton.
And you fucking lost me at the bolded disagreement.
I'm starting to think this is a whoosh.
You really haven't looked into things too deeply, have you?
You didn't watch the video, did you?
Outside of that, on balance the costs to society are much higher with prohibition.
druglibrary.org/think/~jnr/12reason.htm
1.) Legalizing drugs would make our streets and homes safer.
Remains to be seen.
"Conversely, if and when drugs are legalized, their price will collapse and so will the sundry drug-related motivations to commit crime. Consumers will no longer need to steal to support their habits. A packet of cocaine will be as tempting to grab from its owner as a pack of cigarettes is today. And drug dealers will be pushed out of the retail market by known retailers. When was the last time we saw employees of Rite Aid pharmacies shoot it out with Thrift Drugs for a corner storefront?"
A packet of cocaine will ALWAYS be more tempting to steal than a pack of cigarettes. Fact.
2.) It would put an end to prison overcrowding.
Agree, it would help.
3.) Drug legalization would free up police resources to fight crimes against people and property.
Agree.
4.) It would unclog the court system.
Agree
5.) It would reduce official corruption.
Agree
6.) Legalization would save tax money.
Agree
7.) It would cripple organized crime.
Partly agree. It would hamper organized crime. They will always find other rackets.
8.) Legal drugs would be safer. Legalization is a consumer protection issue.
Partly agree.
9.) Legalization would help stem the spread of AIDS and other diseases.
Agree
10.) Legalization would halt the erosion of other personal liberties.
Agree
11.) It would stabilize foreign countries and make them safer to live in and travel to.
Disagree. Legalizing it in the US will have no effect on safety of travel to Colombia or Afghanistan.
12.) Legalization would repair U.S. relations with other countries and curtail anti-American sentiment around the world.
Disagree. It will have minimal impact on anti-American sentiment.
Even though I agree with most of these reasons, I am against legalizing substances like heroin. Weed is one thing. Heroin is something else entirely. You can say that we should have the freedom to do what we want to our own bodies and that is true. But you should know that most of the people that use these substances are 'uninformed' of the true consequences of using them. A dumb 12 year old kid who sees rocks stars using heroin and thinks it's cool will not be considering the fact that he could wind up dead. Normalizing and legitimizing the use of a deadly substance isn't the answer. Maybe we should legalize cyanide pills and start selling them in shops for people who want to commit suicide? Fact is as long as this shit stays in the underground and in the shadows, it will be more difficult for potential users to procure it.
Heroin isn't "in the shadows" and it is very easy to get.
The cyanide pill argument is a strawman, but assisted suicide is legal in many places. And making suicide illegal by any means prevents no one from doing it.
Good day sir.
It will be a battle though, expect the two party establishment and the mainstream media to twist away, like they did to Ron
Please no Jeb Bush/Chris Christie
Or god help us - Hillary on the other side
You say heroin is easy to get. Maybe in slums like Seattle. I don't know where to find it. But I sure as fuck would know where to find it if I could buy it at the local Safeway.