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Chris Christie vows to 'crack down' on marijuana as president

I think Chris Christie is smoking too much crack to be hatin' on pot...

It's not his fault, gotta be his parents'...what weirdos with the last name of 'Christie' would name their son 'Christopher'? That is the name they came up with through a choice of hundreds/thousands?

Okaaaay.
 
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There is no go-team attitude. It's acknowledging a fact. Republicans support states rights when it suits them, and dismiss it when it doesn't.

As it stands:

- Republicans don't have a states right argument for marijuana because the evangelical right is strongly against drugs. That is a fact.
- They also didn't support gay marriage being a "states right" issue when every single one of them who voted on DOMA voted to pass it.
- They also support passing federal government bans on abortion, ignoring the many states in which there are predominately pro-choice stances.

The biggest proof that Republicans are flaky when it comes to states is the retelling that Southern Republicans have of the Civil War. It's a retelling that paints their new understanding of states rights as an institution that needed to be protected. As opposed to the fact that the institution being protected was slavery. It also purposely ignores that Northern states were exercising their states right to try and influence the federal government. Why? Because it's much easier to get the Southern vote if you ignore the fact that the 'state right' in question was the right to have slavery. :lol:

Again, these are all well accepted facts. Acknowledging them is not a 'Go-Team Attitude'. However, your attitude makes you look like you don't have much to counter with. :shrug:

Please engage someone else, perhaps in the Partisan Politics section where people are more receptive. I'm not interested in your speeches.
 
It's not his fault, gotta be his parents'...what weirdos with the last name of 'Christie' would name their son 'Christopher'? That is the name they came up with through a choice of hundreds/thousands?

Okaaaay.


Right? It is weird when people do that.
 
Gov Christie still has that itty bitty problem with a closed bridge.
He also has the habit of moving monies around from specific budgeted items –including fed dollars - to another area to make things well look better.

Timeline: New Jersey's George Washington Bridge Scandal | NBC New York

Jan. 8, 2014: The emails between Kelly and Wildstein are obtained by NBC 4 New York and other media outlets. The messages contradict for the first time publicly Christie's assertion that his administration was not involved. He cancels a public appearance, then hours later issues a statement saying he was "misled" and knew nothing. He says "people will be held responsible for their actions."
March 15, 2015: Federal investigators issue a new subpoena to the Port Authority after wrapping up interviews with members of the Borough Council in Fort Lee, the town where traffic was gridlocked.
 
He made a big, bold, stupid statement and now he'll have a hell of a time ever retracting it. LOL

Nothing like demonstrating you are missing...or ignoring...the bigger picture of overall crime, useless legislation, and govt intrusion into personal lives.

And ignorance really. Pot isnt any more about addiction than drinking alcohol or eating: some people may be susceptible but most use and enjoy normally. (Not him obviously, but most people.)
 
Until we adopts the "shoot on site" policy for drug use it will never, never, never change.

You do know that some of us marijuana smokers also have guns.
 
We need to introduce him to a weed Twinkie. It'd blow his mind, not to mention his stance. :)

If we did give Christie some weed twinkies, we might well find out if a person can overdose on marijuana.
 
He's going much further than being obliged to enforce the law. He's proving what many have been saying about Republican views on states rights. It's only a thing if they're on the right side of the issue. ;)

This is 100% regressive, they do and say what sells, even if it is a joke like their wrapping themselves in the flag and the bible. It is a little hard to get elected when they tell the truth about themselves, that they exist for the people that control them, the 1%
 
In an age where prescription pills are killing people by the handfuls and are accounting for a drastic increase in the number of addicts, I wonder why Christie would waste his time and effort to keep Marijuana illegal. How about he spend that time taking on the big business of pharmaceuticals. You want to help fight drug addiction? That's where you need to start.
 
In an age where prescription pills are killing people by the handfuls and are accounting for a drastic increase in the number of addicts, I wonder why Christie would waste his time and effort to keep Marijuana illegal. How about he spend that time taking on the big business of pharmaceuticals. You want to help fight drug addiction? That's where you need to start.

Because Big Pharm is big money for politicians.

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly the Partnership For A Drug-Free America) is basically a lobbying wing for pharmaceutical and alcohol companies.
 
Chris Christie vows crackdown on marijuana as president - CNN.com



I like Chris Christie, but a guy the size of a refrigerator shouldn't be talking about addiction. I'm guessing he only complains about 'big government' if Cola-Cola is what is being restricted. :lol:

Is he sure he wants to be president? Overall, 53% say marijuana should be legal and 43% say it should be illegal.

The only political group who agrees with him are republicans, both democrats and independents say it should be legal.

Only age-groups 45 or older say it should be illegal.

In the article it is said that he also is opposed to medical marijuana. But he does know that in a recent opinion poll 84% of polled people say they agree with medical marijuana. That mean even most republicans agree with it. And this is not a 'just now" poll but since 2012 that number has been around 85% of polled people who agree with the use of medical marijuana.

Also, only 37% say it is down to the federal government to decide whether or not marijuana should be legal compared to 58% who say state governments should decide that.

In a poll from last year by Pew, people where asked about states that moved away from mandatory prison sentences for non-violent drugs offenders and whether they agreed with that or not, 63% of polled people said that was a good thing, only 32% disagreed with that. How on earth is he going to sell "cracking down" when people think the "cracking down" has been going way too far with mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders.

When asked whether people with a small amount of pot should be jailed or not a whopping 76% of polled Americans said that these people should not be jailed at all and only 22% saying they should be in jail. In a CNN poll from 2014, when asked:

Assuming marijuana is not legalized, do you think people arrested for possession of small amounts of marijuana should be put in jail, or just have to pay a fine but without serving any time in jail?

12% said people needed to be jailed for that offense

79% said just a fine

2% said both

5% said none

2% were unsure.

Illegal Drugs

People are not interested in a huge crackdown on marijuana, I don't think republicans are much interested in that. Christie should worry about something that could actually safe loads of lives like obesity (and yes, I am morbidly obese too and know how dangerous and how many problems it is causing me now that I am a bit on in life) and good affordable health care and crack down on drugs like meth, krokodil, molly and crack. Those are the drugs that destroy most lives in the USA and cause the most violence and deaths on the streets.

Christie shows he is out of touch with the US public when he rants like this, Bill Maher must be sharpening his knives to cut Christie to pieces on this issue ;)
 
Not for nothing...but the Obama justice Department was talking big **** about targeting state marijuana dispensaries not too long ago. Is Christies position all that different than Barracks?
 
Not for nothing...but the Obama justice Department was talking big **** about targeting state marijuana dispensaries not too long ago. Is Christies position all that different than Barracks?

Yup...because when WA and CO had pot legalization on the ballot, he came out and said specifically the feds would not interfere.

And 2 yrs down the line...nada.
 
Not for nothing...but the Obama justice Department was talking big **** about targeting state marijuana dispensaries not too long ago. Is Christies position all that different than Barracks?

I also disagree with Obama's point of view on federal marijuana targeting. It is not just Chris Christie who is out of touch, more US politicians are equally out of tune with reality because they do not want to be called out as being soft on drugs use. Let's not forget that during the Clinton campaign a big issues was made about whether or not he inhaled when he smoked pot? How would a candidate look if he agreed with marijuana sales, he would be labeled a pot head and he/she could all but forget the race because the media focus and insanity makes political or moral molehills into frigging K2 like mountains.
 
I also disagree with Obama's point of view on federal marijuana targeting. It is not just Chris Christie who is out of touch, more US politicians are equally out of tune with reality because they do not want to be called out as being soft on drugs use. Let's not forget that during the Clinton campaign a big issues was made about whether or not he inhaled when he smoked pot? How would a candidate look if he agreed with marijuana sales, he would be labeled a pot head and he/she could all but forget the race because the media focus and insanity makes political or moral molehills into frigging K2 like mountains.
Not true. There are federal candidates that simply declare it to be a states rights issues and are done with it. It became an issue with Clinton because he was his typical douchebag self. "I smoked pot but didnt inhale." Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. NO ONE bought it...so why lie about it? But that wasnt the worst part in my book. He was asked during an interview with a bunch of kids on MTV if he could go back and do it as a kid, would he and rather than respond like an adult he said "If I could sure! heh heh!" Douchebag.

Reality...no one cares. Some dont ant it legalized...but I dont think anyone cares about use when people were teens or in college. Hell...There are allegations Bush used cocaine and Obama admits to scoring coke when he was supposed to be in state legislative sessions.

No one cares.
 
Isnt that what I said? They were told to do so by the Obama administration.
No they werent. They were forced to not prosecute by congress restricting their budget.
 
No they werent. They were forced to not prosecute by congress restricting their budget.

Funny, he actually made statements to the media stating he would tell fed. agencies not to prosecute.
 
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