political stuff

[rtil]

and on puerto rico, congress needs to approve it first. but i'm sure they will. there's also a pentagonal design for 51 stars that looks weird.

[Casey Pixmintro]

lmao sorry but yeah last night was pretty sweet progressively speaking

that star design looks cool, i also found another one

[bd648]

i would be quite happy if we have 51 states.

[rtil]

also , in case anyone is curious, here's how washington's marijuana initiative works. think of it a lot like if a state were to regulate, distribute and sell alcohol, with some minor differences.

anyone over 21 is allowed to possess 1 ounce of marijuana, 1 pound of anything infused with marijuana (like brownies) or 72 ounces of liquid with marijuana in it. there is now a legal blood limit for marijuana for driving under the influence (not sure what it is).

it is now legal to grow and sell marijuana for a license. the license costs $250, and $1000 per year to keep after that. i imagine it should be easy for anyone to make that money back in sales. you have to be at least 21 to receive a license, and the state can revoke the license at any time.

there is a state tax of 25% on marijuana - probably the biggest reason why this passed. the tax money will be distributed as follows: 50% for the state basic health plan; 15% for programs and practices aimed at prevention or reduction of substance abuse; 10% for marijuana education; 5% for other health services; 1% for research on short-term and long-terms effects of marijuana use; and .75% for a program that seeks to prevent school dropouts.  they estimate it will bring in at least $2bn of extra yearly tax revenue.

of course, this entire law goes against federal law so the DEA could still come in and bust you. but i know obama doesnt' really care about that. now that he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected perhaps he'll show his true colors on this issue and work towards decriminalizing it on a federal level.

[ZennyPLUS]

lmao sorry but yeah last night was pretty sweet progressively speaking

that star design looks cool, i also found another one

America moved forward? Never.

[Casey Pixmintro]

I'd also be cool with DC becoming a state too, or being rejoined with either Maryland or Virginia so they have representation in govt.

Also, more things about Puerto Rico. It'll get 6 congressional votes, 2 senators natch, and both the Democratic Platform and the Republican Platform explicitly voiced support for statehood this year. Obama visited there last year, becoming the first US Pres to visit in 50 years. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum went there during the primaries to court their delegates. They awarded theirs to Mitt Romney after Rick Santorum was an asshat and said they'd need to make English their official language before they could get statehood. Although Mitt Romney would later go on to say English should be the official language of the US, he at least didnt say it to their faces...

You guys in Washington are lucky, an ounce of weed is a pretty good amount! Taxation is a smart idea, hope it'll catch on nationally, quite a bit of money to be made. The actual price of weed would go down regardless due to the black market being scrubbed out so no fuss about the tax.

I'm also curious as how the administration will treat it with Obama in a second term, I did feel he copped out in the first term purely cuz he wanted to avoid it upon seeking reelection. Now there's no stakes! There's also a federal court case coming up where a bunch of patients have sued the DEA to reschedule weed.

[Casey Pixmintro]

politics r fun

[ZennyPLUS]

that's a fine bit of information, casey, thanks much. i've got lots of family in PR so this is big news.

[rtil]

i wonder what puerto rico's political atmosphere is like. i would imagine it being a blue state, but not by much.

[ZennyPLUS]

i wonder what puerto rico's political atmosphere is like. i would imagine it being a blue state, but not by much.

depends, many puerto ricans tend to be democrats, as there are more puerto ricans in NY than there are in PR. NY is a very blue state. Compared to cubans, who are often republican, especially here in florida.

[Casey Pixmintro]

i wonder what puerto rico's political atmosphere is like. i would imagine it being a blue state, but not by much.

depends, many puerto ricans tend to be democrats, as there are more puerto ricans in NY than there are in PR. NY is a very blue state. Compared to cubans, who are often republican, especially here in florida.

Yeah, I've been reading up on Puerto Rico's main political parties, the two most successful ones are the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party. It'd be a pretty blue state is admitted. I'm surprised Republicans are as cool with the idea of them becoming a state, it'll shift the Senate and electoral college further in Democrats favor. They wouldn't even let DC become a state because of those reasons a few times

I just realized it looks like I said they'd be blue just because of the names of their parties which is dumb. I mean based on their ideals and voting history and demographic make-up they'd be blue.

[sev]

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[BluPhoenix]

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"i've been on the internet for 4 years so if you don't know how to use it, get the fuck off of it"
"england and canada are failing apart as a country"
"now we're the united states of SOCIALIST america" (implying that this is a new age? obama's already had a term)
"YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE INTERNET BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SHARING MY VIDEOS"
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[bd648]

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[rtil]

no surprises here..
Election Infographic Shows Most Educated States Voted For Obama and 9/10 dumbest states voting for romney

[ZennyPLUS]

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U maaaad

[ZennyPLUS]

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on a more interesting note, i was walking back from lunch today and i saw this flag on top of two fella's truck, I'm assuming they were puerto ricans.

[funzop]

woo

[psi43]

Obama just sent me an e-mail, asking me to design their new flag in MS Paint.

[rtil]

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/11/09/175-marijuana-prosecutions-in-king-county-dismissed-because-of-initiative-502/ it begins