Quote:He does favor putting this matter into the hands of the states.
wow thats news to us in states that have legalized the use and then have the dept of justice come into our states (california/colorado) and attempt to over-ride state laws (currently a fed narc with the dept of justice is helt in contempt of court for a case here in colorado for violating state law in this matter.
perhaps you can explain.
Suzy-
<bowing> I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy.
Excellent list!
Exactly right, Dys. thanks for bringing that up!
No foxfyre, as the many posts there have pointed out. Bush has told states to not repeal the ban and opposed attempts by congress democrats to amend the federal law banning marijuana for all including medical uses and let the states decide for themselves.
I saw a bumper sticker on a car (a nice one, of course) on my way back from lunch:
To hell with our enemies--
God bless America!
Which, I suspect, may sum up one school of thought in conservative circles right now...
I disagree Centroles. I don't believe he has ever taken the position that the states should not decide this for themselves. He does oppose a federal law that would make it universally legal.
If you can find any documentation or empirical evidence that he has refused this to the states to decide, I like my humble pie with ketchup.
there is already a federal ban on it foxfyre that overrides state laws.
this is why some one in california can be arrested for it by the feds even though the state legalized it.
bush stopped attempts to repeal this ban and let states pass their own laws as to whether or not it's legal.
secondly, shouldn't doctors be the ones deciding whether or not to prescribe medicinal marijuana to a certain patient.
shouldn't the terminally ill patient suffering from cancer and excrutiating pain be the ones to make the decision?
what medical qualifications do politicians have to make this decision either at the federal or the state level?
A clash between federal supremacy and states' rights is heating up in Colorado. Attorneys for federal agents who refuse to follow a state court order to return confiscated marijuana to a medical patient have asked a judge to dismiss a motion seeking to hold the agents in contempt.
Don Nord was entitled under Colorado law to possess the marijuana as medicine. When no charges were filed after the marijuana and other items were seized during the execution of a search warrant, Routt County Judge James Garrecht ordered everything returned to Nord, including two ounces of marijuana. Federal officers returned everything but the two ounces of pot, citing the status of marijuana as contraband under federal law.
There is a law on the books making the sale and possession of marijuana illegal--not sure if the law includes 'use' but it probably does.
Congress can pass a law passing the decision whether to legalize medical marijuana to the states. So far it hasn't done that. Everything I've heard and seen written re GWB is that he favors the states having this ability to decide.
so I am guessing that the longheld conservative tradition of states/individual rights vs federal intrusion is now out the window and the "new" republican values feds over states, quite a flip-flop into democrat traditions I would say. It's no wonder people are confused when Bush says he is a republican and Clinton was a liberal. Must just be the flag pin in the label that is the distinguishing factor. (oops I forgot, everyone wears one of those now)
yeah, they're always flopping over to our side and pretending it's always been theirs, I've noticed!
it's the only way they can ever get credit for most of the great Liberal advances in this country!
Easier to do than to ever admit wrong-headedness, apparently.
THINGS REPUBLICANS BELIEVE.
Lying about illicit sex is much worse than lying about an agressive war.
Good one! Also building schools for Iraqis; I haven't heard any talk of making them use vouchers, though!
I'm a libertarian, but still just mostly conservative... I disagree with all of that. I think that the 2 main parties need a complete overhaul.
L.R.R. I don't think anyone here agrees with it. However its jsut stupid generalizations (however i can imagine the uprising if a conservatgive made a thread like this towards liberals :wink: )
Congress has attempted to pass the medicinal marijuana exception. Bush asked his fellow republicans to not back it.
The president holds a great deal of influence in what policies get passed and what don't.
Whether it's No Child Left Behind, the Iraq War Resolution, the Drug Plan or about a million others, the president has more say in what gets passed than a dozen senators.
