Also, why not keep the distinction between "medicinal" and "recreational" marijuana alive. Granted pot may have some medical benefits but that doesn't mean it should be approved for everyday casual use. Opium has medical uses, too, and no one (I could be wrong here!) says it should be available over the counter.
A comment like yours coming from a self-declared Republican is a perfect illustration of why main-stream Republicans can't be relied upon to support Conservative Values- you sound like a Liberal Democrat to me in disguise pretending to be a Republican.(They're called "RINOS"- Republican in Name Only- and they're a lot of them around: Mitt Romney, John McCain, etc., the people who consistently lose elections for the Republican Party).
What we desperately need in this country is a Third Party as ardently committed to traditional values as the Dems are committed to overturning traditional values and replacing them with their own perverted belief system. At least the Dems- to give them credit- believe in something, however wrong-headed- the Republicans only seem to believe in being "nice" and "getting along" ("crossing the aisle" as loser John McCain likes to say).
A third Conservative Party would nicely balance the lefto Democrats. The Republicans could play the role of middle-ground Independents- The wishy-washy Swing Vote which would suit them very well.
P.S. Legalizing marijuana is a bad idea- no matter how much lefto pot heads like Bobbie Hagan and his aging flower kids would like to see it happen. For one thing, as I said in my post: you're encouraging people to inhale smoke and that's not very healthy- is it? Were trying desperately to deal with the health disaster caused by millions of people inhaling tobacco smoke- why do we want to encourage millions of people to inhale marijuana smoke. Does that make sense?
So Bobbie Hagan is now in favor of legalizing recreational Marijuana use- What a Surprise?
The whole "medical marijuana" scam was just a "Trojan Horse" to make pot smoking acceptable to the mainstream. A typical left-wing trick. And what about lung damage caused by pot smoking- how is inhaling pot smoke any different from inhaling tobacco smoke- the lungs were designed to inhale oxygen, not smoke. Why give legal sanction to another practice injurious to health- we have enough already.
Republicans, stick to your guns and tell Bobbie and his tie-died sixties left over cronies to take a hike. If you don't it may be time to shop for a third party.
One of the posters called this a "beautiful event". I wasn't there, but I saw the Vindy photos and it looked caricature to me: two overweight females, one of them tuxedoed, the other one swishy feminine- tonguing each other. Beautiful!? If I had been there, I think I would have burst out laughing!
Why the plural- parents? In most cases today what you find is a single mother on welfare. We need to revise our language to conform to contemporary reality- and if we don't like the "read" of that- change the reality- it's no more complicated than that.
How would it be if, instead of making life harder for law- abiding gun owners, we concentrated on making life as difficult as possible for people who misuse weapons to commit crimes and injure others?
For instance, the recent incident on the YSU Campus where a shooter from Pittsburgh shot twelve times at a group of people and put a women- caught in the cross fire- in the hospital seriously injured resulted in what charge against the shooter?
Felonious Assault. A wrist slap. The penalty range for felonious assault is 2 to 8 years- with good behavior back out on the street in 3 to 4.
Stack that up against attempted murder. 20 to 25 years, big difference. I would say, it you shoot a dozen times against a group of people- that's attempted murder in anybody's book.
Why wasn't this particular shooter (and all the other shooters in Y-town) subjected to the more serious- and appropriate- charge? I don't know- ask your Prosecutor.
Gun violence of that kind calls for the harshest penalty possible- how, in God's name, is taking guns away from law-abiding citizens going to protect anybody- except the criminals because, then, they won't have to worry about anybody shooting back at them.
A great people, the Irish. I recently read a book by Fr. Andrew Greeley titled, appropriately, "The Irish", in which he gave some incredible statistics about Irish Literacy: the Irish, per capita, produce more newspapers, magazines, and books than any other people on earth.
And they also know how to get together in pups, drink and have a good time with lots of singing- how do you beat a people like that! You can't- just join them!
The problem is the boys became symbols- stereotypes- of the kinds of people the radical left has taught us to distrust and hate- FOOTBALL PLAYERS- my god, everyone, knows what they are like (say the Femi-nazis) they're animals!
If the boys had belonged to the Chess Club, or had been Golf or Tennis team members- I'm betting the media reaction would have been entirely different: They'd have been hunting excuses like beagles chasing rabbits- "Oh, let's look for extenuating circumstances, family history, etc". But, Football Players, well, we know what they're like...
Also, I disagree with NoBs, in saying: "they (the School Board) are the main problem with Youngstown Schools).
No they're not- they're just the symptom- the main problem is with the families of most of the students in the Youngstown System. I'd be willing to bet a high percentage came from single women living on Welfare. There's your problem.
The five members who voted for the San Diego junket probably thought- "Hey, were going down anyway- why not have a little bit of fun in the California Sun and, what's another 12 G's- as deep in the hole as we are!" Besides, it's not our money- it belonged to the schlemiel taxpayers before we took it away from them!
Does anyone wonder why we have a Tea Party Movement- TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!
Hagan introduces medical marijuana bills
Also, why not keep the distinction between "medicinal" and "recreational" marijuana alive. Granted pot may have some medical benefits but that doesn't mean it should be approved for everyday casual use. Opium has medical uses, too, and no one (I could be wrong here!) says it should be available over the counter.
May 3, 2013 at 11:10 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Hagan introduces medical marijuana bills
For: Youngs......republican
A comment like yours coming from a self-declared Republican is a perfect illustration of why main-stream Republicans can't be relied upon to support Conservative Values- you sound like a Liberal Democrat to me in disguise pretending to be a Republican.(They're called "RINOS"- Republican in Name Only- and they're a lot of them around: Mitt Romney, John McCain, etc., the people who consistently lose elections for the Republican Party).
What we desperately need in this country is a Third Party as ardently committed to traditional values as the Dems are committed to overturning traditional values and replacing them with their own perverted belief system. At least the Dems- to give them credit- believe in something, however wrong-headed- the Republicans only seem to believe in being "nice" and "getting along" ("crossing the aisle" as loser John McCain likes to say).
A third Conservative Party would nicely balance the lefto Democrats. The Republicans could play the role of middle-ground Independents- The wishy-washy Swing Vote which would suit them very well.
P.S. Legalizing marijuana is a bad idea- no matter how much lefto pot heads like Bobbie Hagan and his aging flower kids would like to see it happen. For one thing, as I said in my post: you're encouraging people to inhale smoke and that's not very healthy- is it? Were trying desperately to deal with the health disaster caused by millions of people inhaling tobacco smoke- why do we want to encourage millions of people to inhale marijuana smoke. Does that make sense?
May 3, 2013 at 11:02 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Hagan introduces medical marijuana bills
So Bobbie Hagan is now in favor of legalizing recreational Marijuana use- What a Surprise?
The whole "medical marijuana" scam was just a "Trojan Horse" to make pot smoking acceptable to the mainstream. A typical left-wing trick. And what about lung damage caused by pot smoking- how is inhaling pot smoke any different from inhaling tobacco smoke- the lungs were designed to inhale oxygen, not smoke. Why give legal sanction to another practice injurious to health- we have enough already.
Republicans, stick to your guns and tell Bobbie and his tie-died sixties left over cronies to take a hike. If you don't it may be time to shop for a third party.
May 3, 2013 at 8:53 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ryan says he supports gay marriage
One of the posters called this a "beautiful event". I wasn't there, but I saw the Vindy photos and it looked caricature to me: two overweight females, one of them tuxedoed, the other one swishy feminine- tonguing each other. Beautiful!? If I had been there, I think I would have burst out laughing!
April 28, 2013 at 11:50 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Curfew violations clampdown may not be enough in Y’town
Why the plural- parents? In most cases today what you find is a single mother on welfare. We need to revise our language to conform to contemporary reality- and if we don't like the "read" of that- change the reality- it's no more complicated than that.
April 25, 2013 at 11:43 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Gun control is watered down in Senate before debate begins
How would it be if, instead of making life harder for law- abiding gun owners, we concentrated on making life as difficult as possible for people who misuse weapons to commit crimes and injure others?
For instance, the recent incident on the YSU Campus where a shooter from Pittsburgh shot twelve times at a group of people and put a women- caught in the cross fire- in the hospital seriously injured resulted in what charge against the shooter?
Felonious Assault. A wrist slap. The penalty range for felonious assault is 2 to 8 years- with good behavior back out on the street in 3 to 4.
Stack that up against attempted murder. 20 to 25 years, big difference. I would say, it you shoot a dozen times against a group of people- that's attempted murder in anybody's book.
Why wasn't this particular shooter (and all the other shooters in Y-town) subjected to the more serious- and appropriate- charge? I don't know- ask your Prosecutor.
Gun violence of that kind calls for the harshest penalty possible- how, in God's name, is taking guns away from law-abiding citizens going to protect anybody- except the criminals because, then, they won't have to worry about anybody shooting back at them.
March 22, 2013 at 11:58 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Grateful to be greener
A great people, the Irish. I recently read a book by Fr. Andrew Greeley titled, appropriately, "The Irish", in which he gave some incredible statistics about Irish Literacy: the Irish, per capita, produce more newspapers, magazines, and books than any other people on earth.
And they also know how to get together in pups, drink and have a good time with lots of singing- how do you beat a people like that! You can't- just join them!
March 21, 2013 at 11:44 p.m. permalink suggest removal
DeWine takes evidence in Steubenville case to next level
The problem is the boys became symbols- stereotypes- of the kinds of people the radical left has taught us to distrust and hate- FOOTBALL PLAYERS- my god, everyone, knows what they are like (say the Femi-nazis) they're animals!
If the boys had belonged to the Chess Club, or had been Golf or Tennis team members- I'm betting the media reaction would have been entirely different: They'd have been hunting excuses like beagles chasing rabbits- "Oh, let's look for extenuating circumstances, family history, etc". But, Football Players, well, we know what they're like...
March 21, 2013 at 11:24 p.m. permalink suggest removal
School board members need to get heads out of the clouds
Also, I disagree with NoBs, in saying: "they (the School Board) are the main problem with Youngstown Schools).
No they're not- they're just the symptom- the main problem is with the families of most of the students in the Youngstown System. I'd be willing to bet a high percentage came from single women living on Welfare. There's your problem.
March 21, 2013 at 10:53 p.m. permalink suggest removal
School board members need to get heads out of the clouds
The five members who voted for the San Diego junket probably thought- "Hey, were going down anyway- why not have a little bit of fun in the California Sun and, what's another 12 G's- as deep in the hole as we are!" Besides, it's not our money- it belonged to the schlemiel taxpayers before we took it away from them!
Does anyone wonder why we have a Tea Party Movement- TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!
March 21, 2013 at 10:46 p.m. permalink suggest removal