Phelps, MJ, and Obama

As usual, Jason Whitlock hit the nail on the head in this recent article about Michael Phelps and "Bong-gate." The common denominator of why Phelps gets a pass and an AA athlete doing the same thing is not the weed; it’s the surrounding behavior of the perpetrator. Now, I’m not sure if I agree that drugs in general ought to be legalized. Let’s be honest; it’s not so much the drug use as it is the surrounding behavior; thieving stuff that doesn’t belong to you in order to purchase said drugs or killing people to keep your corner. Who’s to say that such behaviors would change if the object of the stoner’s affections were suddenly legalized? People always want to compare alcohol to the chronic as well, but oranges are orange and apples are red, aren’t they? Drinking under every circumstance isn’t allowable, either, so why would burning blunts be any different or any less a headache for law enforcement? I don’t think that it would. I guess you could agree that the dollars that are being wasted to prevent the importation of said hemp could be better spent, but I certainly don’t think they amount to a drop in the bucket compared to the dollars that would be wasted picking up the pieces after the full impact of legalization is known. Who’s to say? I’m sure Obama will fix that, too. After all, he’s going to fix everything, right?

In an article about the recent Democrat party lovefest, we find that ALL of our nations woes are due to the last 8 years. Who are these idiots trying to convince; themselves? We’re in the mess we’re in BECAUSE we have TOO MUCH government, not because there’s too little! If it hadn’t been for the government telling lending institutions who they MUST lend money to, we wouldn’t have a foreclosure crisis and we wouldn’t have banks going under or a NEED for government money to help those poor newly homeless from their own stupidity! We need LESS government interference, not more! Furthermore, the only way out right now is to reduce the tax burden (read, “operating expenses”) on corporate America so they CAN hire people instead of laying them off! Economics 101, Mr. President; a company operating in a capitalist economy MUST make a profit or it becomes another government-subsidized bankruptcy statistic! If you want this economy to thrive, go back to Washington and get out of the boardroom! Let these companies do what they do best; pad their bottom lines! Then and only then will this economy turn itself around! (See “Great Depression” and “Economic Recovery after WWII”)