the drug war and the assassination attempt on Rep. Giffords

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Pat Robertson is to the left of Democrats on marijuana

“We’re locking up people that take a couple of puffs of marijuana and the next thing you know they’ve got ten years – they’ve got mandatory sentences and these judges, they throw up their hand and say ‘What can we do, it’s mandatory sentences.’ We’ve got to take a look at what we’re considering crimes, and that’s one of them. I mean, I’m not exactly for the use of drugs, don’t get me wrong, but I just believe criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of just a few ounces of pot, and that kind of thing, I mean it’s costing us a fortune, and it’s ruining young people. The young people go into prisons, they go in as youths, and they come out as hardened criminals.”

-Rev. Pat Robertson

one graph explains the difference between Obama and Bush

 

And the right-wingers call him a peacenik Kenyan anti-imperialist?

quote of the day: WikiLeaks vs. Facebook

"What are the differences between [Facebook CEO] Mark Zuckerberg and Julian Assange?  Let's take a look: Assange gives you private information on corporations for free, and he's a villian.  Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and Time magazine declares him 'Man of the Year.'  Thanks to WikiLeaks, you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them.  Thanks to Facebook, you can finally figure out which 'Sex & The City' character you are."


-NBC's Saturday Night Live

a drone attack every 1.8 days

Obama supporters still drive cars with "World Peace" bumper stickers right next to "Obama/Biden '08."

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War on Drugs quote of the day

"As drugs minister in the Home Office I saw how prohibition fails to reduce the harm that drugs cause in the UK, fuelling burglaries, gifting the trade to gangsters and increasing HIV infections. My experience as Defence Secretary, with specific responsibilities in Afghanistan, showed to me that the War on Drugs creates the very conditions that perpetuate the illegal trade, while undermining international development and security. My departure from the front benches gives me the freedom to express my long held view that, whilst it was put in place with the best of intentions, the War on Drugs has been nothing short of a disaster." - Bob Ainsworth, Britain's former drugs minister.

final words of Richard Holbrooke, 1941-2010

"You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

-U.S. foreign diplomat Richard Holbrooke's final words to his surgeon before being sedated for heart surgery.

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