Thanks, I'll look into it. Posting anything from Huff is as bad as posting from Slate or the Democrat underground.

What's remarkable in the argument for medicinal marijuana is the lack of "medicinal argument" in most people who favor it. THC can all but be removed from the pot and it would lose none of its medicinal benefits to those suffering ailments. That is the proper compromise if the issue were really about relieving pain an suffering. But no, many just want to get high legally - and pay a hell of a lot more to do so without worry.

I could have just made claims as facts with no support at all - I am sure there are many other sources - and huff was just a channel, not a source -
The source is:
John Hudak, Author of Presidential Pork, Fellow @ Brookings, Managing Editor of the FixGov Blog. UConn Alum (B.A., 2005); Vanderbilt Alum (Ph.D., 2012)
as clearly stated in the reference.

Perhaps, do you want a VERY LONG list of what the Mexicans do to us regularly on the border and in our cities? Please remember that this nation is our, won through battle, paid for with money and with a bill of sale from Mexico.

Should those in Mexico clean up their corrupt and dangerous sh*thole, perhaps people wouldn't be attracted to the (declining) prosperity of the US? Mexico should clean up its own problems with or without outside help before supported (and paying for) the expulsion of its people to another land illegally (yes I can prove this too).

While your position could have some validity, I doubt highly you can validate it to anyone using "huff" post reporting. Do you have another source?

You claims are all unsubstantiated - however I would expect any transition after decades of prohibition to involve some time and truthful education.
This article refutes your claims:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/is-m...

Also your statement about:
" due to sales taxes, the cost of setting up sales office, and complying with state regulations "
is closely related to a prohibition, and shows more government failure in eliminating prohibition laws/regulations.

It is also kinda funny that you mention that the State wants more funding for the War on Drugs, as an argument about the failure of the War on Drugs. Obviously the War on Drugs was not killed, and the many beneficiaries of the War are still fighting for a bigger place at the trough.

Let's look at the results in Colorado by abandoning laws against marijuana:
- Price per ounce out of reach of most users,
due to sales taxes, the cost of setting up sales office, and complying with state regulations
- Black market sales growing, mainly due to the above
- Tax revenue lower than expected, due to both of the above
- Vehicle accidents on the increase from people driving stoned (or drunk AND stoned)
- State and local law enforcement asking for more money to enforce prevention of illegal drug activity (and no one saw that coming?)

Before you condemn trying to limit the impact of
drugs on society, you need to consider the consequences.

This sort of thing has been going on since the sixties. The cartels pay the Mexican military very well to help them cross our border. Not only do they have the Mexican military in their pockets, they also have many of our own in their pockets. During the 80's it was so bad that daily murder's were withheld from us. The cartel's would hire our military officials to commit murder under the smoke screen of many reasons other than drugs. While I am against this administration, I do not have blinders on. Most people can be bought for the right price on both sides of the border. While these Mexican military men did cross our border and we are told it was due to them chasing drug runners, they more than likely were seen by someone who was not in their pocket. These things happen weekly, monthly, yearly. There was a time in this country when we did not live by commercialism. We lived by budgets, within our means and nothing was freely given by our government to anyone. Since welfare began in our country things have gone down hill. People no longer worry about working for what they have, teach their children that they too must work if they are going to eat, work or not have a place to live, work or not have utilities, work or have no clothing, work and respect yourself, work and present yourself as a person of worth, work and hold your head high, work two jobs if you need more than one income provides. Set positive goals other than if you cannot afford it, charge it, or spend all you want because your government will make those whom do work pay for you not to work.
I realize that went away from the topic but honestly it didn't. Should people be taught the very things I listed they could not be bought easily. Instead we now live in a country that has become crippled by their government. It will take a very long time to undo the damage but it must start some where and soon. Should a single one of those involved in this incident had self respect, honor and courage, this would not have happened. All it takes is one person to stand up for what is right, live it, teach it and others will follow. What do our fellow countrymen believe? Live and let live? Are we not all responsible? Remember while we are not responsible for the actions of others we are all responsible.

No they aren't deeper than we know for I've known, as do most people in Arizona, for years. The fed gov rather harass Arapio than do their duty.

I think it's time to give the TSA some real jobs on the border with Mexico. Get them out of all the airports and leave us alone to efficiently travel in our 'free' country. (Just don't allow anyone you care about in the area being patrolled by TSA.)

apology: they have no reason to fear us....

They have to reason to fear us. Our government doesn't value our lives or our nations laws and sovereignty, why should they. Just, look at the 20+ million illegal aliens we have among us, what they can get away with and how many in this country support the lawlessness, it speaks volumes.

"Nappy" LOL

No Nappy placed the NG in a secondary support role and disallowed the loading of their weapons. The post they abandoned was a scissor lift observation station that was fully equipped with electronic communications. There was a time when acts like this article and the happening I'm referring to a few year back would have been considered acts of war.

Apparently, American lives are expendable to our government. This goes back well before O too.

I don't think they even have ammo. PA-thetic. (p-a-t-h-e-t-i-c... mmm too many letters.)

not much. In southern Arizona a few year back the national guard was ordered to abandon their outpost and run into the desert because an unidentified group was approaching them. By the time the news reported it in the morning the unidentified group could have been in Phoenix.

How much weaker can we be?