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OfflinegeokillsA
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-- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! --
    #9512156 - 12/29/08 12:45 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

A new round of Obama's Open for Questions exercise has begun!  Please help keep the matter of marijuana legalization in the minds of our elected officials.  Though you may not find this issue to be of pressing need, open dialogue about smart and compassionate policies should have an effect on our entire conglomerate of misguided governmental policy.  This would actually help to reduce spending, reduce non-violent prison populations (which are out of control), while increasing tax revenue and personal safety.  All I'm asking you to do, and it should only take about one more minute:

  • Visit the change.gov Open for Questions page
  • Register or login on the site (instant - no email verification required)
  • Do a search for questions with "prohibitionist"
  • And then click the check mark to vote for the following question:
    Quote:

    "Why won't you support the federal legalization of marijuana, which would increase tax revenue, reduce social harm, and create new jobs by regulating an industry that already exists in the US, even amidst our current prohibitionist policy?"




Hopefully we can receive a more substantive response this time around.  Please vote in favor of the similar questions as well (there are quite a few!).  The more frequently we can place these questions in their Top 10, the more likely the administration is to offer a comprehensive response, as well as the more likely the general populous will be to honestly reconsider our failed drug policy.

Even though our previous question garnered the #1 spot in Obama's first "Open for Questions" exercise, his administration skirted the meat of it and simply stated that "President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana."  Let's try to find out a little more about WHY he does not favor this seemingly sensible path.  Fortunately, the issue has been receiving some positive media attention:
Quote:

"Apparently, the arrest of nearly 1,000,000 otherwise law abiding citizens each year for mere possession of cannabis, the relentless persecution of the sick and dying, and the continued incarceration of 1 out of every 100 adults, (and the imprisonment, jailing, probation or parole of  1 out of every 31 adults) is finally getting on peoples nerves.

Yes, these questions will not go away. Lawmakers around the country will have to suck it up and realize that, as Barney Frank put it: this is an area where the public is way ahead of the politicians."




Thanks for taking just a minute to help evoke positive change! :heart:


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: geokills]
    #9512159 - 12/29/08 12:46 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

:obama:


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Atheist]
    #9512160 - 12/29/08 12:46 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

no way i cant believe thats a smiley


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Atheist]
    #9512166 - 12/29/08 12:47 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

:grin:

Already voted.
And asked.
And voted more.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: bryguy27007]
    #9512202 - 12/29/08 12:54 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Voted. Why do I feel like I just wasted 5 seconds of my life though?


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: krypto2000]
    #9512222 - 12/29/08 12:59 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Can you even waste time?  It's going to pass regardless of what you are doing... not like you can save it up for only the moments that will exude a supreme amount of happiness and joy.  Do you consider sleeping a waste of time?  Sittin' on the shitter?  Paying your bills or mowing the lawn?  If it's any consolation, I don't think you wasted your time.  In fact, I've probably spent as much of my time replying to you, as you had perceived to have wasted yourself in the first place!


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: krypto2000]
    #9512229 - 12/29/08 01:00 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

"Because President elect. Obama thinks it is a danger to public health"

There you go, done.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Atheist]
    #9512234 - 12/29/08 01:00 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Atheist said:
:obama:





hahahahahahahahahahahahahah


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: geokills]
    #9512244 - 12/29/08 01:04 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

wow geokills that what u said bout time is sum complex shit my head feels funny now. n i love da monkey :obama: omg its called aboma wtf didnt even relise that. thats like fuked up man


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: krypto2000]
    #9512245 - 12/29/08 01:05 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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krypto2000 said:
Voted. Why do I feel like I just wasted 5 seconds of my life though?




Because you probably did?

For what it's worth I'll cast my vote


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Edited by Plastered marble (12/29/08 01:13 PM)


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Plastered marble]
    #9512255 - 12/29/08 01:08 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Voted and asked again.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: geokills]
    #9512260 - 12/29/08 01:09 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

geokills said:
Can you even waste time?  It's going to pass regardless of what you are doing... not like you can save it up for only the moments that will exude a supreme amount of happiness and joy.  Do you consider sleeping a waste of time?  Sittin' on the shitter?  Paying your bills or mowing the lawn?  If it's any consolation, I don't think you wasted your time.  In fact, I've probably spent as much of my time replying to you, as you had perceived to have wasted yourself in the first place!





I could have spent that time reading another engaging post or closing some of these pop up windows or maybe I could do some work.. hmm... :smile:


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: DIRTYMAN]
    #9512267 - 12/29/08 01:13 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

go to his myspace and ask there too.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Ledd]
    #9512286 - 12/29/08 01:19 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

im not even gonna take my time to say why this is pointless. id rather ask obama who barry saetoro or however the fuck u spell it. and where the fuck his birth certificate is. and why hes a legal citizen on Indonesia and not America? fuck weed. its pretty much legal anyway.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Ledd]
    #9512291 - 12/29/08 01:21 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Tell that to 20% of the prison population (or w/e the number is, I made that up).


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: jackshroomer]
    #9512299 - 12/29/08 01:23 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

jackshroomer said:
im not even gonna take my time to say why this is pointless. id rather ask obama who barry saetoro or however the fuck u spell it. and where the fuck his birth certificate is. and why hes a legal citizen on Indonesia and not America? fuck weed. its pretty much legal anyway.




does that really matter now that Obama is headed for the white
house and the courts are blocking inquiries into obamas past?


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: geokills]
    #9512319 - 12/29/08 01:27 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

If you really want the laws changed hand write letter to your congressmen, state government etc.  I know you all think that Obama should respond to the questions asked and voted for, on this site, he will change very little if at all  the federal government's stance on this issue. and the website doesn't represent the general populace, it represents a specific demographic.  you have a much better chance of "having your voice heard" writing a thoughtful handwritten letter to a state rep than you do voting on a website. sure it may take a bit more effort but if this is an issue you truly care about then you should put forth that extra effort.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #9512328 - 12/29/08 01:30 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Quote:

jackshroomer said:
im not even gonna take my time to say why this is pointless. id rather ask obama who barry saetoro or however the fuck u spell it. and where the fuck his birth certificate is. and why hes a legal citizen on Indonesia and not America? fuck weed. its pretty much legal anyway.




does that really matter now that Obama is headed for the white
house and the courts are blocking inquiries into obamas past?




no it doesnt. but i mean if they are opening up questions that this man is gonna answer, i think we should ask some thing that matter. i mean dont get me wrong im an avid pot smoker and i would love to have it legalized, but this man is a complete fraud and poeple are more worried about pot.

and to the other guy, ur right there are alot of people locked up for marijuana, and i hope that soon it will be legal, its redic that its not. but its been decriminalized in like 12 or 13 staes or something like that.


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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: jackshroomer]
    #9512330 - 12/29/08 01:31 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: geokills]
    #9512343 - 12/29/08 01:34 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I predict "In order to allow a diversity of opinions and questions to be asked we have chosen the runner up question."


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