BDOGKush
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That's exactly how I read the OP and the linked article. He wasn't taken out of context at all.
Ben Carson says he would “intensify” the war on drugs
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BDOGKush
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You'll have to ask one of his supporters for that excuse.
So legalization won't have an effect on improving our economy? Not wasting tax dollars prosecuting people over a plant won't help our economy?
Colorado possession charges were around 2,500 in 2014. Down nearly 30,000 since 2010 while they brought in over 40 million dollars in one year off marijuana tax but yea legalization can't help our economy...
londonfog
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sorry I read your post wrong. I thought you said we were taking his quotes out of context
sheskunk
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Uncle Ben
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Mods are incompetent, prejudice? I've been a mod. The RIU mods delete (censor) posts for the wrong reasons. Well, if you're an RIU control freak and don't like what you're reading because it doesn't align with your ideology - delete it. A very dangerous precedent not unlike the plays of Nazi Germany.
Speaking of free speech.....back to Carson who will not go down without a fight:
Dear American,
Only one business in America is protected by the Constitution -- the press. This is because the press was supposed to be an ally of the people, informing them in a nonpartisan way.
Sadly the press has been recklessly abusing this privilege.
Over the past weeks I've come under relentless attack. Nearly every word I've said has been twisted and spun. In some cases, blatant lies have been told about what I believe.
As a black Republican, I know I don't fit the traditional mold, and I'm a threat to the liberal order. Because of the color of my skin, I'm supposed to think a certain way. Sorry, but that's racism.
If we stop allowing politicians to divide us, stop giving away our values in the name of political correctness, and just apply some common sense, I know we can save this nation for our children and our grandchildren. I'm running for President to lead that movement.
I refuse to act like a politician and say whatever I need to say to get elected. I will speak the truth regardless of what the media and the PC police say is "controversial." It's time for honesty.
Here's the truth -- the 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting. It's about protecting ourselves, our family, and liberty.
Marriage is between one man and one woman. No one has the right to change that.
Every life is precious and worth protecting. This doesn't mean you're waging a war on women.
As a compassionate society we have a responsibility to take care of the less fortunate. The government's job is to break down any barriers to opportunity and individual empowerment, not to promise "free" this or "free" that, and lock people in a state of dependency. If we continue on our current path, we will rob a whole generation of their God-given right to pursue happiness, and run out of money in the process.
These are the things I believe. I will keep saying them, unapologetically, over and over again.
The press is attacking me because they see my momentum. I can win the Republican nomination, and I can defeat whoever the Democrats nominate in a general election.
I believe we have a country to save. We don't have time to be bullied by the purveyors of division, the PC police, or a dishonest press.
Sincerely,
Flaming Pie
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The federal government is not going to flip on Marijuana so easily. Maybe in 5 -10 years after a couple more states legalize recreational.
natro.hydro
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Thats because we keep voting the same people into the federal govt that don't see the drug war as a failure. To them it is a financial gain to keep it going, why quit making money?
Fixing the economy and justice reform can be handled without 1 taking precedence over the other. At least my candidate knows that
feel the bern
UncleBuck
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classic two face ginwilly.
UncleBuck
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nice to see you two white supremacists sticking together.
UncleBuck
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classic two face ginwilly.
UncleBuck
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like what?
you have no evidence, otherwise you would have presented it.
you are a fucking loser. go away.
UncleBuck
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/politics/obamacare-numbers-16-million-insured-rate/
About 16.4 million people have gained health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law nearly five years ago
http://kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/how-is-the-aca-impacting-medicaid-enrollment/
Medicaid and CHIP enrollment had increased by over 4.8 million people
WOOOOOPS!
you suck so bad at this, skinhead.
Uncle Ben
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Of course he does. You'll feel "the burn" alright.Fixing the economy and justice reform can be handled without 1 taking precedence over the other. At least my candidate knows that
deez nuts......
UncleBuck
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UncleBuck
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didn't you cry about censorship because the mods wouldn't allow you to refer to blck people as "niggers"?Mods are incompetent, prejudice? I've been a mod. The RIU mods delete (censor) posts for the wrong reasons. Well, if you're an RIU control freak and don't like what you're reading because it doesn't align with your ideology - delete it. A very dangerous precedent not unlike the plays of Nazi Germany.
Speaking of free speech.....back to Carson who will not go down without a fight:
Dear American,
Only one business in America is protected by the Constitution -- the press. This is because the press was supposed to be an ally of the people, informing them in a nonpartisan way.
Sadly the press has been recklessly abusing this privilege.
Over the past weeks I've come under relentless attack. Nearly every word I've said has been twisted and spun. In some cases, blatant lies have been told about what I believe.
As a black Republican, I know I don't fit the traditional mold, and I'm a threat to the liberal order. Because of the color of my skin, I'm supposed to think a certain way. Sorry, but that's racism.
If we stop allowing politicians to divide us, stop giving away our values in the name of political correctness, and just apply some common sense, I know we can save this nation for our children and our grandchildren. I'm running for President to lead that movement.
I refuse to act like a politician and say whatever I need to say to get elected. I will speak the truth regardless of what the media and the PC police say is "controversial." It's time for honesty.
Here's the truth -- the 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting. It's about protecting ourselves, our family, and liberty.
Marriage is between one man and one woman. No one has the right to change that.
Every life is precious and worth protecting. This doesn't mean you're waging a war on women.
As a compassionate society we have a responsibility to take care of the less fortunate. The government's job is to break down any barriers to opportunity and individual empowerment, not to promise "free" this or "free" that, and lock people in a state of dependency. If we continue on our current path, we will rob a whole generation of their God-given right to pursue happiness, and run out of money in the process.
These are the things I believe. I will keep saying them, unapologetically, over and over again.
The press is attacking me because they see my momentum. I can win the Republican nomination, and I can defeat whoever the Democrats nominate in a general election.
I believe we have a country to save. We don't have time to be bullied by the purveyors of division, the PC police, or a dishonest press.
Sincerely,
natro.hydro
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Ya could at least put a real number on it if you wanted to slam bernie, smh. The meme just makes you look stupid as shit though imo because 90% is a ridiculous number that isn't even close to reality....Of course he does. You'll feel "the burn" alright.
deez nuts......
Math obviously isn't your strong suit, as it doesn't seem to be with most right wing economists who say bernie's plan is just impossible.
It would pay dividends before your old crusty as was in the ground I bet!
Flaming Pie
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Well excuse me for using the wrong word.
He believes the earth was around LOOOOOOONG before humans. There ya go.
millions of years. My bad.
Flaming Pie
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"You go back to the very first chapter in the Bible -- and I’m not a hard and fast person who says the Earth is only 6,000 years old -- but I do believe in the six-day creation,” he said.
“It says, in the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth,” continued Dr. Carson. “It doesn’t say when He created them except for in the beginning. The Earth could have been here for a long time before he started creating things on it.”
Direct quote
“It says, in the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth,” continued Dr. Carson. “It doesn’t say when He created them except for in the beginning. The Earth could have been here for a long time before he started creating things on it.”
Direct quote
ginwilly
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That 90% number was from an interview he did with CNBC. He didn't call for it, but he didn't take it off the table either.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/05/26/3662773/sanders-90-percent-tax/
In an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is running for the Democratic presidential candidacy, said he could back a 90 percent top marginal tax rate.
Harwood brought up that some have likened efforts to combat income inequality to Nazi Germany. Sanders noted sarcastically, “When radical, socialist Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, I think the highest marginal tax rate was something like 90 percent.”
Harwood followed up by asking, “When you think about something like 90 percent, you don’t think that’s obviously too high?” to which Sanders replied, “No.”