Comments on: Secretary Clinton In Mexico

By: Fox News: Will Hillary Get The Last Laugh? : NO QUARTER

Fox News: Will Hillary Get The Last Laugh? : NO QUARTER — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:20:54 +0000

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By: Linda Anselmi

Linda Anselmi — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:46:12 +0000

Thank you RRRA – Its always a brighter day after listening to Hillary.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:40:12 +0000

Really? not the ones I talk to that voted for him and the ones that didn’t vote for him , know with out a doubt they made the right choice.

By: cynic

cynic — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:11:15 +0000

You only assume that marijuana users as a group don’t take responsibility for their actions. This makes no more sense than generalizing that people who drink beer don’t take responsibility for their actions. If it were logical to go from the specific to the general, there would be a far stronger case for the second assumption.

How many people die each year as a direct consequence of alcohol comsumption? The number is about 85,000. Compare that enormous toll with the number of annual deaths directly or indirectly related to marijuana consumption. According to the CDC, in 2001 there were only 3 deaths in the USA that could be directly contributed to marijuana consumption. The number of indirectly related deaths totalled only 138.

7,600 people die in the USA each year as a direct consequence of the misuse of NSAID drugs–primarily aspirin.

http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/death/01pot-related.htm

I don’t give any credence whatsoever to the “accessory to murder” argument. There isn’t much violent behavior involved in the chain from domestic grower to domestic consumer. The violence primarily relates to illegality and the Mexican drug cartels, which illegality have actually created.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:52 +0000

That is incorrect. Marijuana has never been proven to lead to “harder” drugs or be detrimental in the long-run. That is the ancient and refuted J. Edgar Hoover line. This isn’t the Reefer Madness movie we’re talking about here–marijuana is a plant and regulating it is beyond silly. Hell, it grows wild in the ditches of northeastern Nebraska (rope-dope). We have a lot of more important issues to deal with. And your logic has only resulted in a waste of billions with no objectively verifiable results–at all. Throwing good money after bad is folly.

In my opinion, there are far too many people busy trying to run other people’s lives while forgetting to attend to their own. If someone chooses to light up a doobie in the privacy of their own home, who am I (or you) to say no?

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:48:55 +0000

I agree. Time to end the madness.

By: Linda C.

Linda C. — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:38:25 +0000

We do need to take responsibility and look at the consequences of our actions. Every time you use or buy illegal drugs you are an accessory to murder. It is about time the selfish look at their actions in real consequences. Marijuana is not harmless because of the far reaching consequences beyond the actual drug. Legalizing it might help some. However, it is about time people put on their “big boy pants”. It is illegal now and thus using pot or anything else has vast lasting consequences beyond the short-time feel good.

By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:33:33 +0000

Hey, friends – I am travelling, and reading your comments on my partner’s blackberry.

beebop, hell yeah I am sick of the great women getting short shrift!

Reading the Prospect piece abt Obama and his lack of experience made me cuss a blue streak ending with, “We TOLD you that it mattered!!!!” Sheesh.

Ani, I look forward to reading your post!

By: mary

mary — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:20:12 +0000

Ill-prepared cool punk of a jack ass….

Loved your artwork on Barackass Totus

By: mary

mary — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:18:46 +0000

Agree 100% with you Ani.

I just read David Rothkopf’s Foreign Policy blurb on Hillary in Mexico and I find that he’s one of the few who really gets Hillary…
Let’s hope he’s wrong about Hillary’s approval being higher than Obama’s (he’s right on this!) and this being the cause for her bowing out early as Colin Powel once did….
That’s why the repugnant insidious republicanos produced their premature Campaign Ad: “Hillary the Movie”–they’re shit-scared of Hillary!!!And of course, they’ll attempt to vilify her, together with the “leg-thrillers” of the misogynist media….

By: mary

mary — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:07:43 +0000

democrat1

Could this then be the reason behind the Republicano deviants launching their Campaign Ad entitled “Hillary the Movie”? They’re shit-scared of the possibility of a really strong, competent leader like Hillary taking over from TOTUS….RIGHT ON! They better be afraid. The Affirmative Action Prezie’s had it…His anorexic resume and innate clulelessness are legendary…

By: Ani

Ani — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:56:42 +0000

Thanks for mentioning the PPFA — in our next post — we talk about this and another accolade Hillary just received — as a “Global Trailblazer” celebrating women in leadership roles around the world — check it out!

By: Ani

Ani — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:54:40 +0000

I agree with you about Hillary’s comments that we needs to be honest about the fact that we bear some responsbility here. Her frank talk and approach is winning her points with leaders and diplomats around the world. They find it refreshing – and honest.

I think it is a good way to build bridges and repair our credibility. She is doing a great job.

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:51:21 +0000

watch bo do something to upstage her..he always does..

By: CG

CG — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:10 +0000

RRRAmy, DAMN right she should be our president. The DNC greedily gambled and lost, and have given us an ill-prepared cool punk of a jackass in Obama.

Compare and contrast her capacity to handle a press conference in a very honest, intelligent way. Clearly more capable, more brilliant, and more genuine than Obama. In one of your previous posts RRRAmy, I linked an LA Times article on Clinton’s upcoming trip to Mexico which described Mexico as a porcupine and that Clinton challenge was to unmix the US message. With this news conference, it seems Clinton demonstrated her polished diplomatic expertise considering the prickly quills, which I hope will prove positive.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is about to receive PPFA’s highest honor, the Margaret Sanger award, for her advocacy of “women’s health and rights throughout her public service career,” at gala on Friday in Houston, Texas