Say Anything Blog

Let’s face it: Marijuana is not inherently a bad thing.  It’s no more or less harmful to humans and human behavior than alcohol, and we’d do well to just legalize it and spend the massive amount of resources expended on its banishment elsewhere.

If North Dakota could eliminate the use of the judicial system to deal with pot and bad checks, my calendar would free up REAL quick.

Fox News’ Bob Beckel: I Used To Smoke A Lot Of Weed

Why did he stop?  I guess even a raging leftie needs to be able to think clearly.

If life doesn’t begin at conception, why do they call it birth control?

Beckel’s use of pot doesn’t , in itself, bother me.
He’s also been treated for alcohol abuse.
What DOES bother me is that he presents himself as a person whose judgement is supposed to mean something.
I feel that his past judgement lapses should exclude him from the position he has.

He apparently had the good judgment to stop using it.

If life doesn’t begin at conception, why do they call it birth control?

Good judgement doesn’t lead one into illegal activities.
Nor is stopping illegal activities called “good judgement”.
It’s called realization.

You finally found someone in the Democratic Party who is as creepy as the high-rollers in the Republican Party. Hope you didn’t bust a gut.

You finally found someone in the Democratic Party who is as creepy as the high-rollers in the Republican Party.

Finally? Finally??
You mean like the “chubby chaser” in the White House? Or the Serpent Head that put him there?

For any voter trying to choose between the two candidates for commander in chief, there is no better test than this: When American strategy in a critical theater was up for grabs, John McCain proposed a highly unpopular and risky path, which he accurately predicted could lead to success. Barack Obama proposed a popular and politically safe route that would have led to an unnecessary and debilitating American defeat at the hands of al Qaeda.

Frederick W. Kagan

Finally?
How about Kennedy?
He killed a chick....
THen, there’s that guy in Louisiana that thought keeping his bribe money in the freezer was a good idea....
No, wait!  I can go on for DAYS!

Nor is stopping illegal activities called “good judgement”.

Better than continuing to make the same mistake.

If life doesn’t begin at conception, why do they call it birth control?

"Better than continuing to make the same mistake”
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.THe whole jist of my original comment wasn’t that he had made mistakes, it’s that he’s held in esteem for his judgements.

...it’s that he’s held in esteem for his judgements.

Who holds Beckel in esteem for anything?  That’s one I’ve never heard before.
In fact, his giving up drug use is the smartest thing I have ever heard about him.

If life doesn’t begin at conception, why do they call it birth control?

Oh!
I’m sorry.
I didn’t realize that you weren’t familuar with his position as a leftist commentator at Fox News.

Oh!
I’m sorry.
I didn’t realize that you weren’t familuar with his position as a leftist
commentator at Fox News.

You are in error; I know that quite well, in addition to his regular appearances on Crossfire.  It is because of my familiarity with him that I lack any respect or esteem for him.  It’s based on knowledge and facts, not ignorance.

If life doesn’t begin at conception, why do they call it birth control?

Bob, while you’ve missed the point on nearly every post thus far I must applaud your libertarian views on the subject of marijuana use.  Bravo.

Yea no crap, 99% of regular people used to smoke it. FFS Bush snorted coke.