Send Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R- MD) a few bucks and a thank you: Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday became the nation’s first Republican governor to sign into law a measure that relaxes criminal punishment for seriously ill people who use marijuana to relieve pain and other symptoms.
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The Green Old Party
Interesting article on the environment in the GOP in the Times this morning: As Christie Whitman, the most prominent suburban woman in the Bush administration, steps down at E.P.A., the coverage primarily concerns the issues on which she was overruled. This ignores some of her significant achievements
One More Try at This
Trying to get a straight answer on this issue is turning out to be impossible. I am going to try one more time. You are sitting at a table, contemplating creating a fictional government. You are not at war, you have no budgetary needs, there are no starving children, welfare moms, bone thin elderly waiting …
C’Mon Democrats
Alright Democrats, you are dropping the ball. Yesterday, I asked you to tell me what level of taxation is enough for you to call off the nasty rhetoric. We only had a few responses. So, we will try this one more time: At what level of taxation will Democrats agree the rich are no longer …
The War on Your Neighbors
Via TalkLeft, this absolutely disgusting devlopment: Tomorrow the House will mark up a bill to allow the National Drug Control Office and Drug Czar John Walters to spend what could amount to up to a billion of our taxpaying dollars on advertising to fight state marijuana ballot initiatives. Never mind the fact that we have …
Massachusetts Blues
This is interesting: The presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry received some startling news Wednesday from his own back yard. A poll recently conducted by the research institute Mass Insight shows Kerry trailing President Bush in the race for president in the Bay State. The poll, which involved 500 Massachusetts voters at the end …
Jane’s Law
Jane Galt offers up this new law of politics: Jane’s Law: The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane. She is on to something. *** Update *** Go read the comments at Jane’s site on this issue- hysterical. If violating Godwin’s law …