Wednesday Open Thread [10.12.11]

Filed in National by on October 12, 2011

Congressional overreach now to extend to legal use of drugs in foreign countries.

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) — even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they’re carried out. The new law, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against anyone who discusses, plans or advises someone else to engage in any activity that violates the CSA, the massive federal law that prohibits drugs like marijuana and strictly regulates prescription medication

Better cancel that wedding trip to Amsterdam.

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t want any tax increases on the wealthy and has been an opponent of the Occupy Wall Street movement…… and Ralph Nader wants him to run for President, a few weeks after praising Sarah Palin’s intelligence. Other than Republicans, there is no politician I hate with a blinding passion more than Ralph Nader.

The Constitution is an inherently progressive document. No shit.

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  1. puck says:

    Appearing soon on Jerry Springer:

    Police say two pregnant women were involved in a fight in which one slashed two other people inside a Chester hospital room.

    Upland police say the women, ages 21 and 22, were fighting with a woman and a teenage girl inside a room at Crozer-Chester Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon…

    The women were all visiting a male patient who is recovering from a gunshot wound.

  2. Caroline says:

    I’m with you on the Nader hate. I totally blame him for Bush being elected in 2000.

  3. anonone says:

    Bush was not elected in 2000. He lost the popular vote and the vote counting in Florida was stopped by a partisan SCOTUS. Stop blaming Nader for the Republicans stealing an election.

  4. socialistic ben says:

    Any surprise that a law trying to regulate free thought come from the constitution humping GOP? soon it will be a crime to say “im moving to canada to get away from these fuck-twits”

  5. Delaware Dem says:

    The stealing of Florida would not have been possible but for Nader. Without Nader on the ballot and attacking Gore as being exactly the same as Bush, which was an outright lie, many of those who voted for him would have voted for Gore.

    So I will until the end of time, no matter what you say, blame Nader for 2000.

  6. puck says:

    attacking Gore as being exactly the same as Bush, which was an outright lie

    Ironically, Democrats are now continuing those Bush policies we voted against in 2000. So it wasn’t really a lie – it just took a little time to come true.

    At least Bush knew when it was time to send everybody a stimulus check to keep the pitchforks and torches away from Wall Street.

  7. Delaware Dem says:

    It was a lie then. That was my point. And you cannot deny it was a lie then.

  8. Jason330 says:

    The only thing more annoying and stupid that Ralph Nader is a Ralph Nader apologist.

  9. puck says:

    True. We would probably not have had the Bush tax cuts, which are now destroying the economy for a second decade, with today’s Democrats ready to double down on them.

    Of course, we would also have VP Lieberman (President by now). So we might well have had the Iraq War anyway.

  10. Miscreant says:

    Why aren’t the OWS types protesting this fat cat from Chicago?

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44872639/ns/us_news-life/#.TpXlH1myCwx

    Wait, he’s union.
    Never mind.

  11. puck says:

    Coons helps launch law enforcement caucus

    That is good news. It is about time Congress started looking into the excesses of law enforcement.

    Oh wait –

    Coons, Missouri Republican Roy Blunt and 16 other lawmakers are part of the caucus, designed to keep Senate members and staff members abreast of the latest developments in law enforcement and lobbying for resources agencies need to do their jobs.

    *sigh* … Same old, same old. Only more of it.