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The state of the republican party

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Feb 21, 2021.

  1. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    That isn't circumventing state laws, it is enforcing Federal laws. Circumventing state laws would be providing money and travel to soldiers in states with mar1juana restrictions to states without so the soldiers could avoid the local laws. Same with segregation. What is happening on base is governed by the UCMJ, not state or local laws. Having different laws on base is based on there being an entirely different justice system in the military. Helping soldiers avoid state and local law when out in the community is not the purview of the military. That's why soldiers are arrested and prosecuted by the locals in the community for drunk driving or whatever, but by the MPs and JAG on base.
     
  2. rocketsjudoka

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    Under what you write here then the US military desegregated while they had bases in states with segregation giving black soldiers paid leave to go visit a desegregated state would be circumventing state laws.

    As you note the military giving paid leave to personnel based in states that don’t have legal mar1juana to a state that has legal mar1juana. If they used mar1juana in the legal state that would be circumventing state laws. You’ve alreDy undercut your argument that the military isn’t already circumventing state laws.
     
  3. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    Yes, if they had provided black soldiers with additional leave and travel expenses, that would have been circumventing state laws.
    No, if they gave soldiers in states without legal mar1juana EXTRA LEAVE AND TRAVEL EXPENSES to go to a state with legal mar1juana, that would be the military trying to circumvent state laws. Soldiers are free to use their own leave and own money to go to whatever state they like and to obey the laws wherever they are.
     
  4. Andre0087

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    You must be big mad to come out with the bold and capitalization.
     
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    Republican run Texas ranked worst state to live in the US

    Texas received 53 out of 350 points for its 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion score, giving it an F in its Top States grade and the lowest nationwide, securing its number one spot on the list.

    While Texas landed at number six on CNBC's yearly America's Top States for Business study, the state scored significantly low in one category: Life, Health & Inclusion. Factors in this category include:

    Crime rates
    Environmental quality
    Health care
    Quality and availability of childcare
    Inclusiveness in state laws such as reproductive rights, protections against discrimination and voting rights.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...states-to-live-in-2023-cnbc-list/70430783007/

    Time to Turn Texas Blue!
     
  6. Andre0087

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    Except even in states where mar1juana is legal, there are still Federal prohibitions.
     
  8. JuanValdez

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    As with many arguments with @StupidMoniker (and, I'm guessing many arguments with me too), it boils down to: it is this way, it is all administratively appropriate how it got to be this way, but it doesn't conform to his libertarian principles and he doesn't like it.
     
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  10. StupidMoniker

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    Nope, just trying to help people pick up on the point they obviously missed the first time around.
    Actually, this has little to do with libertarianism, because it is all a conflict between federal laws. This is a senator battling with the administrative state over whether their administrative changes are in compliance with the federal restriction on provision of abortion. Certainly it is this way, it is a bit of a grey area on whether it is administratively appropriate how it got to be this way (essentially coming down to the question of how close the money has to be to the abortion before you can say it is being used to pay for abortions, is paying for travel to and from an abortion the same as paying for an abortion?). I don't like anything that promotes abortion.
     
  11. NewRoxFan

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    Drinks his little wine and has his little cracker...

     
  12. deb4rockets

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    Not surprising. When you are incapable of feeling remorse you have no reason to ask for forgiveness.
     
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    The bewilderment on his face when asked if he ever asked GOD for forgivness................the look was like, GTFO, me ask anyone for forgivness? I have never done anything wrong, if GOD were here I would tell him, its ok JC to grab em by the *****, were stars, were allowed to
     
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    Unsurprising he doesn't understand the eucharist.
     
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    reminds me of Bobby Jindal saying

    "Trump has never read the Bible, cos his name is not in it"​
     
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    ...and now you kind of get the basic idea why black people here had a problem with chattel slavery...

    ...and Jim Crow laws...

    ...and legal segregation...

    ....and on and on...;)
     
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    He is UNFIT to serve this country. The only thing he is fit to serve is time behind bars. He does nothing but incite violence when his plots backfire on him.
     
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