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[o Ventus]

God isn't everywhere 

 

He is in Indiana

 

 

I thought it was Utah?

[Voxr]

I thought it was Utah?

Mmmmm No you're thinking of talking frog jesus.

[Jock Cranley]

Not in America they're not.

 

Referendums stateside work a lot differently anywhere else.

 

Mainly because they don't mean anything. A referendum in my current state of residence, Indiana, realistically means little more than a glorified public opinion message that politicians are more or less free to ignore at their leisure. And thanks to gerrymandering, they have a large likelihood of getting re-elected. Perpetually. And if they fear a demographic change, all they do is rewrite the lines to make their district winnable, while expanding the demographic zone for another (opposite party) politician, so that all the people who would have voted against him are now thrown into the token blue constituency.

 

Plus, we don't run on simple majority. We have to fulfill some random arbitrary numerical percentage that is calculated differently by gerrymandered state representative constituencies. It's rather difficult to get a referendum to do anything. Which is why we've only used them en masse for the country a handful of times (and none significant in the last 70 years). In the state, it's a lot easier to kill a referendum than it is to make it work, which is why it's hardly used.

 

It's the politicians way of ensuring that even the public can't kill their pet project. It's how politicians and their agenda can be insanely unpopular, yet still elected and holding a lot of power. It's the only reason the GoP still exists outside the bible belt. 

 

In short, referendums don't work in the United States like they do in Australia. We don't use them because they don't work here.

 

They're defending you from your shortsightedness, God!

[God]

In Iraq right now. Operation Inherent Resolve. Or Gulf War III if you like (And the first that's relatively justified).

 

I still wonder how I ended up in ****** Indy of all places. It isn't the place you expect two parents who were both Naval officers to end up, considering the state is nearly entire landlocked sans the Northwestern tip that touches a Freshwater inland sea (or lake as we call them).

[I SOLD MY SOUL TO BIOWARE]

 

[God]

I thought it was Utah?

 

Indiana State Senate Bill 101. 

 

Read it and weep. 

 

I know this state is for me now...

[Jock Cranley]

In Iraq right now. Operation Inherent Resolve. Or Gulf War III if you like (And the first that's relatively justified).

 

I still wonder how I ended up in ****** Indy of all places. It isn't the place you expect two parents who were both Naval officers to end up, considering the state is nearly entire landlocked sans the Northwestern tip that touches a Freshwater inland sea (or lake as we call them).

 

The only thing I remember about Indiana is how its highway stops smell like ass

[o Ventus]

Mmmmm No you're thinking of talking frog jesus.

 

So where is Cyborg Pirate Ninja Jesus from?

 

 

tbh, I'd be a Christian if Jesus were a cyborg pirate ninja.

[God]

The only thing I remember about Indiana is how its highway stops smell like ass

 

That's more of a midwestern thing in general.

 

Indiana is the stubborn middle finger of the south extending up into the rest of the Union.

 

It's also the state where you will likely be lynched if you're not a Colts fan. Or a basketball fan.

 

And I get so worked up when people call me a Hoosier.

 

http://www.movoto.co...na-stereotypes/

[themikefest]

Someone told me along time ago that the government should legalize dope and put a 100% tax on it to  payoff the counyry's debt

[Voxr]

So where is Cyborg Pirate Ninja Jesus from?

 

 

tbh, I'd be a Christian if Jesus were a cyborg pirate ninja.

I'm gonna say Delaware. They'd be into that sh!t.

[Jock Cranley]

Someone told me along time ago that the government should legalize dope and put a 100% tax on it to  payoff the counyry's debt

 

Any budget surplus would last less than 4 years

 

So it would pay off a sliver of the country's debt and make the place smell like skunk.

[God]

If that were the case, you would essentially just be renting the pot. You wouldn't even be paying for it. It'd have to pay for itself by being distributed and grown by the state with profits given to the state.

 

It would do absolutely nothing for the state if it were 100% tax.

[Neoleviathan]

http://www.washingto...or-of-the-wire/


^ That was on my feed yesterday... The President talking with the creator of The Wire about the show's inspiration from the Drug War. Marijuana is only a piece of that whole issue, but it's cool video. Obama is a big fan of the show so it's cool to see him meet a hero of his.

Spoiler

I think weed should be made legal. I don't see how it's worth the lives of our officers to be dealing with it. Especially with the increased use of SWAT. Having armed men risking their lives & those of civilians on the basis of preventing evidence from being flushed is not at all worth it. Our prison & justice system can do better by focusing on violent crime & hard criminals. Our environment can do without the illicit growing operations with their liberal use of pesticides, poisons, & traps. And is one less thing feeding the criminals in & out the border.

[God]

http://www.washingto...or-of-the-wire/


^ That was on my feed yesterday... The President talking with the creator of The Wire about the show's inspiration from the Drug War. Marijuana is only a piece of that whole issue, but it's cool video. Obama is a big fan of the show so it's cool to see him meet a hero of his.

Spoiler

I think weed should be made legal. I don't see how it's worth the lives of our officers to be dealing with it. Especially with the increased use of SWAT. Having armed men risking their lives & those of civilians on the basis of preventing evidence from being flushed is not at all worth it. Our prison & justice system can do better by focusing on violent crime & hard criminals. Our environment can do without the illicit growing operations with their liberal use of pesticides, poisons, & traps. And is one less thing feeding the criminals in & out the border.

 

In all fairness, Marijuana wars are quite low key. It's not a particularly deadly drug.

 

It's all the harder ****, like the meth, the coke, and the heroin coming up that causes the violence.

 

That said, we Americans have a bizarre fetish for prison culture. And said justice system thinks we should be harder on casual offenders.

 

Indy wants to make first time possession of marijuana (of any amount) a felony and minimum sentence of 3 years in the play pen. And our solution to the overcrowded penal system? BUILD MORE PRISONS AND MAKE THEM BIGGER! AND MAKE THE SENTENCES LONGER!

 

Republicans for you. They want to make dealing a capital offense in my state. And they want to bring back the firing squad. We're too jealous of Utah apparently. 

[mybudgee]

Mmmmm No you're thinking of talking frog jesus.

I prefer Zombified Jesus

 

[Voxr]

 

Thank goodness we have the highly intelligent and driven folk of the bsn discussing this highly complex and difficult issue. 

 

With all the brain power in this thread we can solve societies greatest woes. 

Spoken like a true addict! 

 

FREEZE MOTHERFU**ER! 

 

 

[Voxr]

I prefer Zombified Jesus

 

I'm more of a Grilled Cheesus man myself.

 

[mybudgee]

^ I see Godzilla

[DEUGH Man]

I'll just continue to smoke it on the DL. The cops I've ran into don't really care if you have a small amount. They just confiscate it and go on their way. It's the drug equivalent of jay walking. Some people will be responsible with it, and some people will be idiotic with it, and the world will keep spinning as it always does. Really, it does seem like a waste that they put so much resources into stopping pot when it is SOOO easy to get it. If they are serious, then they gotta train their guys on how to stop it better. It's just an embarrassment now, man. I mean, I live in a state where it is legal, but nothing has really changed since it has become legal. People are just doing the same stuff they were doing five years ago. Laws are only meaningful when people agree to be bound by them. 

[mybudgee]

I'll just continue to smoke it on the DL. The cops I've ran into don't really care if you have a small amount. They just confiscate it and go on their way. It's the drug equivalent of jay walking. Some people will be responsible with it, and some people will be idiotic with it, and the world will keep spinning as it always does. Really, it does seem like a waste that they put so much resources into stopping pot when it is SOOO easy to get it. If they are serious, then they gotta train their guys on how to stop it better. It's just an embarrassment now, man. I mean, I live in a state where it is legal, but nothing has really changed since it has become legal. People are just doing the same stuff they were doing five years ago. Laws are only meaningful when people agree to be bound by them. 

Where are you living?

[Dio Demon]

 

Thank goodness we have the highly intelligent and driven folk of the bsn discussing this highly complex and difficult issue. 

 

With all the brain power in this thread we can solve societies greatest woes. 

Spoken like a true addict! 

 

FREEZE MOTHERFU**ER! 

 

 

And that was because that person ran a red light...

 

American Police Department people!

[Garryydde]

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Yes.