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Message 1248246 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 5:52:09 UTC - in response to Message 1248163.  
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...illegal drug money is all the more reason to confiscate it and add it to the general fund at this time...


If we could change that statement to simply "illegal money...", me and you could have long winded discussions where we could find some agreement.



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(corporations after all are people too).

I love it. ;-)
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Message 1248272 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 7:05:56 UTC - in response to Message 1248238.  

Sounds like a way to help address not only the Federal budget, but a major help on state and local budgets. They spend a LOT of money on enforcement, incarceration, and judicial proceedings. On top of that, you reduce the amount of money that gangs make off of drugs. That might put a dent in gun sales though.




Absolutely. Drugs for anyone. Just pick up your recreational users permit after you file your DNR order. We'll encode it on your drivers license for DUI reasons. Then we can get busy and slap sin taxes on it all.


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Message 1248306 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 10:53:59 UTC - in response to Message 1248272.  

In iran you could get any drug by declaring yourself an addict or by simply walking down to the local drugstore. I recall perhaps one murder in all of Teheran (6 million inhabitants at the time) when I lived there for a year. There was very little crime--only when the revolution came did they start smashing banks and liquor stores.
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Message 1248447 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 22:04:09 UTC - in response to Message 1248316.  

betreger, that is correct. It does not matter how someone became rich. I used to think rich is good. I now think all rich is bad.


How is life at the extremes?

Seems to me rich/poor is an orthogonal measure to good/bad, though I must admit to having exposure to a somewhat limited data set (aka "anecdote alert").

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

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Message 1248495 - Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 0:12:21 UTC - in response to Message 1248236.  

Gary, no that is what he said! When I see B.S. I'll call B.S.

I know you get frustrated dealing with brick walls. Being polite costs nothing. Besides when you are nasty brick walls just echo it back.


Gary, I am sorry, how was I to know Guy is a brick wall and I felt I was being polite just not respectful because I do not respect absolutism.
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Message 1248602 - Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 5:12:43 UTC - in response to Message 1248489.  

How is life at the extremes?


It's the only way I know how to live.

I just bought a Harley Davidson.


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Message 1248906 - Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 20:38:57 UTC - in response to Message 1248489.  

How is life at the extremes?


It's the only way I know how to live.

I just bought a Harley Davidson.

Guy, keep the soft side up and remember that about 1/4 of the car drivers just don't see motorcycles.
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Message 1248907 - Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 20:41:05 UTC - in response to Message 1248906.  

How is life at the extremes?


It's the only way I know how to live.

I just bought a Harley Davidson.

Guy, keep the soft side up and remember that about 1/4 of the car drivers just don't see motorcycles.


Its hard to see motorcyclists when they weave in and out of traffic, squeeze in between cars, pass on the left and right shoulders and generally disregard traffic safety. I find that the ones that don't get his are the ones that practice the rules of the road.
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Message 1249092 - Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 5:44:05 UTC - in response to Message 1248910.  
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Guy, keep the soft side up and remember that about 1/4 of the car drivers just don't see motorcycles.

3/4 of car drivers don't see other cars ....


Depends if you're passing me illegally in my blind spot on my right or not...
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