Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-24 Thread Dana Tierney
well, that was the part about not wanting to sound like a Canadian -- but yeah, you are correct in saying that it would be better to treat the depression. However, the current medical system in the US is not set up to do that. Depends on what it is. I'd still be against Gruss' plan, because he

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread G Money
lead, follow, or get out of the way You sound like W prior to the Iraq invasion. Are you saying there is no room for planning? No importance on going ahead properly? That any plan, even a bad one, is better than none? Gruss.come on. On 6/22/06, Gruss Gott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: You sound like W prior to the Iraq invasion. Are you saying there is no room for planning? No importance on going ahead properly? That any plan, even a bad one, is better than none? I'm saying that we need to be solution oriented with all of these policy issues. In this case I

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread G Money
Agreed: your solution sucks, but at least you have one :) I really don't know what I would do...the problem seems too big and complex for an idiot like me. All i really know is that I would start by decriminalize marijuana, and redeploying those resources towards the harder, more destructive

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: All i really know is that I would start by decriminalizing marijuana YEEESSS! ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210065 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Sam
Here's a plan: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060417/news_mz1e17zieden.html On 6/23/06, Gruss Gott wrote: I'm saying that we need to be solution oriented with all of these policy issues. In this case I understand your objection, I have the same one. However neither of us have a

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Robert Munn
Yeah we're doing pretty well in California in terms of experimenting with alternatives, and this program addresses the basic issue that most people object to - incarcerating people just for being users. It isn't perfect, but we don't live in a perfect world, and this treats drug use like what it

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Jerry Johnson
Just to interject, I think it also needs to be treated as a personal responsibility issue. On 6/23/06, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah we're doing pretty well in California in terms of experimenting with alternatives, and this program addresses the basic issue that most people object

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Robert Munn
+1 On 6/23/06, Jerry wrote: Just to interject, I think it also needs to be treated as a personal responsibility issue. -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~| Message:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-23 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: Here's a plan: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060417/news_mz1e17zieden.html Yeah, that's good. But I'd still like to go farther to address the supply/demand issues. I want to take the profit of drug sales and the secondary crime out of demand.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-22 Thread G Money
Depends on what it is. I'd still be against Gruss' plan, because he wants me to pay for other people to get high, just because they claim they can't stop. I'd be much more willing to pay for treatment facilities. Isn't depression successfully treated every day? If some person is depressed, and

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-22 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: Depends on what it is. I'd still be against Gruss' plan, because he wants me to pay for other people to get high That just seems like common sense to me. It depends on what you value. If you value lower crime, lower taxes, and money in your pocket then my method (or something

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-22 Thread Nick McClure
Assuming your method would work, which I don't think it will. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? It depends on what you value. If you value

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-22 Thread G Money
I guess my answer is that I don't accept the two optionsthere has to be a better solution than what we are currently trying, but stops well short of me paying junkies to get high. I admittedly don't know what that solution is. On 6/22/06, Gruss Gott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It depends on

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-22 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: I guess my answer is that I don't accept the two optionsthere has to be a better solution than what we are currently trying, but stops well short of me paying junkies to get high. I agree, but I don't know either. What I do know is that something is always better than

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Robert Munn
I am with you on the general idea. I view drug use as a medical health issue rather than a criminal issue. I also look at it as a states' rights issue. Let each state decide how to treat drugs. Personally, though, I don't see simple legalization of all drugs as the answer. Even in super-liberal SF

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
The states rights stuff only works when the growing, manufacturing, sale and use happen within the same state. -Original Message- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread deadcityskin
21, 2006 2:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? I am with you on the general idea. I view drug use as a medical health issue rather than a criminal issue. I also look at it as a states' rights issue. Let each state decide how to treat drugs. Personally

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread deadcityskin
AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys? The states rights stuff only works when the growing, manufacturing, sale and use happen within the same state. -Original Message- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
. Who was he killed by, one the incumbent's drug running thugs. -Original Message- From: deadcityskin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:57 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys? Ok, so if I set up a farm, and prohibit

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
RoMunn wrote: I am with you on the general idea. I view drug use as a medical health issue rather than a criminal issue. I also look at it as a states' rights issue. Let each state decide how to treat drugs. Personally, though, I don't see simple legalization of all drugs as the answer. Even

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
Nick wrote: assassinated for wanting to get tough on the drug crime. Who was he killed by, one the incumbent's drug running thugs. Which is why you legalize it. That removes demand which removes money which removes power which removes corruption.

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
So what of the people that just want to use all day? You going to allow them to just sit there and smoke crack all day until they OD? What happens when they are told they've had their fill for the week? When they get violent and go to a dealer because they were turned away from the government

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread G Money
How? The demand is still there, but now it's on the state. The people still need money to pay for their state sponsored drugs, those with the money have the power, those without the money steal to get it.how have you solved anything? On 6/21/06, Gruss Gott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
But those same corrupt people in power would push to keep it illegal publicly. _ From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:10 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? Nick wrote: assassinated for wanting to get

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Robert Munn
This is what I meant that it is a complicated issue. A nick pointed out, big growers/dealers/distributors are a problem, but that's a function of drugs being illegal. Still, no one wants to legalize crack, etc. so what do you do with those drugs and the crime related to them? As you suggest, you

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
RoMunn wrote: This is what I meant that it is a complicated issue. A nick pointed out, big growers/dealers/distributors are a problem, but that's a function of drugs being illegal. Still, no one wants to legalize crack, etc. so what do you do with those drugs and the crime related to them? As

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:44 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? Controlled substances would work the same way. Let's say a yuppie wanted to use. He'd go to his local clinic, apply for his drug of choice, pay

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Sam
Not sure if the one in Vancouver is successful, only found this: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060103/heroinstudy_20060103/20060103?hub=Health The one in Germany seems to work. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5043766.stm But keep in mind that's end of the

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: But keep in mind that's end of the road. It does nothing for the recreational users and what about drug use in clubs and bars? You're right, but it does eliminate most all users so addicted they're will to prostitute themselves, steal, or kill. The recreational users will still

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:53 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? To answer Nick - yes the government would be providing housing to non-productive members of society but it gets 3 major benefits for its money: 1

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
Nick wrote: But the people that don't want it, aren't going to use it. Then you're not eliminating the associated crime and essentially burying your head in the sand. The truth is, there are some people that are so addicted they will do what they can to get drugs including murder. By

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread G Money
I've just discovered what I really hate about your idea: you want ME to pay for someone else to get high. Screw that. On 6/21/06, Gruss Gott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick wrote: But the people that don't want it, aren't going to use it. Then you're not eliminating the associated crime

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Dana Tierney
g Do I detect a streak of Calvinism? I am not sure what I think about the idea myself, but I think Gruss is right that it would case a drop in crime. I mean -- Amsterdam is *not* known as a violent place. I do dislike the idea of further governement nannyismBy the way, I am not saying there

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread G Money
Gruss is right when he points out that my money is currently being wasted on a fruitless war against drugs. Gruss is wrong when he suggests that the answer is for me to instead pay for them to get high. I don't do drugs. I'm not addicted. Someone else chose to do drugs, someone else got addicted,

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Dana Tierney
hmm soo... do you think there should be no schools if you (hypothetically) don't have children? There might be an argument to be made that this advances the common good. Dana NO NO NO. GG's letting his social liberalism overwhelm is fiscal conservatism.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread G Money
Schools educate children and turn them into productive adults. Drug addiction destroys a person's life and prevents them from being productive adults. One i'll pay for, one I won't. On 6/21/06, Dana Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmm soo... do you think there should be no schools if you

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: NO NO NO. GG's letting his social liberalism overwhelm is fiscal conservatism. It's about the right solution for the problem rather than a rigid adherence to a philosophical framework. So let's define the problem: Highly addictive controlled substances are responsible for

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: Schools educate children and turn them into productive adults. Drug addiction destroys a person's life and prevents them from being productive adults. There's empirical data that shows that paying for the drugs can take a criminal and turn him/her into a productive citizen.

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Nick McClure
Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? There's empirical data that shows that paying for the drugs can take a criminal and turn him/her into a productive citizen

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Sam
Since it's a gamble that would make it fiscally liberal. Here are some good points from both sides, appears to be from 1998. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/viewpoints/ On 6/21/06, Gruss Gott wrote: I say that because your stance will require an infinite amount of money from taxpayers.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: Since it's a gamble that would make it fiscally liberal. I guess I don't really care what the label is, just that the problem goes away. The incentives for personal responsibility in this case have failed. Dana won't be surprised to learn that my motivation to fix the problem is

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-21 Thread Dana Tierney
Suppose that drugs would allow some people to become productive adults. I don't want to sound like a damn Canadian but I have heard the idea expressed -- by medical doctors -- that a lot of illegal drug users are actually self-medicating for depression. Hypothetically, assuming that is true,

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Sam
On 6/16/06, Gruss Gott wrote: But they're going to do that anyway. They like drugs and the drugs they like are highly addictive. What I mean by regulation is creating needle parks that anyone could go to to get clean drugs. Of course there'd need to be all kinds rules, etc, but the

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: Don't most states have laws making possession of small amounts just a fine and not a crime? I know NY and NV do. They do, but those laws don't override federal law so if the feds want to, they can still prosecute. This makes no sense. Three strikes means three felony convictions,

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread John Galt
And here I always just thought it meant a fun weekend. I obviously view illegal drug abuse as a health problem which does not judge the users. You seem to advocate the criminal view which does derogatorily judge the users.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Sam
On 6/19/06, Gruss Gott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using drugs doesn't make you a felon. Getting caught and going through the system, which includes making deals, or going to trial determines that. Wait, so things that are illegal are only bad if you get caught? So you're ok with drug

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Dana Tierney
oh heck -- I may need to go but just wanted to point out that ye be wrong here yet again. A quick google reveals the following, which concern more complicated issues but do seem to indicate that in California and Arizona at least, yes you can.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Sam
On 6/19/06, Dana Tierney wrote: oh heck -- I may need to go but just wanted to point out that ye be wrong here yet again. A quick google reveals the following, which concern more complicated issues but do seem to indicate that in California and Arizona at least, yes you can.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Dana Tierney
yeah but they are saying that is the way it *should* be, not that this is the way it is: More than 7,000 people are doing three-strikes sentences in California prisons, while an additional 35,000 are serving longer sentences as well under the law's two-strike provisions. Of those 7,000

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Robert Munn
A sad fact of the US prison system is how much money we are pissing away every year on non-violent drug offenders. On 6/19/06, Dana wrote: yeah but they are saying that is the way it *should* be, not that this is the way it is: More than 7,000 people are doing three-strikes sentences in

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Gruss Gott
RoMunn wrote: A sad fact of the US prison system is how much money we are pissing away every year on non-violent drug offenders. Does that mean you're with me on the great drug-use-is-a-crime-problem experiment? That is, drugs, like sex, is a health issue. No amount of legislation will get

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Nick McClure
Just because something was non-violent or a drug offence doesn't mean it wasn't a major crime. Trafficking, Auto Theft, other similar items. -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:22 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-19 Thread Sam
I don't know how many of these people are dealers or pimps that just happen not to be beating someone down at the time. Two violent felonies and they're still caught with drugs? Hello.:) Aren't felons supposed to avoid the criminal element? On 6/19/06, Dana Tierney wrote: yeah but they are

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Gruss Gott
gMoney wrote: Just make that info public...shut up all these bleeding hearts. I'll repeat that one of the most patriotic things an American can do is be concerned when their government is denying liberty to someone without due process. It's a fundamental principle on which our country was

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
' what Limbaugh says speaks for itself. Pretty funny how you've never been able debunked anything he's said. On 6/14/06, Dana Tierney wrote: um... anyone who thinks Rush Limbaugh is an authority does not get to quibble over sources, lol.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Gruss Gott
Dana wrote: ' what Limbaugh says speaks for itself. You'd have to take the rantings of a drug addict seriously first. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209621 Archives:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
Sorry Tim, I do not believe that you know everything taking place in the US military. The rest of your post, well, it's not logical. I don't want to engage with you over it but I am not going to discuss troop uprisings and the like. I am just not. Nope, you are supposed to believe it of me and

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
no Sam, it doesn't say that at all. If you scroll down and read the rest you'll see the discrepancies were within the bounds and shouldn't have been published before they were weighted More interesting reading: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Talk:2004_U

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
whatever. Pintos sucked. Famous for exposing the dangers of the Ford Pinto? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto More recently, it has been argued (in a well-known 1991 law review paper by Gary Schwartz [2], among others) that the case against the Pinto was less clear-cut than commonly

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
so I hear. Mind you, I don't believe everything I hear. They were non-uniformed fighters supporting a murderous backwards theocratic regime in Afghanistan that housed and nutured Al Qaeda. Remember them? These thugs fought against coalition troops in Afghanistan who went there to destroy Al

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
ummm yeah and then the machines added some and subtracted some ... obviously we are not going to agree on this, as you don't want to question the machines. Yes, in a way they did, just so happened that instead of mind meld they setup machines at various locations and those that cared, or were

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
They should not have considered postponing the election, is the answer to that question. So you think that they shouldn't have looked at all options, or do you think they shouldn't have told us about it? ~| Message:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
always *possible*, I suppose, but then so is rainfall in Albuquerque in June ;) Seriously,if you dig into that article it says that multiple teams of statisticians all arrived at the same conclusion. So either they are all wrong or all biased. Personally, I don't think either of those is

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
You advocate legalizing drugs but dismiss the users? How does that work? On 6/16/06, Gruss Gott wrote: Dana wrote: ' what Limbaugh says speaks for itself. You'd have to take the rantings of a drug addict seriously first.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Munn
So how does that Al-Jazeera kool-aid taste? On 6/16/06, Dana wrote: so I hear. Mind you, I don't believe everything I hear. -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~| Message:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
Yes, it does. :P On 6/16/06, Dana Tierney wrote: no Sam, it doesn't say that at all. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209640 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
Yes, we are told that most of the people in Guantanamo were fighters. Except that one of the ones we know about was actually a chauffeur. Hmm. So I say yeah buddy to your concern about review, which is that heart of my issue with the place. As for pulling people from their homes, not sure. This

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
I understand. On 6/16/06, Dana Tierney wrote: whatever. Pintos sucked. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209642 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
If you think that questioning the integrity of an administration that has demonstrated its mendacity time and again makes me a sucker, well... have a nice day. I am sure nothing I could say would change your mind. I didn't call anyone names. I made a comment and you identified yourself. I

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Nick McClure
Couldn't half be wrong and the other half be biased? -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? always *possible*, I suppose, but then so is rainfall

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
well Sam I have work to do and don't have time to guess which section you are misreading. Please provide a quote and I'll see if I can help you with the big words ;) Yes, it does. :P On 6/16/06, Dana Tierney wrote: no Sam, it doesn't say that at all.

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: You advocate legalizing drugs but dismiss the users? How does that work? I advocate legalized, but regulated, drugs. Like Morphine. Making drugs illegal is foolish for the same reason all do-gooder laws are stupid: you can't legislate morality or intelligence. But making drugs

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Dana Tierney
Just exploring your position for inconsistencies. I am inclined to the position that they are prisoners of war, personally, but I understand why you disagree. We can't just execute them because the world would freak out, and because they may still have intelligence value. Is that what you

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
WTF? Drugs = anal sex? Have you ever meet a crack head living in your lily-white bubble? It's not a drug you want to be legalized. How would it be regulated? Like morphine? It does wonders for the heroine world doesn't it? So legalize H and regulate it means people will get it the same way they

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Cameron Childress
On 6/16/06, Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WTF? Drugs = anal sex? This reminds me of a recent South Park Episode Chef asked this question - more or less... ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209652

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Howie Hamlin
Pintos and rice ... m Oh, wait... g --- On Friday, June 16, 2006 3:27 PM, Dana Tierney scribed: --- whatever. Pintos sucked. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209654 Archives:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: Let's try this again, you advocate REGULATING drugs but dismiss all the users? I advocate a solution a la the Netherlands and Switzerland. As you pointed out, you know a few addicts, therefore prevention via legislation has failed. Further, the threat of jail does not deter a

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Sam
On 6/16/06, Gruss Gott wrote: I advocate a solution a la the Netherlands and Switzerland. As you pointed out, you know a few addicts, therefore prevention via legislation has failed. Further, the threat of jail does not deter a crack addict who needs crack: both for the use of crack and for

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-16 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: nothing different except you allowed them to get addicted in the first place. But they're going to do that anyway. They like drugs and the drugs they like are highly addictive. What I mean by regulation is creating needle parks that anyone could go to to get clean drugs. Of

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Robert Munn
They were non-uniformed fighters supporting a murderous backwards theocratic regime in Afghanistan that housed and nutured Al Qaeda. Remember them? These thugs fought against coalition troops in Afghanistan who went there to destroy Al Qaeda's base of operations and give the Afghan people a chance

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Robert Munn
Drunken letchers living off the public trough for the last century, perhaps? ;-) On 6/14/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Descended from crooks and criminals? Chappaquiddick? Ted Kennedy in general? Making a family living out of politics (eating off the public their whole

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Robert Munn
Well, I disagree with the conclusion that he was appointed, because there was an election. It isn't Bush's fault that the case ended up in court. Gore was the one who went to the courts. As any lawyer will tell you, be careful what you ask for when you go to the courts, because you can never be

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
, 2006 7:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? Tom Ridge the color-coded man. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07- 12-postpone-elections_x.htm Who was saying it? _ From: Dana Tierney [mailto

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? So... the American people just sort of achieved mind meld and and selected him? Three guys on a streetcorner having a smoke, or what? ~| Message: http

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
But couldn't it have been a bad statistical model? -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? you passed over a statement like this to focus on a 6

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
Sure, but sometimes you make changes while refining that are wrong. While your intentions were good, you made a mistake. -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:22 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
So you think that they shouldn't have looked at all options, or do you think they shouldn't have told us about it? -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
I posted it earlier. In the Rolling Stone article they claimed they designed this model to be more accurate than ever. -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
The Constitutions states that it is up to the individual states to figure it out. -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? cmon Jerry

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
But did they still count all the dead people that voted? -Original Message- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:52 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? There was a recount in Illinois. Here are some

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
So when the electors went to DC and cast their ballots they didn't elect him? -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? Bush was elected in 2004

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
Dana wrote: well, I always thought that the point of all those Holocaust memorials was to make sure that the Holocaust never happened again. Right? But it's ok with you if people get put in camps, as long as they are Arab? That's off the deep end for so many reasons but 2 core ones: 1.)

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
People have been released if we believe they aren't involved. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:36 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? That's off the deep end for so many reasons but 2

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
Nick wrote: People have been released if we believe they aren't involved. You've been reviewing cases and recommending releases then? ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209418 Archives:

RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
In my spare time. Yes. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:06 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? You've been reviewing cases and recommending releases

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
RoMunn wrote: They were non-uniformed fighters supporting a murderous backwards theocratic regime in Afghanistan that housed and nutured Al Qaeda. Remember them? These thugs fought against coalition troops in Afghanistan who went there to destroy Al Qaeda's base of operations and give the

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Howie Hamlin
That description sounds a lot like the Bushes. --- On Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:17 AM, Robert Munn scribed: --- Drunken letchers living off the public trough for the last century, perhaps? ;-) On 6/14/06, Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Descended from crooks and criminals?

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
Amazing, isn't? One family that has controlled Democratic politics for decades looks and acts a lot like one family that has controlled Republican politics for decades. Which both look and act a lot like hereditary families in an aristocract. On 6/15/06, Howie Hamlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys?

2006-06-15 Thread Howie Hamlin
Yeah - oh, the irony... --- On Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:28 PM, Jerry Johnson scribed: --- Amazing, isn't? One family that has controlled Democratic politics for decades looks and acts a lot like one family that has controlled Republican politics for decades. Which both look and act a

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