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Originally Posted by Sherk
I wish he wouldn't mess with re-instating the assault weapons ban that lapsed during the Bush administration. Mexico is having more and more problems these days - I believe partly due to our own problems here, the criminals have re-entered Mexico and are causing problems there. Come now, firefights in cities? Those folks are going to have their problems even if we do re-instate a weapons ban here, which is just to the detriment of law-abiding citizens. The black market will still exist, which is where most criminals get their weapons anyways...
The problem is the drug cartels down there.
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Isn't the real problem that our government spends so much time, money, and effort fighting the drug war, while our citizens are apparently willing to spend so much money to acquire said drugs, it creates a huge profit incentive for criminal organizations to provide those drugs, and it turns out that criminals are bad people? I can't get over the fact that the neo-conservative movement and Republican party is so in favor of personal responsibility, individual liberty, right to bear arms, small government, etc, etc, etc. but is also the party of government sponsored religion, defining other people's marriages, and putting people in jail for life for selling a relatively tame narcotic substance.
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Originally Posted by SabrinaFair
I voted a little better. I probably should have voted "as well as expected", but I have to give him bonus points for last week's address to the joint session of Congress. Since the economic package has been discussed to death (not just here, but in the media, in daily life, etc.), I just want to mention how pleased I am that my President has closed Guantanamo, addressed the need for early childhood education, and affirmed that the United States will not torture. I'm glad these issues haven't gotten completely overshadowed by our troubled times.
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Amen, sister! I have to struggle to keep all the good stuff in mind sometimes.