Any case made to legalize now illegal drugs in the U.S. is really a case to repeal acts that made them illegal in the first place, namely the Controlled Substances Act. When marijuana was first outlawed it was done so in a constitutional, albeit shady, manner. It was prohibited the same way way alcohol was during the prohibition by raising the taxes for it requiring you to obtain a marijuana tax stamp. All of these stamps were locked away so no one could actually obtain one, but at least from a legal standpoint the government was obeying the constitution. (more…)
All able bodied Americans ages 18 to 42 may have to report to Obama for 2 years of forced labor, NY government using Google Earth to find illegal swimming pools, the federal government requiring colleges to stop illegal file sharing, and a man wrongfully convicted of rape 27 years ago will be held in jail for an extra day so he doesn’t “freak out.”
Oregon suing a Canadian mother for 2 years of foster care after they wrongfully took custody of him, Obama granting the FBI spying power George W Bush only dreamed about, the feds are poised to make penalties for pot brownies twice as harsh as uncooked marijuana, and CA tells a man in a wheel chair his medical marijuana shop is not handicap accessible even though it works fine for him. http://www.freemindstv.com
Thanks to the Union Leader’s Melanie Plenda for the great story about the ludicrous behavior of the Keene city bureaucrats on Thursday night that as of yet has only appeared in print. Here’s a .PDF of the article courtesy of Bill in Manch.
Ohio city forces people who want to contest red light camera tickets to pay a $95 court fee, which happens to be the same amount as the fine, police accidentally taser a UK man in the groin, a deaf man wrongfully convicted of rape wants to be let out of prison, and the Congressional Christmas tree has been chosen but may require secret service protection so vandals won’t ruin it.
A bill requiring all sales of $600 or more be tracked with a 1099 bill was rolled into the Health Care Bill, millions of stimulus dollars used to make signs touting the Obama stimulus, moonshine regaining popularity in the US, and an old man looking for better health gets a can of health pet senior from his local food bank.
