I'll just leave this here....

[AFK]

So is it your position that government has no role whatsoever protecting and providing for the welfare of children?  

And if it isn't please map out for me where the line is for where government can protect children and where they can't. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So is it your position that government has no role whatsoever protecting and providing for the welfare of children?  

Never said anything like that.

Congress may allocate money to all manner of things that provide and protect children.  Schools, for example.

Congress may pass laws that cover crimes against children that occur in more than one state, or involves crossing state lines (ie, kidnapping, kiddie porn rings, etc).  An adult smoking pot, however, is not a crime against a child.

Please note, also, that the general welfare clause extends only to funding, not to criminal behavior.  For example, it is perfectly constitutional for the federal government to fund drug prevention and/or recovery programs.  However, the constitutionality (and the effectiveness) of prohibition was answered with the overturning of the Volstead Act.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Nice edit, but I anticipated it.

[AFK]

Yeah, sorry, sometimes when people ask questions a follow up questions pops into ones head.

I'll try to make sure that never happens again.

Bad RWHN, Bad!!!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yeah, sorry, sometimes when people ask questions a follow up questions pops into ones head.

I'll try to make sure that never happens again.

Bad RWHN, Bad!!!

Beats a rebuttal, eh?

[East Coast Hustle]

Seriously, where the fuck do you come up with this stuff? I feel like I'm reading a DARE pamphlet.

http://thecannabisindustry.org/

Yeah, I can spend a couple hundred bucks on a website too. they don't even have a link to NORML on their page, which tells me all I need to know about how powerful and legitimate they are.

Get a fucking grip.

[East Coast Hustle]

Just asked one of my best friends who is part-owner of Cookieman Care in WA and who was one of the founding vendors of the now-regular Seattle Pot Farmers' Market if he had ever heard of this pervasive and all-powerful cannabis lobby.

His reply: "The who?....Uhh.....nope. Wish I had thought to buy that domain name though."

[East Coast Hustle]

Just emailed Dominic Holden to ask him the same thing.

PROTIP: If you don't know who he is, RWHN, you really don't know fuck-all about the marijuana legalization movement in the US. Which you've already proven time and time again, but still.

[East Coast Hustle]

Along with not bullshitting Roger about the constitution, you probably shouldn't try to bullshit me about the marijuana industry.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

A national marijuana industry with a powerful lobby?

I mean, I wish that were true as it would likely result in many of my good friends having high-paying jobs, but it simply is not.

THAT WAS AMAZING!

I am TOTALLY using that one.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I believe that RWHN once implied that he has an MPH, back when he was telling me that my public-health-expert friend was "misinformed" about drugs and public health.

I'm not asking where it's from because it doesn't matter, and any notion that the information could lead to your personal identity information is nonsensical. But, because you have so often strongly based many of your arguments on your status as an expert, and have asked us to accept them based on your credibility as an expert, I would appreciate a direct answer to the question about your education and credentials, RWHN.

What degree do you hold?

[AFK]

Just asked one of my best friends who is part-owner of Cookieman Care in WA and who was one of the founding vendors of the now-regular Seattle Pot Farmers' Market if he had ever heard of this pervasive and all-powerful cannabis lobby.

His reply: "The who?....Uhh.....nope. Wish I had thought to buy that domain name though."

Has your best friend ever been invited to the National Press Club?

http://press.org/events/national-cannabis-industry-association-leaders-join-rep-jared-polis-d-co



When on the ropes, just make shit up.  Priceless! 

[AFK]

It's amazing how some slob can just register a domain name and stand along side a U.S. Rep to speak before such a prestigious organization.  I bet that happens every damn day!   

[AFK]

I believe that RWHN once implied that he has an MPH, back when he was telling me that my public-health-expert friend was "misinformed" about drugs and public health.

I'm not asking where it's from because it doesn't matter, and any notion that the information could lead to your personal identity information is nonsensical. But, because you have so often strongly based many of your arguments on your status as an expert, and have asked us to accept them based on your credibility as an expert, I would appreciate a direct answer to the question about your education and credentials, RWHN.

What degree do you hold?

I don't hold my degree, it's on a wall. 

I got it from Klown University. 

[AFK]

Along with not bullshitting Roger about the constitution, you probably shouldn't try to bullshit me about the marijuana industry.

Really?  Given that you didn't know the existence of a national marijuana industry lobbying organization that has enough swing to sit along side Congressmen at the National Press Club?  Yeah, you're right, I can't get anything past you.