The working class is literally dying in America. We had – for the first time in history – declining life expectancy, meaning increasing mortality rates, for 3 years in a row. This was largely in working class communities where job prospects are worse than 20 years ago, as globalization and automation and, yes, illegal immigration, destroys decent paying middle class jobs.
Working class people can’t afford houses or raising families and marriage rates plummet.
Now comes word that young people are consuming pot at record rates around the country, especially the working class.
Let’s all Celebrate! (while the clueless elites talk about transgender rights . . .)
High pot states like NY & Illinois both lost significant population due to low birth numbers and bad governance and high taxes. They also smoke a lot of pot.
It took you long enough in your comment to say something germane to the article, and then you basically said nothing of relevance. Waste of a post, IMHO.
You clearly don’t get it — I’ve told you numerous times marijuana is unsafe for children, pregnant women and people operating cars/trucks/machinery, and that it causes cognitive issues too. That doesn’t mean I think we need a ‘nanny-state’ government telling adults what they can and can’t do in the comfort of their own homes if they’re not endangering the lives of others.
Then what is your position on the dying middle class that consumes tons of pot? What is your position on Colorado reporting an increase in pot use for those between 12 and 21? What is your position on the expanding black market for pot? You think this is all an acceptable cost of keeping the “nanny state” off YOUR back? Or you really don’t give a crap about the poor or children, but just pretend you do, like most lefties?
January 4, 2019 at 2:22 pm
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Drugs are bad, m’kay?
January 4, 2019 at 3:16 pm
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LOL. I often chuckle at the thought of Mr. Mackey when I read Craig’s screeds.
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Deaths, ruined lives, GDP harm, family destruction, you seem to have said you agree this happens to some degree from marijuana.
But you don’t want the government to intervene.
Except for with guns. Because Guns are bad, m’kay?
Really, you and Ron have your heads up your rear end with that ego “I don’t judge ” mentality, and think you’re so open minded and good. It’s really just narcissism. That’s all it is. Maybe try thinking a thought that doesn’t make you feel like you’re the best human being to all those around you, or the hero.
Just a thought.
A tough one. A difficult one. I don’t think you have it in you. I think you’re like Lady Gaga
“I live for the applause, applause, I live for the applause plause, I live for the way that you scream and cheer for me, the applause!”
It sounds odd adding that in but dang it guys, when it comes to pot, this is clearly why you hold the position you do.
You constantly say you aren’t saying it isn’t bad (because you realized it is not a hero position to say that, since you endanger people) but you don’t want to upset the “I can do what I want” crowd, and “don’t judge” crowd, so you then follow up saying you accept the dangers, with hey you can do what you want. It’s a very safe position to take, one that keeps you with applause.
9 times out of 10 this is why you take the path you do, it’s very clear, and it’s why I call you two weak.
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When did I ever say I didn’t want the government to intervene? I do. They should restrict purchases of marijuana to legal adults. People who sell to kids should be treated the same as people who sell booze to minors. They should arrest people driving while high.
One can support legal marijuana and believe there should still be laws against it too. You talk in absolutes.
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If he said what you agreed with, you wouldn’t have mentioned the off-topic stuff. But the off-topic stuff points to problems that need to be solved, not added to by legalizing MORE harmful substances that will add to medical costs and medical insurance rates.
I responded to your comment, which clearly discredited my connecting the dying middle class with growing pot use. That isn’t saying you are a bad person, just that your comment revealed you don’t care about the people and the issues I mentioned. Quite different from what FPF said about me being schizophrenic and demented and unkempt with a sandwich board.
January 4, 2019 at 2:11 pm
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Craig, you were saying something about ad hominem attacks?
MARCH 14, 2018 AT 11:28 AM
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I can’t figure out if you are ignorant or just dishonest. Both?
MARCH 14, 2018 AT 6:22 PM
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While trying to teach a fish to do math is pointless . . .
I know this is getting pretty heady for you, but give thinking a try . . .
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 AT 4:34 PM
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What was he referring to, then Rosenblatt? And since the media won’t tell us, how do you know?
You are such a boring partisan.
MARCH 21, 2018 AT 4:20 PM
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Keep on making us laugh . . . or look in the mirror and do it for yourself.
Clown.
APRIL 4, 2018 AT 11:18 AM
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Clearly, you guys are smoking too much ganja. APRIL 4, 2018 AT 11:18 AM
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Clearly, you guys are smoking too much ganja. And your paranoid conspiracy theories would be laughable . . . except you get to vote.
APRIL 4, 2018 AT 2:04 PM
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Geez, maybe you bong suckers can’t even read anymore.
APRIL 19, 2018 AT 2:53 PM
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And my point is confirmed by confused! Thanks, third grader!
MAY 18, 2018 AT 11:41 AM
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Cut the Bias: man, you are one blabby dude. Hard to even read all that nonsense.
MAY 19, 2018 AT 1:39 PM
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Man, you are a lot of work to get to a point. (Please, no more boring stories. I don’t have time.)
MAY 23, 2018 AT 11:41 AM
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You must not be very smart. Sorry. (Have you heard of MIT?)
May 25, 2018 at 4:14 pm
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Man, your hate for Trump makes you out to be a fool on a regular basis.
JUNE 7, 2018 AT 4:25 PM
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Try not embarrassing yourself in writing.
AUGUST 8, 2018 AT 4:12 PM
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Last time Rosenblatt: You are a Partisan. A small person who never learns anything new. And ultimately responsible for the damage being spread by legalized pot. (Not that you would ever take responsibility for the negative consequences of the policies you support.)
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Captain Dead Planet:
Poor, poor Captain Baby. (Add that to your collection.)
January 4, 2019 at 2:44 pm
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Whatever, hypocrite. So, you can dish it but cannot take it, is that it? You have so much angst, and there seems to be a lot of that sentiment with the conservative crowd. It puzzles me how people can live life in fear and anger about almost everything.
I’m sorry about your boy, man. From one dad to another, I am sincerely sorry. Life has to go on, right? And, this is one fight you aren’t going to win. So, just do what you can to educate those you care about. Probably like you do with any intoxicating substance. It’s clear you aren’t going to change anyone’s mind out here, so maybe find somewhere you can. No one likes losing, but you’re fight a lost cause, my friend. Do whatever you do to relax and have a nice weekend. I’m going to play golf…in Iowa…in January…for the 3rd year in a row. Unbelievable that golf is now year-round in this state. Cheers!
January 4, 2019 at 2:24 pm
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I don’t smoke pot, Craig. And in any event, not everyone who does smoke pot is a go-nowhere loser like Craig Jr. There are millions of people who smoke pot on a recreational basis with no ill effect just as there are millions of people who drink alcohol on a recreational basis with no ill effect. Hell, some even do both.
It’s called personal responsibility, Craig, and it’s the assumed cost of enjoying personal freedom. And what greater country in which to enjoy personal freedom than the United States of America?
My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of LIBERTY, of thee I sing.
Yes. Yes. Ignore the real world impact of legalization. That is a form of lying, pretending the bad stuff just doesn’t exist.
Honest, intelligent, moral people address the downsides of their proposals directly and honestly.
Head meet sand. I get it. I’m used to it. Most people run and hide when truth gets in the way.
January 4, 2019 at 2:57 pm
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I’m neither “proposing” anything, nor “running and hiding” or “pretending”.
I just want to live free and make my own choices in matters like drinking (I do), gambling (I don’t), owning firearms (I don’t), smoking cigarettes (I don’t) and smoking pot (I don’t), among the other decisions one faces in life.
I value that right, and gladly leave others alone to make their own personal choices. And while I don’t do many of the things I listed above, I support the rights of other adults to do so if they wish.
It’s called “personal responsibility”.
January 8, 2019 at 6:56 am
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I envision IJ censoring your personal attacks.
If you can’t discuss the issue, IJ will take the appropriate action to allow meaningful, informative discussion or debate.
And what caused the opioid crises? The despair that leads people to drugs, including pot. You are ignoring the huge increase in suicides, especially in men. Not to mention alcohol abuse. And a massive increase in marijuana consumption isn’t helping either.
Now blame the drug companies and go back to sleep.
The same thing that always happens with prescription heroin in this country – change the name of the drug and over-prescribe it again. Then say, “Oh no, we have a crisis, quit prescribing it.” This will eventually happen again with prescription heroin under a new name. Just give it about 20-30 years.
Deep Thoughts. “It’s a natural cycle. Like the tides.”
Clueless. Just clueless. We have NEVER before had an increasing mortality rate. NEVER. It ain’t no natural cycle, Jack Handy. The middle class is dying. Marriage rates have fallen dramatically. Rates of depression and suicide are way up.
Is there a biological limit on the human lifespan, and if so, are we approaching it?
January 4, 2019 at 5:05 pm
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Reading comprehension, Craig. I answered your question about the opioid crisis, brother. You’re welcome and you heard it hear, in 20-30 years the drug industry will be changing the name on prescription heroin again. Then, they’ll peddle it back onto the market. Then, we’ll be having the same conversation. I love you!
January 4, 2019 at 11:56 am
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Serious question…Can anyone recommend a pot stock?
Rosenblatt: this might be my last reply to your thoughtless comments.
EVERY study on the increase in mortality in the United States ties it to drugs and suicide. And it is primarily in blue collar areas of the US where the death rate is highest. Which ties it to the despair taking place all over the country for working class people.
“limit on the human lifespan”. Man, you lefties dive deep into the BS hole to avoid truth, don’t you.
What truth am I avoiding? That marijuana is unsafe for children, pregnant women and people operating cars/trucks/machinery, and that it causes cognitive issues too?
“The Judicial Branch prosecutes Federal crimes.”
“My study proving that people are aware of the dangers of pot shows that people are aware, especially the chart that shows that only 20% of pot users think it is addictive.”
“. . . are we approaching the biological limit on the human lifespan . . .”
You said all 3 of these things (if not the exact words).
And you NEVER acknowledged the lunacy of all 3 positions you took.
January 7, 2019 at 8:54 am
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I agree I said words on those topics, but with the exception of the last one, you’re not quoting me correctly. As previously requested, if you’re going to quote me, then quote me…don’t put words in my mouth I didn’t say.
Wow. That’s a lot of green, bud. (o:
The working class is literally dying in America. We had – for the first time in history – declining life expectancy, meaning increasing mortality rates, for 3 years in a row. This was largely in working class communities where job prospects are worse than 20 years ago, as globalization and automation and, yes, illegal immigration, destroys decent paying middle class jobs.
Working class people can’t afford houses or raising families and marriage rates plummet.
Now comes word that young people are consuming pot at record rates around the country, especially the working class.
Let’s all Celebrate! (while the clueless elites talk about transgender rights . . .)
High pot states like NY & Illinois both lost significant population due to low birth numbers and bad governance and high taxes. They also smoke a lot of pot.
“Now comes word that young people are consuming pot at record rates around the country, especially the working class.” ……….
Who says it is only young people?!?!?!?!…..who said it was only the working class?!?!?! those statements were not listed in the article posted.
Your agenda is showing Craig.
It took you long enough in your comment to say something germane to the article, and then you basically said nothing of relevance. Waste of a post, IMHO.
I get it. You don’t care about ruined lives. Congratulations on your compassion! Smoke some pot and celebrate yourself.
You clearly don’t get it — I’ve told you numerous times marijuana is unsafe for children, pregnant women and people operating cars/trucks/machinery, and that it causes cognitive issues too. That doesn’t mean I think we need a ‘nanny-state’ government telling adults what they can and can’t do in the comfort of their own homes if they’re not endangering the lives of others.
Then what is your position on the dying middle class that consumes tons of pot? What is your position on Colorado reporting an increase in pot use for those between 12 and 21? What is your position on the expanding black market for pot? You think this is all an acceptable cost of keeping the “nanny state” off YOUR back? Or you really don’t give a crap about the poor or children, but just pretend you do, like most lefties?
Drugs are bad, m’kay?
LOL. I often chuckle at the thought of Mr. Mackey when I read Craig’s screeds.
Deaths, ruined lives, GDP harm, family destruction, you seem to have said you agree this happens to some degree from marijuana.
But you don’t want the government to intervene.
Except for with guns. Because Guns are bad, m’kay?
Really, you and Ron have your heads up your rear end with that ego “I don’t judge ” mentality, and think you’re so open minded and good. It’s really just narcissism. That’s all it is. Maybe try thinking a thought that doesn’t make you feel like you’re the best human being to all those around you, or the hero.
Just a thought.
A tough one. A difficult one. I don’t think you have it in you. I think you’re like Lady Gaga
“I live for the applause, applause, I live for the applause plause, I live for the way that you scream and cheer for me, the applause!”
It sounds odd adding that in but dang it guys, when it comes to pot, this is clearly why you hold the position you do.
You constantly say you aren’t saying it isn’t bad (because you realized it is not a hero position to say that, since you endanger people) but you don’t want to upset the “I can do what I want” crowd, and “don’t judge” crowd, so you then follow up saying you accept the dangers, with hey you can do what you want. It’s a very safe position to take, one that keeps you with applause.
9 times out of 10 this is why you take the path you do, it’s very clear, and it’s why I call you two weak.
When did I ever say I didn’t want the government to intervene? I do. They should restrict purchases of marijuana to legal adults. People who sell to kids should be treated the same as people who sell booze to minors. They should arrest people driving while high.
One can support legal marijuana and believe there should still be laws against it too. You talk in absolutes.
If he said what you agreed with, you wouldn’t have mentioned the off-topic stuff. But the off-topic stuff points to problems that need to be solved, not added to by legalizing MORE harmful substances that will add to medical costs and medical insurance rates.
One envisions an unkempt man wearing a sandwich board with that diatribe scrawled across it, standing on the corner of Schizophrenia and Dementia…
Ad hominem attacks. What we always get from the non-thinking in the crowd. Too much pot for thinking, FPF?
“Ad hominem attacks. What we always get from the non-thinking in the crowd”
That’s rich coming from the same guy who just made an ad hominem attack against me saying I “….don’t care about ruined lives”
I responded to your comment, which clearly discredited my connecting the dying middle class with growing pot use. That isn’t saying you are a bad person, just that your comment revealed you don’t care about the people and the issues I mentioned. Quite different from what FPF said about me being schizophrenic and demented and unkempt with a sandwich board.
Craig, you were saying something about ad hominem attacks?
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I can’t figure out if you are ignorant or just dishonest. Both?
MARCH 14, 2018 AT 6:22 PM
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While trying to teach a fish to do math is pointless . . .
I know this is getting pretty heady for you, but give thinking a try . . .
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What was he referring to, then Rosenblatt? And since the media won’t tell us, how do you know?
You are such a boring partisan.
MARCH 21, 2018 AT 4:20 PM
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Keep on making us laugh . . . or look in the mirror and do it for yourself.
Clown.
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Clearly, you guys are smoking too much ganja. APRIL 4, 2018 AT 11:18 AM
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Clearly, you guys are smoking too much ganja. And your paranoid conspiracy theories would be laughable . . . except you get to vote.
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Geez, maybe you bong suckers can’t even read anymore.
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And my point is confirmed by confused! Thanks, third grader!
MAY 18, 2018 AT 11:41 AM
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Cut the Bias: man, you are one blabby dude. Hard to even read all that nonsense.
MAY 19, 2018 AT 1:39 PM
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Man, you are a lot of work to get to a point. (Please, no more boring stories. I don’t have time.)
MAY 23, 2018 AT 11:41 AM
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You must not be very smart. Sorry. (Have you heard of MIT?)
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Man, your hate for Trump makes you out to be a fool on a regular basis.
JUNE 7, 2018 AT 4:25 PM
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Try not embarrassing yourself in writing.
AUGUST 8, 2018 AT 4:12 PM
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Last time Rosenblatt: You are a Partisan. A small person who never learns anything new. And ultimately responsible for the damage being spread by legalized pot. (Not that you would ever take responsibility for the negative consequences of the policies you support.)
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Captain Dead Planet:
Maybe THC got to your brain . . .
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Craig, the King of Ad Hominem!
Poor, poor Captain Baby. (Add that to your collection.)
Whatever, hypocrite. So, you can dish it but cannot take it, is that it? You have so much angst, and there seems to be a lot of that sentiment with the conservative crowd. It puzzles me how people can live life in fear and anger about almost everything.
I’m sorry about your boy, man. From one dad to another, I am sincerely sorry. Life has to go on, right? And, this is one fight you aren’t going to win. So, just do what you can to educate those you care about. Probably like you do with any intoxicating substance. It’s clear you aren’t going to change anyone’s mind out here, so maybe find somewhere you can. No one likes losing, but you’re fight a lost cause, my friend. Do whatever you do to relax and have a nice weekend. I’m going to play golf…in Iowa…in January…for the 3rd year in a row. Unbelievable that golf is now year-round in this state. Cheers!
I don’t smoke pot, Craig. And in any event, not everyone who does smoke pot is a go-nowhere loser like Craig Jr. There are millions of people who smoke pot on a recreational basis with no ill effect just as there are millions of people who drink alcohol on a recreational basis with no ill effect. Hell, some even do both.
It’s called personal responsibility, Craig, and it’s the assumed cost of enjoying personal freedom. And what greater country in which to enjoy personal freedom than the United States of America?
My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of LIBERTY, of thee I sing.
Yes. Yes. Ignore the real world impact of legalization. That is a form of lying, pretending the bad stuff just doesn’t exist.
Honest, intelligent, moral people address the downsides of their proposals directly and honestly.
Head meet sand. I get it. I’m used to it. Most people run and hide when truth gets in the way.
I’m neither “proposing” anything, nor “running and hiding” or “pretending”.
I just want to live free and make my own choices in matters like drinking (I do), gambling (I don’t), owning firearms (I don’t), smoking cigarettes (I don’t) and smoking pot (I don’t), among the other decisions one faces in life.
I value that right, and gladly leave others alone to make their own personal choices. And while I don’t do many of the things I listed above, I support the rights of other adults to do so if they wish.
It’s called “personal responsibility”.
I envision IJ censoring your personal attacks.
If you can’t discuss the issue, IJ will take the appropriate action to allow meaningful, informative discussion or debate.
CC,
With respect, the drop in life expectancy is due largely in part to the opioid crisis.
And what caused the opioid crises? The despair that leads people to drugs, including pot. You are ignoring the huge increase in suicides, especially in men. Not to mention alcohol abuse. And a massive increase in marijuana consumption isn’t helping either.
Now blame the drug companies and go back to sleep.
The same thing that always happens with prescription heroin in this country – change the name of the drug and over-prescribe it again. Then say, “Oh no, we have a crisis, quit prescribing it.” This will eventually happen again with prescription heroin under a new name. Just give it about 20-30 years.
Deep Thoughts. “It’s a natural cycle. Like the tides.”
Clueless. Just clueless. We have NEVER before had an increasing mortality rate. NEVER. It ain’t no natural cycle, Jack Handy. The middle class is dying. Marriage rates have fallen dramatically. Rates of depression and suicide are way up.
Blame the moon . . .
Is there a biological limit on the human lifespan, and if so, are we approaching it?
Reading comprehension, Craig. I answered your question about the opioid crisis, brother. You’re welcome and you heard it hear, in 20-30 years the drug industry will be changing the name on prescription heroin again. Then, they’ll peddle it back onto the market. Then, we’ll be having the same conversation. I love you!
Serious question…Can anyone recommend a pot stock?
Tilray is a partner with Canada and has really boomed. It is a little more expensive but the contract has a lot of potential for profits.
Rosenblatt: this might be my last reply to your thoughtless comments.
EVERY study on the increase in mortality in the United States ties it to drugs and suicide. And it is primarily in blue collar areas of the US where the death rate is highest. Which ties it to the despair taking place all over the country for working class people.
“limit on the human lifespan”. Man, you lefties dive deep into the BS hole to avoid truth, don’t you.
What truth am I avoiding? That marijuana is unsafe for children, pregnant women and people operating cars/trucks/machinery, and that it causes cognitive issues too?
“The Judicial Branch prosecutes Federal crimes.”
“My study proving that people are aware of the dangers of pot shows that people are aware, especially the chart that shows that only 20% of pot users think it is addictive.”
“. . . are we approaching the biological limit on the human lifespan . . .”
If you’re going to quote me, quote me. Don’t just make stuff up and put it in quotes.
You said all 3 of these things (if not the exact words).
And you NEVER acknowledged the lunacy of all 3 positions you took.
I agree I said words on those topics, but with the exception of the last one, you’re not quoting me correctly. As previously requested, if you’re going to quote me, then quote me…don’t put words in my mouth I didn’t say.
Same sh*t show, same players….