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2011-07-01 Home Front: Politix

Obama flip flops and declares war on states with Medical Marijuana

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-01 11:20|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Agreed this is about Federal Power over States.

The bully is getting old.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-07-01 11:57|| 2011-07-01 11:57|| Front Page Top

#2 a Republican would never have let the pot shops open in the first place

Posted by 746 2011-07-01 13:41|| 2011-07-01 13:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Not always, 746. Colorado passed their medical amendment with a Republican as governor.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-01 13:48|| 2011-07-01 13:48|| Front Page Top

#4 It's like Obama had a bet with someone that he could actually lose California in 2012.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-07-01 14:51|| 2011-07-01 14:51|| Front Page Top

#5 If you think of his decisions as lost bets during golf a lot of things make more sense. Few other ways of looking at it do.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-07-01 14:52|| 2011-07-01 14:52|| Front Page Top

#6 None that we're ready to accept yet, anyway.

Posted by gorb 2011-07-01 15:53|| 2011-07-01 15:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The California Correctional Peace Officers Union is the most powerful union in California, politically even more powerful than SEIU, and it is adamantly opposed to any form of marijuana reform. It wants the longest possible sentences for marijuana users.

Other prison guards unions are equally opposed to any decriminalization or medical marijuana.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-07-01 19:38|| 2011-07-01 19:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Job security beats logic every time.

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-07-01 23:14|| 2011-07-01 23:14|| Front Page Top

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