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Shallah Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 02:25 PM
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Man Gets Life In Prison For Forth Marijuana Conviction In Covington Louisiana
 
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 02:30 PM
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1. Your tax dollars at work.
:(
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 11:33 PM
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13. And Rick Scott is governor of Florida.
What a country.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 02:36 PM
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2. ...
:mad:
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fredamae Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 02:39 PM
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3. Bullshit! $3000.00 per month, per prisoner for Cannabis.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 02:46 PM
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4. Why does ANYONE support this shit?!
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Spiderzumbie Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 03:01 PM
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5. I agree that this is BS, but seriously
I agree that the reason behind his incarceration is retarded, but seriously, FOURTH TIME? Dude, get better at hiding it.
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trud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 07:17 AM
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18. an idiot and a dealer
Darwin at work.

And yes foUrth.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 03:20 PM
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6. Forth?
Did he go forth and smoke marijuana?
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kenichol Donating Member (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 04:09 PM
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7. Being stupid should not be a crime
This is injustice in a big, big way. How can anyone justify this? No one should be put in a cage like a dangerous animal for what he put in his/her body or for helping another adult self-medicate.

No more drug war. Please.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 01:53 AM
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15. A former president, former VP, and a SC justice all admit to having smoked weed.
Our sitting president admits to having used weed and harder drugs as a young man.

How then can anyone justify such BS is absolutely right!
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bongbong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:14 AM
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24. Exceptions
You have to be a rich white repig to do dope and get away with it.

Oh, and the bonus is you don't have to obey any other laws, either.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 04:37 PM
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8. Its time to start changing the laws
in this country. Its beyond stupid. Its horrendous.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 05:29 PM
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9. I've seldom been this pissed! So this poor bastard gets Life while...
...numerous Bankers, Brokers, Agents, Lenders, Loan Processors that had a hand in defrauding the American people out of Billions/Trillions are safely at home or eating at an expensive restaurant tonight???

FUCK...God..I HATE some people in this country...
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Swagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 02:07 AM
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16. and snorting their drug of choice-cocaine. It doesn't matter how
silly this guy was it is completely unjust and un-civilised. The 'drug war' is another war on the poor.
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russspeakeasy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 01:33 PM
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30. IMHO, all wars are wars on the poor. 
So those who sponser them can become richer and more powerful,
so they can wage more wars on people with little money and
less power.
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kenichol Donating Member (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 11:38 AM
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28. I know how you feel. I am so angry at this injustice
Then I get info from Just Detention which deals with inmate rape and I start foaming at the mouth I'm so angry. Then I think about how to raise this issue in my community.
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mountainlion55 Donating Member (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 06:58 PM
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10. This is
just another example of the evil Mr. Obama allows to continue by his silence and cooperation with the asshats that perpetrated this evil!:smoke:
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Hoyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 08:19 PM
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11. I'm for legalization and letting this guy go, but he did get caught with 2 pounds.

And, he had it laying around when he knew his probation officer was coming by for a visit. Apparently his other convictions were more than simple possession too.
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Grassy Knoll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 11:31 PM
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12. Weed Need to have a right to smoke state. n/t
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 01:13 AM
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14. There must be a private prison in town that wants low risk inmates. Big waste of tax dollars here.
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Sirveri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 06:14 AM
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17. LIFE?! Screw that, he deserves DEATH! Toss him in the Chair for this heinous crime!
How dare he run around with some plants in his car! Our just and righteous society should kill him, I say put him in the town square and stone him to death, then drag his corpse through the street by pickup truck!

Dude... do I need it... I'm not going to, it's simply too obvious...
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:40 AM
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25. I don't wanna live in a world where that ain't obvious.
B-)
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 07:20 AM
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19. The Confederacy
What a country.
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civilisation Donating Member (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 08:23 AM
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20. selling flowers? This is about POWER!
this is a case about POWER not law. the STATE sets a bar; "you may not grow or hold this one flower." and if you have some to sell to others then we lock you up for LIFE! Really it is about power and control and the ability of the few to impose their will on the many. They maintain dumb as fck stuff like this, to teach you not to go against them EVER! as long as flowers are outlawed we know that the wrong people are in control and maintaining a book of laws that is not about people but about power.
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DaveJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 08:41 AM
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22. Yes I've also noticed these displays of power are everywhere
Similarly, it is like how they can send our kids off to be killed for no good reason, and how we sit and take it. They do all sorts of ridiculous things like this, for no other reason just to show and confirm their power. You are spot on.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 08:36 AM
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21. PRESIDENTIAL PARDON PLEASE!
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Balderdash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 08:46 AM
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23. My god, it's just pot...
He should be able to buy a license and open a little
pot stand somewhere. Life!? This world is just crazy
insane...
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Atreus Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:48 AM
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26. Outrageous
8th amendment anyone?
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The Flaming Red Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:58 AM
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27. Prosecutorial Misconduct deserves life in prison.
Not pot heads
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RegieRocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 12:59 PM
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29. In the south go figure. Yep, help these people out.
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forty6 Donating Member (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 02:09 PM
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31. Time for a Presidential pardon? From a former pot smoking Prez?
Edited on Wed May-11-11 02:10 PM by forty6
I would think this qualifies for immediate action.

Life? Who did this guy kill? I can see a year or maybe two since he had so much pot around.

NO, actually 90 days is too long for this "crime"!

How about a fine?
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