by Novus » Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:52:16
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')Everybody knows prohibition creates Al Capones.
Everybody???
Perhaps the Mexican demonstrators realize this, but the average American is too unaware.
Well everyone who went to American high schools should know since it is in history books. Prohibition is one of the few government failures teachers are "Allowed" to talk about.
by mattduke » Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:57:31
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')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oakley', '
')Everybody knows prohibition creates Al Capones.
Everybody???
Perhaps the Mexican demonstrators realize this, but the average American is too unaware.
Well everyone who went to American high schools should know since it is in history books. Prohibition is one of the few government failures teachers are "Allowed" to talk about.
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')The leader
Patient and steady with all he must bear,
Ready to accept every challenge with care,
Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,
Isn't afraid to propose what is bold,
Doesn't conform to the usual mold,
Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do
Never back down when he sees what is true
Tells it all straight, and means it all too
Bracing for war, but praying for peace
Using his power so evil will cease:
So much a leader and worthy of trust,
Here stands a man who will do what he must
by Oneaboveall » Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:12:12
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Mos, leader of the temperance movement. At least they recognized a constitutional amendment was required. Mos prefers unlimited government power...[/b]
It should also be noted that temperance and prohibition are two different things. Temperance stressed getting people to make a choice not to drink. Prohibition was the government making drinking illegal. I wrote a paper on the Pennsylvania Prohibition Amendment of 1889 and was struck by how many Temperance leaders campaigned against a prohibition amendment. Many felt that it undermined their work by having the government legislate morality and that just telling someone that couldn't drink wasn't going to change a drinker's habits. It wasn't until later that the two terms became synonymous.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..But I don't think these
nice ladies envisaged the Ronald Reagan war on some drugs, the DEA, or CIA cocaine trafficking. Actually the Women's Christian Temperance Union still exists, even though it's not the force it once was, and considers illegal drug use one of it's issues.
EDIT: Ok. I just realised what I wrote above and meant to say that the WCTU consider illegal drug use an issue to confront.
When the banksters want something, our policymakers move with the speed of Mercury and the determination of Ares. It’s only when the rest of us need something that there is paralysis.
How free are we today with the dominance of globalist capital and militarized security apparatus?
by careinke » Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:48:23
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', 'h')ell let's just legalize everything!
i mean i wouldn't want criminal organizations to form.
Works for me, but then I'm one of those evil Libertarians.
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by nobodypanic » Mon 11 Apr 2011, 21:58:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('careinke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', 'h')ell let's just legalize everything!
i mean i wouldn't want criminal organizations to form.
Works for me, but then I'm one of those evil Libertarians.
so let's start a list:
child prostitution, unlimited emissions of heavy metals and toxins... etc.
still work for you?
by careinke » Tue 12 Apr 2011, 03:11:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', 's')o let's start a list: child prostitution, unlimited emissions of heavy metals and toxins... etc. still work for you?
OK
1. Drugs for adults - Yes
2. Prostitution between consenting adults - Yes
3. Child prostitution - No (children are not adults)
4. Unlimited emissions etc - No (should be sued in civil court for damages)
5. Gambling by adults - Yes
So have you figured out the difference yet? Pretty easy when you think about it. So ya, it still works for me.
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by rangerone314 » Tue 12 Apr 2011, 06:19:02
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '
')Everybody knows prohibition creates Al Capones.
That doesn't change the fact that Al Capone was a criminal and worthy of derision and prosecution.
So what? Bush II and Bush III (Obama) are also, and have killed more people than Capone.
An ideology is by definition not a search for TRUTH-but a search for PROOF that its point of view is right
Equals barter and negotiate-people with power just take
You cant defend freedom by eliminating it-unknown
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by DomusAlbion » Tue 12 Apr 2011, 10:57:19
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We can close the borders and let them rot in the hell of their own creation
Hold on Fishman. US citizens created the demand, those south of Texas just supply the product. It's the rot in the pampered, spoiled souls of the US that are to blame.
Use of hard drugs (cocaine, meth, and heroin) should carry a minimum sentence in a "re-education" work camp. Either that approach or make it all a legal, state run enterprise.
RE: the border. We should close the border for many reasons.
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by davep » Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:00:56
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', 'U')se of hard drugs (cocaine, meth, and heroin) should carry a minimum sentence in a "re-education" work camp. Either that approach or make it all a legal, state run enterprise.
And how many people will end up in these work camps? It would just create another financial burden on the state. I think the latter proposition is far better.
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