A radio host asked me a few days ago why Debbie Wasserman Schultz was one of the 17 mostly right-wing Democrats in the House to cross the aisle and vote with the Republicans against a bill to lighten up on medical marijuana in states that have legalized it. I suggested that with anything involving Wasserman Schultz, one of the most transactional politicians in Congress, just follow the money.
I'm not wondering if Rubio is still a cocaine user because he supported Florida coke dealer, teabagger, hate talk radio sociopath and ex-congressman Trey Radel (not to be confused with another kind of GOP sociopath, Trey Gowdy; still in Congress). I'm asking because the Tallahassee party house he and another disgraced former Republican congressman (and his ex-best friend), David Rivera, own, was once a notorious for free-flowing drugs, women and dirty cash. But maybe Rubio cleaned up his act.
Many people say marijuana is the most beneficial of all the substances, while others claim it is the most harmful. Regardless that the Journal of Health and Social Behavior found that Marijuana is not a “gateway” drug, that the Global…Read more →
. . . the solution is not to toss youthful offenders into jail or prisons. We long ago recognized alcoholism to be a disease, and abandoned efforts to treat alcoholics simply by locking them up. – former Oregon Governor Tom McCall
For years there has been a severe amount of whining by uninformed members of the public, and worse abrasive arrests, convictions, and outlandish sentencing in regards to those who choose to consume marijuana. However, in recent years as stronger advocacy…Read more →
Last night I interviewed Lee Rogers on KPFK, the Los Angeles Pacifica station. The show will run tomorrow evening. As you probably know, unless this is the first time you've ever read DWT, Rogers is a progressive Democrat running for Congress in the northwest corner of L.A. County-- Santa Clarita, the Antelope Valley and Simi Valley.
