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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Your mind is literally blown
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on: February 25, 2009, 12:58:08 PM
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I might be wrong, and please correct me if I am (I know Tank will have no problem doing so), but my feeling is that where those stand on the War on Drugs has little correlation with party affiliation.
The War on Drugs has been bipartisan, yes. Libertarians on the right (no less conservative authorites than William F. Buckley and Milton Friedman were long-time advocates for legalization...well Buckely after his son got popped for possession) and the flag-burning granola-eatin' hippies on the life like Jerry Brown and Dennis Kucinich have been on record, but everyone else has been either too bought and sold by the religious groups and the alcohol and tobacco lobby or just plain chickenshit to speak to reason at the risk of losing votes from people who had been mobilized by the aforementioend groups to actually speak out in favor it. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Your mind is literally blown
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on: February 25, 2009, 12:23:05 PM
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How about this: Where are they going to smoke it? The main reason I don't deal with that shit is because, personally, I think it stinks. Anytime any friends of mine are smoking around me, and I catch wind of it, it truly makes me want to gag. I know there are certain others out there who may love the smell of it, but I, for one, cannot take it. Should I just assume that it's going to be like smoking cigarettes? You can only smoke outside of public buildings? I know I still wouldn't enjoy walking down a street and it smell horribly of marijuana.
Then here's my other angle, when I managed at Steak N Shake (even a fuckwad like me can handle a night shift when I was 18-20) I knew who did and didn't do it. I also knew that on their breaks they'd go out and toke it up. Afterwards, they were less motivated employees in general. So can we expect that businesses will ban the usage during breaks and such? And if so, couldn't the employees claim the business is taking away a right that they have by law? I would expect that some provisions must be in place to prevent that.
Personally, I wouldn't mind pot being legal. I can see the concerns of slippery slopes but I would think the benefits might outweigh the costs. If the legalization turned out to cause more harm, then it may have to be revisited. I just hope that IF lawmakers go down this route they consider many of the different options, and make sure that there is not really too much ambiguity in any piece of legislation. Make it specific and cover many different things to hopefully alleviate many of the possible problems.
Are we to assume you support municipal smoking bans, then, Republican? You know, as long as the legislation is specific and unambiguous? That would be a negative, but hell as long as the ACLU and the government is out there to protect “MY” rights, then if I don’t want to be subjected to the smell (which is much stronger and smells worse than cigs), then don’t they have the *duty* to protect “MY” rights. I mean, I’m an American godammit. They need to make sure I’m not getting my right to clean air infringed on… and while they’re at it, I don’t want people or symbols fucking offending me. You're really good at changing your voice from sarcastic to serious in the same argument to make sure that nobody understand what the fuck you're talking about. What Slakee said...are you really concerned about the smell of pot bothering you while you're walking down the street? The smoking ban was a public health issue, not an 'Ew, cigarettes smell gross!' issue. I'm just a simple caveman but I don't think the smell of marijuana on the street, where there are lots of ethers and evolved gay people farts in the air to soak it up, is a public health issue.I think RV is giving Slakee a run for his money in "hilarious original expressions" department. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Your mind is literally blown
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on: February 24, 2009, 11:41:56 PM
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I live in a country where it's fairly hard to buy weed ... because those who use it tend to grow their own supply.
This reminds me of a story involving the Windsor border crossing, a large box, and a Mercury Lynx (which was really a tough little car). But no hydroponic lamp? |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Your mind is literally blown
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on: February 24, 2009, 11:40:00 PM
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If 50 bucks for an ounce is high, it'd be because it would be some real low quality schwag.
Depends heavily on where you are in the country. Where in the country is an ounce of grass fifty bones? 1950landia? Also, I think there's a miscommunication here anyway. The suggestion as cited by the article was a tax of $50 per ounce, not a purchase price. Assuming an ounce of ordinary weed is, say, $250, then you're looking at a 20% tax. Seems kind of high, but I'm sure most people would gladly pay that in exchange for the freedom to freely blaze up. I've long felt the government has been passing on a tremendous revenue stream here. Combined with the decrease in expense for arresting, prosecuting and jailing said non-violent offenders--or, rather, reallocating those resources to more threatening societal dangers--and this would seem like the biggest no-brainer in the history of Earth. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Your mind is literally blown
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on: February 24, 2009, 09:19:31 PM
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Forgive me as I have never dabbled in the realm of pot, but $50 an ounce? Isn't that higher than the normal going rate? And if so, wouldn't the ultimate price (to the consumer) be in the range of $75-100 an ounce? I would assume prices that increase that much would drive down the demand. Forgive me if I'm wrong though. My conservative *morals* keep me away from it. If 50 bucks for an ounce is high, it'd be because it would be some real low quality schwag. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Pollyellon banned me
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on: February 24, 2009, 02:55:53 PM
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The headline at the top of the page reads "A Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005", "A Repository Of Hopeless Idiots Avoiding Intellectually Honest Discourse And Critical Analysis Since February 9th, 2005" and that's the most concise way I can describe this site.
Really? That's THE most concise way you can find to describe your site? I think mine is more concise. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Pollyellon banned me
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on: February 24, 2009, 01:42:24 PM
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BCB is NOT a message board. It isn't a talk radio call-in show. The headline at the top of the page reads "A Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005", and that's the most concise way I can describe this site. BCB itself is a blog, one which has built a community feel to it over the last 4 years. And unlike some blogs that talk at you, BCB offers FanPosts and FanShots where you can drive the conversation.
Delusional self-importance, thy name is Al Yellon. All this time I have ripped on Al for being a self-important doucheface--which he is--but seriously. How can any self-respecting "fan" stand to spend their time at a place where this schoolmarm is constantly telling them how to express themsleves? As bad as Al is, his legions--for actually sitting though his 13,000 word finger-wagging lecture and subsequently agreeing to his cockamanie new rules--need to be naturally selected out of the gene pool. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Pollyellon banned me
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on: February 23, 2009, 10:35:00 AM
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So one of Al's minions, Kasey, has had a a wesbite with various strange and kitschy Cubs items on it (A warning to Thrill and any other designers/art geeks: Looking at this sight may cause you to go blind). Judging by the site, it was built in 1999 and hasn't been updated since about 2003, but one area of his site where Kasey has actually done some useful work is the area that lists all of the Cubs uniform numbers in historySo I see today where our favorite opportunistic, lowest-common denominator Cub fan got the brilliant idea to make a book out of the Cubs numbers. What's funny, as Al details it, is that there had been a "numbers" book published by the Mets a year earlier, and this is what got Al to do one for the Cubs (not that swiping ideas from other people is new to Al). The best part, though? This Kasey fella actually knew the author of the Mets book. Kasey's been a friend of mine for many years and it was of this list that an idea was born last spring. Last April, I read this review of a new book called "Mets By The Numbers", and, knowing of Kasey's exhaustive research into Cubs uniform numbers, thought, "We could do this for the Cubs!" I contacted Kasey and discovered he knew one of the MBTN authors, and in the matter of a few emails with Matt Silverman, the other MBTN author, we had a contract with Skyhorse Publishing for "Cubs By The Numbers". So let's recap. 50 year old virgin who posts his Cubs Donruss card at his website develops a list of Cub uniform numbers. He actually knows a guy who developed a book on the same concept for the Mets. So Al, sensing no opportunity too great to exploit, comes around to horn in on the guy's actions,. Al did not come up with the idea nor did he get Kasey in touch with somebody that he didn't already know to develop it in book form. He just basically inserted himself into the concept without bringing anything to the table. Kasey does all of the heavy lifting and Al doesn't do jack. And just guess who's name goes first on the book?  What a chode licker. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: "Turd Throw" and other stories from the rancid NLC.
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on: February 18, 2009, 10:10:26 AM
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If you don't send something in, I'm going to submit one of our shorter podcasts (one that times in around three hours) and Kermit and I will get the job and spend our one inning a game calling you a pussy.
That inning will last at least 75 minutes. As long as Steve Trachsel comes back to pitch it, it'll be fine. |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: The Phil Rogers Curse?
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on: February 17, 2009, 01:32:06 PM
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That was fantastic. I feel like I know Rich Harden already. What does Ted Lilly's 25 things look like?
1. Jane Fonda 2. Daniel Schorr 3. Jack Anderson ... Hey! That's Richard Nixon's enemies list! |
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: The Atheist Communist Caliphate Made Flesh, Spread the Clusterfuck Around Thread
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on: February 16, 2009, 11:27:37 AM
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I believe that evolution occurs. I don’t fully subscribe to the Apes to man thing, but that’s the main objection that I have. Uh, maybe I'm being obtuse, but isn't that kind of the whole idea of evolution? That's like saying you like the Cubs except for the whole baseball part. Then someone tell me WHY man evolved from apes. I don't want the evidence of the evolution process. I've seen it. Someone tell me why Apes. a very powerful creature that could be the living fuck out of many predators it came across, evolved into man, a creature that doesn't possess that sort of physical power. We only *possibly* do when we work out gobs of time (or take steroids). Or is it the fact that man ultimately had better brain capacity? That would be the only explanation I have but it couldn't be possible for the mechanisms of evolution to really *know* that if they evolved into a better brain, then thousands of years later, they might be able to devise schemes to beat their predators as opposed to doing it with their hands. If apes were having problems beating their predators or surviving, they'd either get stronger or faster (both of which are the opposite of becoming man). That would be why I don't fully believe the ape to man thing. When evolution shows a clear advantage over it's predecessor then that's when I can agree with it. No way did the apes of 20,000 B.C. know that in 2009 A.D. if they turned into man, we'd be having this conversation now. If evolution is that good, then will it please predict the future, mainly the 2009 NLDS, so Lou can make sure he wins a goddamned playoff game. Jebus. CAN SOMEBODY GET THIS GUY A BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK? OR 20? |
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