Obama’s “View” On Gay Marriage

For those of you who still value social equality, there is no reason not to vote for this guy in November.

Stephen Colbert On Gay Marriage

The heterosexual tear is more sacred than the homosexual tear, anyway.

Dealing With The Failed War On Drugs

The Article: Dealing With The Failed War On Drugs by Amanda Richards in The Speckled Axe.

The Text: After 40 years, the Nixon-initiated War on Drugs has lived up to the promise of its name: families have been displaced, lives and livelihoods have been lost in communities destroyed, fears have amplified and propaganda is now regarded as truth. There is no clear winner and, despite a growing body of evidence that challenges the efficacy of the United States’ current approach to drug use and the widespread global protest against it, there is no real end in sight. How many more years will it take before our society and its leaders acknowledge the facts, dispel the taboos of drug use and decide that enough is enough?

In June 2011, the Global Commission on Drugs released a twenty four-page document that outlines various common misconceptions surrounding the decriminalization of drug use and the societal impact of its continued criminality. The Commission’s panel consisted of nineteen impressive prominent international public figures including the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Prime Minister of Greece and the former Presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Their major finding: “The global war on drugs has failed.”

Meanwhile, the US Drug Enforcement Administration, which disregards the Global Commission’s conclusion, uses an obscure tally that includes numbers of arrests, incarcerations, pounds of illicit substances confiscated and the displacement of manufacturing facilities and growth operations as its measuring stick for success. The higher the number, the higher the DEA and US government esteem themselves and their advances on the drug front.

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Drawing The Line On Human Rights

Damn you liberals for promoting human rights for, well, all humans!

Rejected FOX News Headlines On Obama’s “Coming Out”

Laughing and crying because the headlines are funny but also not that far removed from reality.