Politics and Religion

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followme 1328 reads
posted
1 / 20
nuguy46 211 reads
posted
2 / 20

-- sold more oil than current restrictions allow - Obama and others looked the other way.

-- repeatedly pushed the envelope on technical aspects of the agreement—such as caps on its uranium stockpile—and got away with it.

-- Iran's procurement continues apace, if not faster than before the Joint Plan of Action was signed in November 2013. not acknowledged by Obama or his Western allies.

-- continues to seek illicit technology for its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.  

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/iran-made-illegal-purchases-nuclear-weapons-technology-last-month_988067.html

GaGambler 228 reads
posted
3 / 20

The article does say that Obama is expected to commute the sentences of "dozens of non violent drug offenders" I think this is a GREAT step in the right direction and if true I am one righty who applaud him for it, it would be better if it were HUNDREDS or better yet THOUSANDS of non violent drug offenders getting their sentences commuted, but this is still a great first step.

JackDunphy 186 reads
posted
4 / 20

On who the sellers were and who they were selling to. If somebody was selling weed to a 25 year old, sure, let him out of that's all it is.

But some asshole selling crystal meth to a 13 year old, regardless of how non-violent the person was, should fkin rot in jail.

We are short jail space, and provided the proper procedures were put in place to make sure the wrong people didn't get let out, I would be in agreement to your more generic point.

GaGambler 230 reads
posted
5 / 20

Yeah, an adult predator who sells crack or meth to children doesn't get a lot of sympathy out of me.

So with that caveat I take it we are in agreement?

bigguy30 189 reads
posted
6 / 20

It's nothing wrong with this story or this President actions on this subject!
Also talking about Iran yet with no details or deal is stupid.
Some of you GOP backers on here sound so foolish!

Posted By: nuguy46
-- sold more oil than current restrictions allow - Obama and others looked the other way.  
   
 -- repeatedly pushed the envelope on technical aspects of the agreement—such as caps on its uranium stockpile—and got away with it.  
   
 -- Iran's procurement continues apace, if not faster than before the Joint Plan of Action was signed in November 2013. not acknowledged by Obama or his Western allies.  
   
 -- continues to seek illicit technology for its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.  
   
 http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/iran-made-illegal-purchases-nuclear-weapons-technology-last-month_988067.html
-- Modified on 7/11/2015 3:48:42 PM

followme 183 reads
posted
7 / 20

While in some cases I'll agree to let them out, however, as Jack mentioned one of many cases/situations where the the offender should be in prison for many many years.

Hey maybe they can make an oval cell   lol

2015 = 28

-- Modified on 7/11/2015 7:07:18 PM

JackDunphy 216 reads
posted
8 / 20

Although I think marijuana should be legalized, and it will soon enough, I don't believe harder drugs should be, at least now.

I could change my opinion with further info/studies, etc.  

But if someone is just a user, I would treat it more like a traffic violation i.e. a fine only, but certainly no jail time, no need for a court appearance, etc

JohnyComeAlready 179 reads
posted
9 / 20

if this benefits one race more than the others?

JohnyComeAlready 148 reads
posted
10 / 20

I was talking to GaGambler with regard to sentences being commuted which may benefit one race of people more so than another race of people. This is in comparison to GaG's post that Obama is a racist because he went and spoke at a black church where AA were murdered.

Is one scenario racist and the other non-racist was my question.

Why is the church "Historically Black" and it's parishioners African American?

 
It takes money to get into Yale, that's not a racial disparity.

 
There aren't many property owners located in the inner city, there are also a lot of black students who attend suburban schools. That's why their parents live in the suburbs.

JohnyComeAlready 139 reads
posted
11 / 20

Posted By: Laffy
Lots of white kids would never get into Yale in a million years if not for the "legacy" of their parents.  
   
 Blacks don't have the same advantage.  
   
 And you proved my point on the inner city schools.  It's a never-ending cycle.  Because there aren't home owners, there aren't taxes to build better schools.  And without better schools, they can't get better jobs to afford homes.
There are only a limited number of better jobs, so what's your point?

GaGambler 171 reads
posted
12 / 20

Not everything comes down to race. If Obama does commute the sentences of non violent drug offenders I will support him doing so, regardless of the race of the prisoners getting released.

I do realize that it's "possible" that a racist like Obama "might" concentrate on commuting the sentences of mainly black prisoners, and if that is the case I will redouble my contention that he is a racist, but I will still support getting those sentences commuted. Putting people in prison for simply possessing drugs the government says are bad for you is the real crime, I support any effort to reverse this crime. If that means getting behind Obama on this one issue, so be it. It's a positive step regardless of who starts it.

followme 139 reads
posted
13 / 20

Us righties are saying those lazy PEOPLE of ALL RACES should get a job..

That way we could eliminate government hand outs like Medicaid that you so cherish.

You're Welcome
2016 = GOP All The Way

 
BTW we all know you are a closet hillwhorie fan and will be voting for her because you know she will continue the hand outs you are undeservingly collecting.

JohnyComeAlready 245 reads
posted
14 / 20

Won't it benefit more blacks than whites?  The left's argument is that there are more black than white NVDO. They say the laws impact more black lives than white lives (racist) therefore the commuting of sentences is also racist.  

 

It's also very Christian thing to do.

 

 
Posted By: GaGambler
Not everything comes down to race. If Obama does commute the sentences of non violent drug offenders I will support him doing so, regardless of the race of the prisoners getting released.  
   
 I do realize that it's "possible" that a racist like Obama "might" concentrate on commuting the sentences of mainly black prisoners, and if that is the case I will redouble my contention that he is a racist, but I will still support getting those sentences commuted. Putting people in prison for simply possessing drugs the government says are bad for you is the real crime, I support any effort to reverse this crime. If that means getting behind Obama on this one issue, so be it. It's a positive step regardless of who starts it.

GaGambler 256 reads
posted
15 / 20

I know you are going for enigmatic, but once again the result is simply "stupid"

and at the risk of encouraging you to speak even more, what does this have to do with Christianity?

JohnyComeAlready 161 reads
posted
16 / 20

Forgivness, second chances, that kind of Jesus Christ teaching from Christians.

Posted By: GaGambler
I know you are going for enigmatic, but once again the result is simply "stupid"  
   
 and at the risk of encouraging you to speak even more, what does this have to do with Christianity?
Are Obamas actions on the issue racist?

GaGambler 239 reads
posted
17 / 20

They committed no crime against anybody, only against a state that claims to be imprisoning them for "their own good"

and how can any of us know if Obama's actions on the issue are racists or not until he actually starts commuting sentences? If he commutes only the sentences of black inmates, then yes his actions will most definitely be racist, but unlike some people here,  I will wait to see what his actions are before judging them racist, but I will allow for the possibility.

JohnyComeAlready 158 reads
posted
18 / 20

However a pardon or commuting of a sentence is form of forgiveness.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Forgive

 
Won't the commuting of sentences benefit one group more than the other?

GaGambler 180 reads
posted
19 / 20

I already plainly said, we can't know that until we see the list of the inmates getting their sentences commuted.

 
you really are TSTTT

-- Modified on 7/12/2015 8:44:00 AM

JohnyComeAlready 204 reads
posted
20 / 20

Would the actions be racist if he follows through?

 
I can read just fine

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