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New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana
Sorry, NYT again. I’m not a pot-smoker, not my thing. However, this sort of thing really angers me. The people of these states have decided they are fine with medical marijuana. The Federal pay lip service to of the people for the people Government has no right whatsoever to overrule the will of the people.
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The feds have no right to ban the possession, use or sale of ANY commodity, so as long as the "people" allow the proihibition of any drug, the people have no standing to complain about the feds overstepping their "rights."
Medical marijuana is slave-talk. The only thing that prescription-only marijuana does is allow a certain few of us to ask the masters' permission to live our lives. Well, if you have to ask someone else's permission to live, what does that make you, if not a slave?
And slaves have NO rights.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." ~ XIII Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Voluntary servitude, on the other hand, is not only legal, but also lawful.
Every citizen [one who has voluntarily enslaved himself] has the right of voting for public officers, and of being elected; these are the political rights which the humblest citizen possesses. ~ Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856 Edition [Bracketed information and emphasis added]
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I don't know where you live, Suverans, but in my neck of the woods, something like 12% of the "citizens" do NOT have the right to vote. I'm one of them, but still I'm subject (involuntarily) to the laws made by those elected. One of my ancestors came to America as an indentured servant (voluntary servitude). When the debt was paid, she was free. I, on trhe other hand, will never be.
G'day rita,
As you no doubt noticed, those were not my words, I was quoting Bouvier's 1856 Law Dictionary.
Of course, you are correct, things have evidently changed since that writing and several states now bar "citizen felons" from voting, even after they have completed any custodial sentence; this is because political rights can be taken by "due process of law", and "due process of law" is whatever the corporation you voluntarily choose to be a member of says it is.
But the reason you are "still...subject (voluntarily) to the laws made by those elected" is because you voluntarily choose to retain your "membership" in a STATE and/or in the UNITED STATES, which you made manifest when you unequivocally stated, "...something like 12% of the "citizens" do NOT have the right to vote. I'm one of them...".
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." ~ XIII Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Most individuals "voluntarily choose to retain [their] membership in a STATE and/or in the UNITED STATES, because they believe that life outside of the system would not be "easy", or as "lucrative" ["for filthy lucre’s sake"], as inside the system. They are probably right on both counts.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom..."; well, you know the rest.