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Democrats are the new Republicans


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2013 Oct 17, 12:28am   5,000 views  18 comments

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/16/2783021/california-drug-sentencing-private-prisons/

On Saturday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) vetoed a bill that would have led to reduced sentences in many cases involving possession of small amounts of illicit drugs and eased the state’s overcrowded prison crisis. Far from enacting radical reform, the legislation would merely give judges and prosecutors more flexibility to treat simple possession of cocaine or heroine as a misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to a year in prison rather than the current three years for a felony.

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1   anonymous   2013 Oct 17, 12:30am  

They sure do love them some government waste.

They love handouts to the corporations and private industry.

And they seem to enjoy raping the little guy, even more then they claim that the Republicans do.

What a bunch of fascist retards the democrat party has devolved into

2   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 12:41am  

Errc, I think you are a "single issue" voter.

3   anonymous   2013 Oct 17, 12:46am  

freak80 says

Errc, I think you are a "single issue" voter.

what issue do you think that is?

4   Shaman   2013 Oct 17, 1:01am  

No, I think he is just as disgusted with the political "choice" with which we are presented as I am. Same coin, different faces.

5   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2013 Oct 17, 1:31am  

While personally i think drugs should be decriminalized, this article is super disingenuous.

At least in LA, there is a drug diversion court where users, and actually usually even sellers, are sent to and offered rehab in exchange for the charges being entirely dropped after a year.

And even after that, LA county judges send drug offenders back to court ordered programs multiple times instead of jail.

Websites such as the ones this article was pulled from have an agenda and purposely omit information that undermines that agenda.

6   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 1:55am  

Quigley says

No, I think he is just as disgusted with the political "choice" with which we are presented as I am. Same coin, different faces.

But that's not really true, is it?

We have an economically-conservative, socially-liberal party (the Democrats); and then we have a *batshit crazy* party (the Republicans).

7   HEY YOU   2013 Oct 17, 2:03am  

If WA. & CO. show a huge increase in tax revenue from Mary Jane,
CA. will allow one to carry a lb.& smoke anywhere one chooses.
Isn't it all about revenue?

8   anonymous   2013 Oct 17, 2:21am  

freak80 says

Quigley says

No, I think he is just as disgusted with the political "choice" with which we are presented as I am. Same coin, different faces.

But that's not really true, is it?

We have an economically-conservative, socially-liberal party (the Democrats); and then we have a *batshit crazy* party (the Republicans).

What is socially liberal about cramming millions of people into PRIVATE prisons, for merely putting a substance in their body without a permission slip, or approval from PHRma?

Voting democrat means voting for Fascism

9   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 2:24am  

errc says

Voting democrat means voting for Fascism

What does voting republican mean?

10   Shaman   2013 Oct 17, 2:29am  

freak80 says

errc says

Voting democrat means voting for Fascism

What does voting republican mean?

War, empire, crushing workers with anti-labor laws, overseas competition, and lower paying jobs while inflation ruins the worth of the meager wages that are still paid , and tax breaks for the wealthy. It's the American way!

11   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 2:32am  

errc says

What is socially liberal about cramming millions of people into PRIVATE prisons, for merely putting a substance in their body without a permission slip, or approval from PHRma?

Would the republicans fix those problems? Or make them even worse?

12   Shaman   2013 Oct 17, 2:38am  

While voting Democrat means additional
Job-killing Restrictions on job creating business, an EPA drunk on its own power, issuing proclamations willy-nilly that would shutter what's left of American industry and leave us in the dark. All in a down economy. The Democrats are pointy-headed idiots, corrupt, and do what their masters the wealthy elite say. The GOP is blatantly for the 1% and blame the sad results of their own policies on the Democrats. (Blame the nation's problems on welfare when they shipped all the jobs overseas). They're kind of evil, but hide behind "traditional" values and professions of faith.

So you have a choice!
A) the evil party! Go imperialism!
B) the idiot party! Go stupidity!

*disclaimer: neither of these represents the true power holders and decisions will all be run by them.

13   anonymous   2013 Oct 17, 2:44am  

I don't see republicans as a solution to the democrats, no.

No more then I see the democrats, as a solution to the repubs.

However, wrt the descent to fascism, the democrats are the ones demanding I either pay gobs of money to private insurance corporations, or face a fine, while the repubs seem to want to save us all from this particular evil. The democrats only care to save them and theirs from ppaca

The police state seems to be a great unifier for those who trap themselves in the R\D box. Its certainly the statists wet dream for more laws against more things that humans do, with more state paid lackeys doing their bidding. The Clinton way to prosperity.

14   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 2:47am  

Quigley, I tend to agree.

It seems like the Republican party is run by super-wealthy business sociopaths, while the Democrat party is run by clueless humanities professors.

Both parties are completely out of touch with the lives of regular Americans.

15   Tenpoundbass   2013 Oct 17, 3:21am  

egads101 says

freak80 says

errc says

Voting democrat means voting for Fascism

What does voting republican mean?

fascism^2

No! You can't just say "I know you are, but what am I?".
Look the Liberals had 8 long years, plus a good 12 year run before taking a two term democrat break, to come up with the attributional qualities of the Republicans, and "fascism" was never ONCE thrown in the mix.

While they have been considered everything from diabolic evil geniuses, who could possess the sheer insight needed to pull off modern histories greatest heinous acts of terrorism. That is sabotaging not one but two towers, while managing to frame the last guy that did it. Of course all of this while being a complete and utterly stupid moron, and an inbred redkneck.
I mean come on! How could a guy who says... "New cue lur" possibly possess the kind of insight needed, to find a cleaning crew, who could work in the stealth of the night, and hack and chop up the worlds most important financial building the world, rig explosives, find a bunch of guys willing to fly planes into the buildings, and have the end result be exactly as he planed resulting in a war, and everyone keeps their mouth shut.

Woody did a heck 'uv a job, but he wasn't that good.

16   thomaswong.1986   2013 Oct 17, 4:24pm  

errc says

On Saturday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) vetoed a bill that would have led to reduced sentences in many cases involving possession of small amounts of illicit drugs

Govt Brown had a flash back when another Govt by the name of Moonbean had to deal with
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out of control public drug addiction (including children), violence, deaths, corruption, criminal
.
organizations...
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.
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had you lived back then and saw the horrible tragic lives destroyed..
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you too would do the right thing.. I know I know...
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The Colombian and Mexican Gangs disagree. The Spice must flow...

17   freak80   2013 Oct 17, 10:11pm  

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Comptroller says

All drugs should be decriminalized and sold OTC.

At McDonalds!

In Happy Meals!

18   upisdown   2013 Oct 18, 5:56am  

Quigley says

While voting Democrat means additional
Job-killing Restrictions on job
creating business, an EPA drunk on its own power, issuing proclamations
willy-nilly that would shutter what's left of American industry and leave us in
the dark

LOL then why did a republican president create the EPA?

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