Sanders 2016!!

[Nitro Express]

Sanders. Is he going to make KFC great again?

[Nitro Express]

Me neither. Mine are red, white, and blue. They're the Confederate Battle Flag sheets, but they ain't white.

Do you have Robert E Lee signature stars and bars pajamas too?

[Satan]

[FORD]

[cadaverdog]

They're panicking because he looks like one of The Walking Dead.

[Nitro Express]

There's a house around here all covered in fake cobwebs with Bernie Sanders signs all over. I don't know if they are supporting his campaign or making a statement Bernie is an old fart.

[FORD]

Bernie just got Kristy's vote!

[FORD]

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill Ending The Federal Ban On Marijuana

The measure would remove marijuana from the DEA's list of "most dangerous" drugs.

Mollie Reilly
Deputy Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

Posted: 11/04/2015 03:01 PM EST


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has introduced a bill that would end federal prohibition of marijuana, marking the latest move the Democratic presidential candidate has made toward ending the war on drugs.

The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, introduced Wednesday, is modeled after a bill first proposed by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) in 2013, which was reintroduced this year as the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. The Senate bill would remove marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of the "most dangerous" drugs and strike marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, allowing states to decide whether they want to legalize pot for recreational or medical use without federal intervention.

“Just as alcohol prohibition failed in the 1920s, it’s clear marijuana prohibition is failing today,” Polis said in a statement. “For decades, the federal ban on marijuana has wasted tax dollars, impeded our criminal justice system, lined the pockets of drug cartels, and trampled on states’ ability to set their own public health laws. ... Today’s introduction of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act in the Senate is a huge step forward in the movement to enact the commonsense drug laws needed to grow our economy and restore fairness to our justice system."

Read the full bill here.

The bill comes a week after Sanders first proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less-dangerous substance, arguing that doing so is an essential component of reforming America's criminal justice system.

"In the United States we have 2.2 million people in jail today, more than any other country. And we’re spending about $80 billion a year to lock people up. We need major changes in our criminal justice system – including changes in drug laws,” Sanders said at George Mason University on Oct. 28. “Too many Americans have seen their lives destroyed because they have criminal records as a result of marijuana use. That’s wrong. That has got to change."


Sanders' bill differs slightly from the House version, which also includes structures for regulating marijuana. Polis' bill would transfer the DEA's authority over marijuana to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions, and would amend federal alcohol laws to include provisions for importing and shipping marijuana as well as other commerce-related regulations. The Senate version of the bill does not include these provisions.

The legislation garnered praise from legalization advocacy groups.

"This is the first time a bill to end federal marijuana prohibition has been introduced in the U.S. Senate," said Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority. "A growing majority of Americans want states to be able to enact their own marijuana laws without harassment from the DEA, and lawmakers should listen. The introduction of this bill proves that the defeat of the Ohio marijuana monopoly measure that wasn’t widely supported in our movement isn’t doing anything to slow down our national momentum."

"The science is clear that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, and that should be reflected in our nation’s marijuana policy," Marijuana Policy Project's Mason Tvert said. "Sen. Sanders is simply proposing that we treat marijuana similarly to how we treat alcohol at the federal level, leaving most of the details to the states. It is a commonsense proposal that is long overdue in the Senate."

A Gallup poll released last month found 58 percent of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana use.

[Angel]

A lot of Liberal Canadians are really hopeful that he gets in. Can you imagine him and Trudeau working together?..

[FORD]

A lot of Liberal Canadians are really hopeful that he gets in. Can you imagine him and Trudeau working together?..

And then to add to that, get Jeremy Corbyn in as PM of the UK. Redemption for all of the old empire from the era of Chimp/Poodle/Little Stevie.

[vandeleur]

jeremy corbyn has less than zero chance of being a leader of the uk. he is busy being ripped to shreds by the british press for being a basket or two short of a picnic.
The fact some ( I said some) of the the things he says make sense is of no concern to the man in the street now he has been re invented as some 70's leftist up the worker cartoon character.
if I didnt know better I would say he is a fall guy to make the next labour stiff more palatable.

[FORD]

Yeah, but if there were an election today, would people really vote for the pigfucker over him?

(At least in the last election, nobody knew Cameron fucked pigs)

[vandeleur]

yeah pig fucker wins all day long , since the scots fucked off england has a tory government for the next 1000 years.
plus hameron keeps all the foreigners out and stops the poor and disabled people claiming some of our hard earned tax cuts

[Seshmeister]

yeah pig fucker wins all day long , since the scots fucked off england has a tory government for the next 1000 years.

Yeah sorry about that.

I honestly think you should come with us. I'm one of the 50% of SNP voters that don't like too much of this nationalism thing, but just want away from the tory/tory lite Southern England thing.

[Angel]

jeremy corbyn has less than zero chance of being a leader of the uk. he is busy being ripped to shreds by the british press for being a basket or two short of a picnic.
The fact some ( I said some) of the the things he says make sense is of no concern to the man in the street now he has been re invented as some 70's leftist up the worker cartoon character.
if I didnt know better I would say he is a fall guy to make the next labour stiff more palatable.

That's what they said about Trudeau..."he's just not ready" "he wants your kids to smoke weed" "nice hair though", etc. He was smart. Refused to release any attack ads...

And he won one hell of a majority.

The guys got a lot of shit to clean up after Harper...from what I've read the rest of the world is breathing a sigh of relief too...except Israel...welcome back Canada.