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| Site Title: | FreAkweNtcY needs your help! (House of Representatives Candidate) | ||||||||||
| Site Domain: | endthedrugwar.ytmnd.com | ||||||||||
| Created by: | FreAkweNtcY | ||||||||||
| Created on: | 2008-06-08 17:31:18 | ||||||||||
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| ITS A TRAP!!! |
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| by ending the war on drugs, you mean legalizing them? cause that'd be getting my support. i'll spend my money on crack cocaine for now. |
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| Commenting on fyre's last comment, RIP |
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| tonight I dine on TuRtLe soup | ||||||
| goodbye Fyrestorm | ||||||
| his last comment was a reply to me saying "lol" | ||||||
| Who said he was dead? | ||||||
| A small part of my mind is expecting a comment on the inevitable myspace suicide ytmnd saying "LolJK" | ||||||
| oh noes Live Journal Suicide fad! =OO | ||||||
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| "Your help us greatly appreciated." | ||||||
| Thanks, fixed. |
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| You should advertise this on TOTSE. They eat this stuff up over there. | ||||||
| wait a minute, what's that fine print i see there "JOHN". lol, jk |
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| Favd for message, bill hicks, and tool | ||||||
| scruffy seconds that emotion. Good luck to ya. | ||||||
| can you imagnine the day you'd represent "the fightin' ninth" on Better Know a District? |
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| He's running for state house, not U.S. House | ||||||
| hotcha | ||||||
| also, c*cks |
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| also, c*cks |
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| also, c*cks | ||||||
| I voted 5 but there was a hanging chad |
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| Advertstmnd... |
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| !!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| You should really run on more than one issue. Especially one that, although you are right on it, most people do not agree with. |
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| This is not a one-issue campaign, this is a one-solution campaign. I don't know how many times I have to reiterate that. This solution tackles most of our major issues at hand. |
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| You can expect a $100 donation from me. | ||||||
| I read about what you said about the past and present of drug usage in Florida and how it is continuing to fail. I agree, it is because of people's desire and it seems that people that are high drug users are only increasing their priorities towards drugs even if the type of crime they will suffer increases (Such as going from XXX drug crime gets you 3 years to now it will get you 15 years, people still will decide to drugs). | ||||||
| First off, thank you so much for considering making such a large donation. Second, you're absolutely right. Regardless of legality, many people will still continue to do these drugs, and will stop at nothing in order to acquire them. |
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| $500? Really? For state HoR campaign? Crazy. | ||||||
| OK, I completely agree with your stance on the drug war, and also how it relates to crime and the economy, but I'd kinda like to know a bit more about your take on other issues before I send money to a campaign, you know? You don't have to agree with every thing I believe to warrant a donation but I'd rather not find out the hard way that I gave money to someone who thinks the USA PATRIOT Act is good government and heads up the Miami chapter of the Minutemen on the weekends. |
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| Using drugs to appeal to those who are politically educated is not a good way to get votes. The legalization of marijuana is the least of this countries concerns. Yes the legalization of marijuana creates more taxes that the government can *ss rape us on. But really focus your campaign on the economy and alternative fuel sources. |
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| Economy: the money we save fighting an unending drug war and by taxing not just marijuana, but all illicit substances, could most likely fund an entire federal health care system. Alternative fuel source: hemp. |
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| Plus, we could get rid of the unconstitutional income tax. |
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| See, I think this is why people are timid to support you. The "unconstitutional income tax" line there is a big indicator of a whole set of beliefs you prescribe to but are not sharing with us. You are more than welcomed think what you want about any of these issues but people want to know who (or rather, what) they are supporting when they donate to a campaign. |
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| Though I hate paying taxes for plenty of logical reasons, I do not get the whole "unconstitutional" claim. I've read arguments on all sides of that issue and have come to the conclusion that tax protesters are actually upset about something else, something much larger about the role they believe government should play. I strongly disagree with the belief that we should be dismantling government, doing away with taxes, etc, especially during an era where public infrastructure is collapsing all around us. |
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| Thus, though I do agree with your desire to end the racist, classist, frighteningly expensive, and painfully unsuccessful war on drugs, that issue alone is not the only one I hold important. Even if you are running a single-solution campaign (vs. a single-issue campaign), you still have to expect that your potential supporters are not themselves single-solution voters. | ||||||
| we could get rid of the unconstitutional income tax = shut up moron | ||||||
| So you think Crack should be legal? I've smoked pot for more than 20 years and have never had a run in with the law because of it. We need to fight crack users and dealers. My street was pretty nice but a few crack whores moved in and now crime is a daily occurence. You are clueless | ||||||
| "Even if you are running a single-solution campaign (vs. a single-issue campaign), you still have to expect that your potential supporters are not themselves single-solution voters." Then I can't really argue with you anymore. I'm sorry I don't meet your expectations, and I'm sorry I'm not "perfect" in every way. It's so very frustrating doing this campaign, because people think that if I'm going to do it, I have to be absolutely solidly in their favor, or else they're going to play devil's advocate. |
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| "So you think Crack should be legal? I've smoked pot for more than 20 years and have never had a run in with the law because of it. We need to fight crack users and dealers. My street was pretty nice but a few crack whores moved in and now crime is a daily occurence. You are clueless" Why don't you say that to my face tough guy - BONK! |
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| Well anyway I hope you win because it would be good for YTMND pride. Otherwise you couldn't pay me to care |
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| Thank you - I can settle for that. | ||||||
| Uhhh...we weren't arguing. I was simply asking you to clarify your stance on some issues. I wasn't baiting you, either. Very sincere, had money ready to donate, kind of questions. You're going to need a much thicker skin than that if you are really headed for politics. Get ready for a long, wild ride... | ||||||
| gr33nscr33n and i have corresponded through PM, and resolved this communication error. i am happy to say i can now look forward to his donation :) | ||||||
| What's your stance on energy use? Water resource managment? Gun control? Abortion? State-backed welfare? IMMIGRATION? If you're going to ignore all issues except for ONE you might as well become a lobbyist. |
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| "We'll shoot at all of those things." John Shaw for House Committee. |
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| As for the first two issues, I'm not quite as versed in those topics, and am not afraid to say so. I think we should investigate our other options on energy uses as quickly as possible. As for gun control, it is my duty as a politician to uphold the constitution. The 2nd amendment guarentees us the right to bear arms. Abortion is a punishment in itself to the mother; no reason to punish her again for choosing to go through with something so terrible. We wont need state-backed welfare after I'm done. And... |
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| IMMIGRATION (why you capitalized it, I have no idea), IS A NATIONAL issue, not a STATE issue, and therefore is better left out of my hands. I have said that before and someone on here said that I was ignoring the issue. No, I'm not ignoring it, it's simply out of my jurisdiction. |
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| Also, please understand that I'm trying as hard as I can. I seem to only get nay-say from people like you. "You're not trying hard enough, John. You're IGNORING things." This is usually followed by something rude and irrelevent, such as ^. You apparently don't understand how difficult a task this really is. I'm trying to research these issues as fast and as hard as I can. Also, I would have run 2 years from now, but this district was term-limited out, so there's no incumbent, which gives me a better shot. |
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| "If you're going to ignore all issues except for ONE you might as well become a lobbyist." This is not a one-issue platform, this is a one-solution platform. Most people for some reason can't differentiate between the two. |
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| Sinep | ||||||
| Drug use/legalization is a NATIONAL issue that affect states. Immigration is also a NATIONAL issue that affects states. As of 2006, Florida was home to the 3rd largest number of illegal immigrants (only Texas and California were estimated to have more). Did you know that between January and March of this year that FLORIDA state lawmakers have proposed nearly a dozen bills targeting illegal immigration? |
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| All it seems you're saying is "Legalize drugs and all our problems are solved." How do you stand on health care? Minimum wage? The environment? Floridians should know your current view on these issue (as well as YTMND donors). Don't attack me for bringing these things up. Your website only lists 3 issues on which you take a stand: Drug Policy, Crime, and the Economy. Your solution to all three is to legalize drugs. And you haven't added any new issues to your website since you announced your campaign. |
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| Also, how do you feel about the state congress funding an official Florida Bobsled Team? |
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| "Drug use/legalization is a NATIONAL issue that affect states." Drug use/legalization is a GLOBAL issue. This is the best I can do to tackle it at my age. "Floridians should know your current view on these issue (as well as YTMND donors)." Once again, my stance on those issues are as follows: Health care: The end of the drug war could fund an entire federal health care system. Minimum wage could rise due to the economical freedom after the drug war is ended. The environment? Talk to Big Bend. |
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| ""Legalize drugs and all our problems are solved." Not all of them, of course not - but major ones, yes. This wont directly solve social issues, such as gay marriage, abortion, that sort of thing. But I think if it goes through it will open a door to "personal freedom," which is what most social issues are about, and as the man heard in the audio on this site claims. "This isn't a war on drugs, this is a war on personal freedom." |
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| The bottom line is, if you are in my District, you don't have to vote for me. You can vote for the other guys. I'm not going to conform to hive-minded politics (or, that's the game in politics and I refuse to play it) in order to get your vote. I'd rather have your vote for the issues I am standing for, not for having a list of every single issue known to man, and my beliefs within them. That's ridiculous to me. |
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| Anything you don't know about or don't have a stance on you should try to find out about. When someone asks your position on something and you don't know, and aren't afraid to admit it then ask that person for their stance. Not sure what to do about water resources? Investigate - that's what people want to see in any representative is a need to get the details. Read about the watersheds the 9th D depends on, how they are used and how they are changing. Talk to hydrologists at local colleges & uni's. | ||||||
| It doesn't matter what issues you believe in only what issues the 9th district believes in. It's your job to represent them in the State House. If the 9th district doesn't want drug legalization then for on thing you won't be elected but also you shouldn't bring that issue to the state house. Your platform should be "whatever you guys want" or also "whatever I can do to help the district". You should be getting funding for schools and fixing roads and getting funding for other things for your district. | ||||||
| You couldn't have said it better, and I actually told this to someone last week, almost verbatim. If the people of this district don't want this sort of solution, I'm not going to selfishly continue with it, because then it wont be only supporting me and a minority of others, and that is innappropriate. You have my word on that. |
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| I PRY OPEN MY THIRD EYE! | ||||||
| RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRReal high on drugs. | ||||||
| If you're only hoping to make a difference regarding this one issue, get people talking, etc., go for it. If this is your first step in becoming a career politician, however, you need to toughen the f*ck up. If you're getting this defensive over policy-based questions that people are asking you out of genuine curiousity, how are you going to handle it when opponents start digging up dirt(there's probably plenty right here on ytmnd), and try making a fool out of you in front of the world? | ||||||
| The difference is this is YTMND. I've been here for 3 years now, and I know this crowd. If you are my constituency, or my opponent, it would be a completely different ball game; and for you to judge any sort of comparison is rather naive. Believe me when I tell you, it is DIFFICULT to answer policy-based questions that people are asking out of genuine curiosity, because I can't tell the difference between curiosity-based, or...well, the other kind. |
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