Tea Partying Steve Stockman Was the Only Texas Rep to Support an Important Pot-Law Amendment

Stockman was once caught carrying 30 milligrams of valium in a cellophane wrapper in his underwear.

Stockman compared Obamacare to sexually transmitted diseases.

Stockman has threatened to try and impeach President Obama if he used an executive order to set up new gun restrictions to prevent shooting massacres like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

During his first stint in Congress, Stockman accused the federal government of "executing" members of the Branch Davidian cult after the Waco, Texas siege.

“If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted.”

---Steve Stockman

What a shining star this Stockman is to the Republican Regressive Party!

Indeed.  Since when have the Republican Regressives ever cared a fig for the American People?  Oh, wait, I forgot that corporations are people, too.

Listen to me on this, people -- you will never get pot decriminalization from Democrats.  

1) They are scared to death of being labeled as dopers or soft on crime.  They just can't risk it.  The only ones who can are the ones you know aren't soft on dopers or crime, meaning conservative Republicans.  It's the same way that Nixon was the only one who could go to China -- a Democrat was too scared of being called soft on Communism.  Nixon was immune to the charge.

2) There is too much government money in the War on (fun) Drugs.  As much as the dopers like to think that the Dems represent them, they really represent the unions and the lawyers.  The police union, the prison guard unions, the court system unions, the forced-treatment system unions, and the lawyers who get to make money bothprosecuting and defending people from The System.  There are way too many contributions coming to Dems from people who make their entire living putting poor people in jail for the crime of Having a Good Time.

You want drugs decriminalized?  Point out how much the drug war costs, how much of that goes to unions, and then vote Republican.

Myrna, even evil imbeciles can sometimes do the right thing. Sometimes even for the right reasons.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz Shit, they are still winning!  Change the subject AGAIN, only HARDER this time!!!

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz Again, after Myrna loses the argument, she desperately tries to change the subject.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz Who cares if they "care" as long as they vote right?  If your issue is dope, vote Republican, and tell them to defund the drug war.

I'm voting for legislators, not a wife.

@everlastingphelps 

I would say that we will not get pot decriminalization from either entrenched group of politicians or either party.

Those who are profiting from the current and failed War on Drugs are active in and supporters of both the Republican and Democrat parties.

Neither Republicans or Democrats can claim they were behind the legalization of marijuana in Colorado or Washington, as both of those states had the legalization process begun by citizen initiatives.

To claim that Republicans should be voted for based on their support for legaization of marijuana is ludicrous.

@everlastingphelps Vote Republican Regressive and repeat the disastrous eight-year Bush administration, which invaded two foreign countries, destroyed the lives of millions, nearly sent the country into another Great Depression, crashed the Stock Market, and allowed 9/11 to happen.  Uh, no thank you very much.

@everlastingphelps  Stockman is the subject of this article, Dum Dum.

@everlastingphelps  Stockman is the the subject of this article, Nimrod.

@everlastingphelps  Uh huh...  Vote Republican Regressive and find America once more invading foreign nations.  That's the kind of war the Regressives love.

Because it is safe for them to vote for when the amendment is proposed by a republican and there are enough GOP votes for it to pass.

They didn't vote for it in the three years where they had total control of government and could pass whatever they wanted on a party line vote (like they did obamacare).

@mavdog @everlastingphelps

It's not even decriminalized in Colorado, where in spite of the misleading media headlines, not a single FELONY marijuana statute has been repealed, not a single Misdemeanor marijuana statute has been repealed.

In fact, just a few months ago Colorado INCREASED the Felony level for some trivial marijuana quantity offenses to a CLASS 1 felony -- the same as Rape and Homicide, with an 8 - 32 year prison sentence attached.

The only thing Colorado did was COMMERCIALIZE marijuana sales -- with the State Government and Tax Pigs in total control -- and then naturally begin to attack and marginalize the rights of INDIVIDUAL Patients / Growers to create their own sustainable tax-free supplies.

@anonlibertarian @everlastingphelps The Dems held complete control over the Lege and the Executive for 3 years, and instead of ending the drug war, they gave us Obamacare.  (They actually expanded the drug war, including introducing expanding dispensary raids against Obama's campaign promises).

You aren't going to get drug war reform without the GOP leading it.  It isn't an accident that the amendment came from a California Republican.

@anonlibertarian  Phelps is just being his delusional self.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps Right, vote Democrat, so you can keep those wars plus some more, destroy millions more live (including here), keep the country in a continuous 8 year depression, pump the stock market up on a bubble (while the rest of us stay poor), and trade back the same Talibani that attacked us on 9/11 for a deserter who wanted to join the Taliban.

Yeah, that's so much better.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps The War on Drugs is the subject.  You wish Stockman was the subject.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps The subject of the article is the war on drugs.  That is why it says, "Category: Drugs" at the top.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps

Libya.

Syria.

Also, Obama doubled down on Iraq and Afghanistan.

Seriously, is there anything Bush did that you have a problem with that Obama hasn't done MORE?

@everlastingphelps ... every once in a while ELP gets one right.

@DonkeyHotay

A citizen in Colorado may legally cultivate 6 plants for their own use, and possess all of the product from those plants no matter the volume, and can lawfully travel outside their home with up to 1 ounce of marijuana.

that sure is "decriminalization" of use by the individual...the State didn't decriminalize the business of selling pot.

@everlastingphelps  Thank goodness the Republican Regressives lost the War on Obamacare.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz BTW, everyone should note that what Myrna HASN'T talked about is how voting Democrat will end the drug war -- because it wont.

@everlastingphelps Delusional.  Even Netanyahu praised Obama for staying out of Syria.

@weirdozmedia @everlastingphelps I didn't say that they are closer, I said that they are the only ones that can do it.  Dems can't and won't.  They had complete control over the entire federal government for three years, and they did nothing to end the drug war in that time.  Instead, they accelerated the militarization of the police, added police to agencies that don't even need them (why does the Dept of Agriculture have a SWAT team?) and shoved Obamcare down the country's throat.

Dems won't ever end the drug war.  If the 2008-2011 timeframe teaches anything, it is that they will expand it, because the police unions are a prime constituency for them, as is the entire penal system.  You aren't going to budge them on it.  You can budge conservatives like Stockman, on the fiscal and civil liberty side, and once they have the cover of "this is a GOP thing and we're just agreeing with them because we are wonderful bipartisans and it's about time they did something about the drug war" then they will vote for reforms.

@mavdog ... FALSE, that pathetic A64 only applies to those citizens over 21 years old, explicitly excluding ALL ADULTS under 21 from ANY LEGAL access to rec. marijuana, not a single plant, not a single joint, under CRIMINAL penalty of law.

And for those over 21,

NO more than 3 (three) of which are producing mature flowers.

Sprout 7 seeds, or have 4 in flower, and it's a CRIMINAL offense, same as before.

Dare SELL a SINGLE GRAM to another consenting adult, and it's A FELONY, same as before.

Dare USE or DISPLAY that pathetic ounce in Public, and it's a CRIMINAL offense, same as before.

If that's "decriminalization" to you -- or "legalization" as the lame-stream media and the pot pimps are promoting, then who needs the DEA's anti-pot propaganda?

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps Yeah, everyone loves that one, except for it being less popular than the war on drugs.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps Except for all the guns and missiles we sent to the terrorists in Syria.  (Apparently if you are just a rebel, that's not enough to earn a missile launcher from Obama.)

@becoolerifyoudid @everlastingphelps And Obama did/does more than Bush too.

@everlastingphelps

Dems can't and won't. They had complete control over the entire federal government for three years, and they did nothing to end the drug war in that time

That is an interesting stance to take in support of your argument. Let's look back in time to oh, say 2003-2007, when the Republican party were the majority in the Senate and the House, as well as occupying the White House.

so, Republican's can't and won't either...

@weirdozmedia ... his analysis that Politicians will "pretend" to support something to gain additional constituents, knowing that the Bill or Amendment they are supporting actually has no chance of passing into law, thereby retaining their core opposing constituency.

@DonkeyHotay 

oh, then the fact that an adult (defined as 21 yrs or older) can legally possess and grow a set amount of marijuana, either in their home or outside their home without fear of being charged as a criminal is not "legalization" nor "decriminalization" in your view?

your cup is definitely half empty when it should be half full....

@everlastingphelps  Republican Regressives are losing their War on the Environment and their War on Marriage Equality, as well.

@everlastingphelps  Bush sent 186,000 human beings to their deaths in his Iraq War, which Obama put an end to.

@weirdozmedia ... the point is the stoners themselves have adopted and surrendered to an anti-pot pro-government continuation of prohibition -- dressed up as Faux Legalization.

Eg. Mavdog's idiotic claims that Colorado LEGALIZED marijuana.

@mavdog ... prior to A64, possession of 2 (two) ounces of recreational marijuana -- by ANYONE of ANY AGE -- was NOT a Jailable crime in Colorado, merely a $100 fine summary offense. 

All A64 did was eliminate that fine -- for some people -- and REDUCE the quantity to 1 (one) pathetic ounce,  while EXCLUDING the very demographic group that suffers the most citations, arrests and prosecutions for marijuana -- THOSE UNDER 21 !!

How fucking cynical was that? 

... it was neither legalized nor decriminalized for ANY ADULT under 21.

Remember -- NOT a SINGLE FELONY Statute was repealed from Colorado Law regarding marijuana.

People are still being arrested, and prosecuted, and facing up to 32 years in prison for trivial quantities between consenting citizens. Boulder Colorado just ran a major SWAT raid on homeless people who were distributing grams, joints, and eighths ... pot that they had purchased from a dispensary.

With surrender monkeys like you claiming such a CONTINUATION of CRIMINAL PROHIBITION as a "victory", or "decriminalization", it's no wonder pot is, has been, and remains ILLEGAL after all these decades.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps Yeah, they don't even have OBAMA on their side on gay marriage (at least, not for the last couple of months.)

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps

Bu$h + Cheney = War Criminal Scum!

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @everlastingphelps And Obama is keeping 10K there after he "ended" the war.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/27/obama-us-afghanistan-force-2014

@weirdozmedia "State's rights"

LOL! ... spoken like a true Teabagger

HipTip: States don't have "rights", they are granted Powers. Individuals have rights.

hth.

@DonkeyHotay

The only marijuana felonies are acts related to those who are engaging in the commerce outside of the regulations. This also applies to many other industries for products that have a controlled structure around them.

Why anyone would scream about the laws not allowing minors to freely possess and use marijuana is bizarre to say the least.

Individuals who cultivate, possess and enjoy marijuana for their own use have no fear of prosecution.

Your shrill rhetoric ignores these rights gained and exercised daily in Colorado.

@everlastingphelps

The bitter clingers will never accept that Bush, acting with majority support, liberated 50,000,000 people and gave them a chance at self-determination, so every time a Muslim kills a Muslim, the clingers accuse Bush of killing some arbitrary number of Muslims.

You can bet your bottom dollar that the clingers will celebrate when and if the Islamists, Al Qaida and the Taliban re-stake control and take away any advance in woman's rights, human rights and freedoms Americans fought for.

It must be hard for the dears to resist the overwhelming urge to spit in a soldier's face.

@JayJay ... you really have no idea what you're yammering about.

Colorado's A64 only allows 1 (one) pathetic ounce, and only for those over 21, leaving everyone under 21 without any legal protection for rec. marijuana.

@mavdog  "Individuals who cultivate, possess and enjoy marijuana for their own use have no fear of prosecution."

Complete BULLSHIT.

It's a CRIMINAL OFFENSE for ALL ADULTS under 21 to cultivate or possess ANY marijuana.

Why do you lie so much?

@TheRuddSki

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@DonkeyHotay

It's a CRIMINAL OFFENSE for ALL ADULTS under 21 to cultivate or possess ANY marijuana

yes, all adults 21 years or older in age can legally cultivate and possess marijuana. all those who are not adults 21 years of age or older may not. that is just like the alcohol law in Colorado.

again, why do you continue to moan and scream about those who are not adults 21 years or older being prohibited from possessing or growing marijuana? bizarre to say the least.

@mavdog ... so you admit you lied.

Now tell us -- being the prohibitionist pig that you are -- why is rec. marijuana so harmful and dangerous that NO ADULTS under 21 years old should be allowed ANY LEGAL ACCESS to it, under CRIMINAL PENALTY of Law as it is in Colorado?

Why is marijuana so harmful and dangerous that any adult under 21 years old should face FELONY charges for sprouting a single seed, as it is in Colorado.?

Why is marijuana so harmful and dangerous that NO INDIVIDUAL of any age should be allowed to sell even a single joint to another consenting Adult -- not friend, not family -- under Felony penalty of law

Why is marijuana so harmful and dangerous that even for those over 21, sprouting 7 (seven) seeds should be a criminal offense?

Why is marijuana so harmful and dangerous that, as recently enacted in Colorado, providing ANY quantity of marijuana to anyone underage -- even if it is the friend or family -- that it deserves to be a CLASS 1 FELONY -- same as Rape and Homicide 8-32 years in prison !! 

What idiot would call that "legalization" ?

@DonkeyHotay 

"so you admit you lied'

good grief, when did you stop beating your wife Donkey?

I am posting the facts. you OTOH seem to be yelling that if marijuana is not legal for everyone, even minors, it isn't "legalization". ridiculous. immature to say the least.

We have as a society established that those under a established age, in this case 21 years, are not old enough to make the decision about ingesting alcohol and drugs. Yes, marijuana IS a drug. It is not a dangerous drug but nonetheless it IS a drug.

Should the laws allow for more liberal distribution? Glad to discuss that concept, but you are not capable of that apparently, all you do is scream inaccuracies and false claims such as "liar".

you should really not be so scorced earth on those who share your goals but don't have as extreme a position.

@mavdog "that is just like the alcohol law in Colorado."

More delusional idiocy.

What Colorado alcohol law limits you to possessing only 1 six-pack, or 1 bottle of wine or whisky, under CRIMINAL penalty of law?

What Colorado alcohol law makes it a CLASS 1 FELONY to provide beer to a minor?

What Colorado alcohol law makes it a FELONY for an ADULT under 21 to possess a six-pack?

Keep lying, clown, you have ZERO credibility left.

@mavdog "I am posting the facts"

Fact -- A64's pathetically puny 1 (one) ounce limit is LESS than what Colorado Statute had previously "decriminalized", 2 (two) ounces for anyone of any age. A64 further restricts its coverage to only those over 21.

Fact -- A64 deliberately EXCLUDES EVERYONE under 21 yrs old from any coverage - they are not allowed a single gram, nor a single plant, under criminal penalty of law.

The grotesque cynicism of deliberately excluding the very age demographic that suffers nearly 50% of all marijuana prosecutions shows just how perversely pro-law enforcement the prohibitionists who wrote and promoted A64 actually are. 

Fact -- A64 does NOT allow ANY personal sales between consenting adults. Selling even one gram to a friend or acquaintance remains a FELONY!  

Fact -- A64 does NOT allow ANY Public Display or Use.

Fact -- A64 does not repeal or a single FELONY Marijuana Statute in Colorado.

Fact -- A64 does not repeal any Misdemeanor marijuana possession statutes in Colorado. 

Fact -- after A64 passed, Colorado INCREASED some marijuana crimes to a CLASS 1 FELONY, equal to Rape and Homicide, with prison sentences of 8 to 32 years!

Fact -- only a brain-dead bong-sucking stoner or a government prohibitionist shill would call that "legalization".

@DonkeyHotay 

What Colorado alcohol law makes it a CLASS 1 FELONY to provide beer to a minor?

well, since you asked....

Under Colorado law, any adult who knowingly helps a person under age 18 break the law can be charged with this Class 4 Felony. This includes providing alcoholic beverages to minors. A Class 4 Felony conviction carries serious penalties including 2 to 6 years in prison, and fines ranging from $2,000 to $500,000. 

http://speaknowcolorado.org/fact-zone/know-the-law/

did you see that? it was YOUR credibility flying out the window....