and have it go into education. The more you educate a society, the fewer crimes that occur. Also has the nice benefit of having an area with more businesses and a larger talent pool.
Or you will get fewer but smarter criminals.
strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness by making government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.
Say what? Let me analyse this point by point...
Strengthen our democracy: How, by making people sit around their bong every night discussing the problems of the world? Like.. "Man... link um.. why do they fold those papers around those little sticks of gum? Can't they see we need to save some trees? Besides they taste terrible when folding a joint, their just disgusting."
WHAT??? MAKE people sit around a bong....Stupid---------- Promote efficiency: Get real, Marijuana and efficiency in the same sentence? Last I knew all my childhood friends were doing nothing with their lives. Just sitting around getting high with no aspirations in life. Several are dead from accidents, suicide, some perpetually in rehab clinics, and all living life day-t-day. Efficiency is not the first word on my mind.
Your PERSONAL opinion i will respect but do not assume all people who smoke do nothing,achieve nothing, many of the founding fathers of this country smoked weed...... Making government more transparent: Ok, Marijuana is hallucinogenic for some people, but I doubt that the Government is going to get any more transparent that way.
Can you say straw man... Collaborative: Ok, lets get this one definition straight. We are talking about the Government being more collaborative, not people sitting around talking about fantasies while smoking joints. How is legalizing Marijuana going to get the Government to improve on their collaboration skills?
Again....Stupid I know I'll get flamed, and I'm not trying to argue that it should or should not be legalized, but what the study is for and the conclusions being stated about Marijuana are just not related from my viewpoint. But as I remember back to 'hanging out' with my childhood friends, they usually were not thinking all so coherently about much of anything, and no doubt they were the ones 'brainstorming' here. So why would I think this study would be any different? Go figure.
You want it legalized? Good for you, go for it. This is a democracy after all. But, with the next study trying to 'fix the Government', please try to come up with ideas on topic and that actually solve the issues that the study is supposed to discuss. If you want to change the law there are already ways to do that. Go for it.
The legalization of weed will NOT fix the gov, it will however add a much needed tax base, jobs from farming,industy uses,bio fuel and save many man hours in this futile war. If this is your idea of a brainstorm...Well then you need to lay of the booze
I have another cell phone idea. Rig up the pre-paid cell phone to shoot emergency flares when the number is dialed. The wiring should be similar to the IED designs the insurgency has been using in Iraq but you'll want to substitute the bomb bit for a emergency flare. I really can't stress enough how important that last part is. Now, affix the device on some sturdy head ware. You'll probably want to base this hat on a steel wok and just add a chin strap and remove any handles. Now all you need to do is mount the device on top of the inverted wok/hat and you're all set. If your kid goes missing just dial the number and even if you don't see the flares I'm pretty sure someone will contact you shortly after flaming rockets erupt from your child's hat. Wrong numbers might be an issue but it's a small price to pay for safety.
/snark/ Dont forget the emergency flotation devices,parachute,canoe and a 7 day supply of food... Oh and bear repellent. Subby...Fear is the folly of fools.
Agreed. Here's an idea.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to strangers. What? No way! Strangers are BAD. BAD EVIL people who want to randomly inject her with drugs so she'll become an addict and a regular client.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to the right strangers. Mall clerks at security booths. Other parents. Security guards. Bus drivers. If you can teach your daughter to become street smart, she will be able to take care of herself when you're not around. She'll be safe even if you are unable to access your handheld, or the internet is down, or the power goes out...
Please MOD this up. I taught my 2 kids this and it does work very well.
Duh-boy, cue debates on how much surveillance for your child is really necessary.
I'd say just let him be a parent and decide what's necessary. He knows his daughter better than we all do.
jenny mccarthy knows her son better too... Does that mean by not getting him vaccinated it is a good thing?
"No matter where you go, there you are..." -- Buckaroo Banzai
