Cattle theft is punished throughout the US and to my knowledge no president has said to ignore it.laxwyo wrote:I think we should still hang for stealing cattle. I'm sure it's still on the books in a few places
No, I want the government to operate under the guidance of the constitution. We the people elect lawmakers. Our representatives voted that marijuana is illegal. The president is bound by the constitution to uphold the law. He is not a dictator that can choose what he wants to do.WyoBrandX wrote: If the law isn't worth enforcing, it shouldn't be a law at all. Seriously, how can we expect our citizens to obey the law when we don't enforce the law?
Our laws are beyond stupid at this point - it is ridiculous. We need to repeal many laws. When you enforce the ones you like, and can chose the ones you don't like, and then can chose to enforce a law because you don't like a person, you have problems.
I'm going to guess spitting on the sidewalk, looking cross-eyed at my wife, and and flushing the toilet twice are also illegal. Killing a mosquito in cali.laxwyo wrote:I think we should still hang for stealing cattle. I'm sure it's still on the books in a few places
ragtimejoe1 wrote:No, I want the government to operate under the guidance of the constitution. We the people elect lawmakers. Our representatives voted that marijuana is illegal. The president is bound by the constitution to uphold the law. He is not a dictator that can choose what he wants to do.
Wyobrandx wrote:
I agree with that. The interesting part of this is Colorado (let's exclude Washington and Alaska) had a constitutional convention in 1876. . 100 years later, Colorado passed a constitutional amendment making weed legal. The US government decided that the Constitution of Colorado was ok in 1876 and admitted them.
ragtimejoe1 wrote:
If we as a society want the marijuana laws turned over to the states, then we task our federal representatives to legalize marijuana.
As you state, many laws probably need repealed.WyoBrandX wrote:
Yep - that needs to happen. A state amended its constitution to make legal what is illegal at the federal level. The states need to decide this on their own. Obama has said this. He has screwed up because this is no longer a federal issue - it is a state issue. The laws should be enforced on the books. If the law is stupid, sucks, is no good, etc, it shouldn't be a damn law to begin with.
What happens if our federal government decides murder is legal ( some could argue that they already do)?
ragtimejoe1 wrote:
Where your argument with respect to marijuana falls apart is that our federal government still enforces the marijuana laws in other states. Obama does not have the constitutional right to turn over the marijuana decision to the states. Our legislative branch needs to do that.
WyoBrandX wrote: I can't really argue with that. If it is the law, it must be enforced. If it is stupid, it must be repealed. And the drug laws are stupid.
Lets instead take the 50 billion a year we are spending on the drug war and instead give addicts a warm bed, have doctors study the addiction and mental health problems, and keep the rest of citizens from being harmed. Our bang for the buck would go alot further than it does now.
Reading the newspaper articles this week, my guess is he is going to play football. Not sure he will try both but pretty convinced he is sticking it out with football.laxwyo wrote:We need him at pg
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I'm not so sure.....he is on a basketball scholarship. He would need to stick out as a wr to earn a scholarship. Maybe he will....but it isn't like the cupboards are bare. It took a year before last years starting safety was awarded a scholarship.Wyolie Coyote wrote:Reading the newspaper articles this week, my guess is he is going to play football. Not sure he will try both but pretty convinced he is sticking it out with football.laxwyo wrote:We need him at pg
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Agreed. He was looked at for both sports by bigger schools, and could be really good either way. But it is easier for one guy to impact a basketball game than a football game, especially a PG vs a WR. Will be interesting to see how it all unfolds thoughTSpoke wrote:I would love for him to try to play both sports. But that is a hard thing to do and needs cooperation from both teams/coaches in addition to a a lot of effort from the player. If he chooses just one? I think he has the skills to be very good at either sport. I think he might personally have more potential as a football player but would have more effect on the team as a basketball player. One of many WR in a position that seems to have decent young talent vs one of 13 players on a basketball team and currently on of 2 players to run the pg position. So if he can only pick one I would want him to pick basketball but will also be excited to see him on the field.
I brought that up somewhere, I guess it got lost in all the talk about Marijuana hahajoshvanklomp wrote:One area that people aren't considering Conway on the football field yet: How would he be as a returner?
I've been talking about that with a friend, how we need return help, plus that could save him for basketball, if he really is going to try bothjoshvanklomp wrote:One area that people aren't considering Conway on the football field yet: How would he be as a returner?
I thought this would be a great idea. He would be fresh for kick and punt returns and that would hopefully make him and us more dynamic. Plus he would hopefully be able to avoid big hits, but as Wyokoke has said, he has proved that he isn't the best at avoiding big hits.joshvanklomp wrote:One area that people aren't considering Conway on the football field yet: How would he be as a returner?
