Bob Barr Says Ending the Drug War is Bipartisan

[BarrFanForever]

Bob Barr, you ROCK!

[catscratchass]

grind up human lives for profits... where is your conscience ?

we are all one life.. what you do do to another .. you do to yourself.

[noyouaintgettingit]

I love you Bob Barr!

[mrfinn9]

Short definition of crime-something that violates normative behaviour in a society. So if the majority of the country has or does smoke pot is it a crime since it would be normal to smoke pot?

[charlesvan13]

I think a few years ago this guy was saying all people who use illegal drugs are bad people who should be locked up. That is no exageration.

[beatreligion]

This man gives me hope for our future. I can't say that about too many public figures these days. Thank you, Bob Barr

[thesepipesRclean]

The War on Drugs costs $1,623 dollars per second and that does NOT include the costs of courts and incarceration . So we are talking about a total cost of about 80-90 billion a year to arrest , convict , and house non-violent drug offenders . That would take a nice chunk out of the cost for universal health care . If we also legalised and taxed marijuana then we could be talking about a 250 billion + a year positive for our country .

[CaffeinatedRX8]

Great point... But the money should go to lowering or eliminating taxes , not universal health care.

[thesepipesRclean]

Either way , it is just an illustration of what we could do with that money . I wouldn't mind if it all went to paying for college tuition or cleaning up the Gulf and rebuilding the New Orleans area . Anything positive would be better than spending it on something so destructive as the Drug War . How many lives have been ruined as a result of this "war" ? What is it getting us ? I just don't see why any logical person could buy into these policies .

[andyrooney11]

About 700,000 non-violent offenders are arrested every year & it costs an average of $35,000/year to keep a non-violent offender in prison. Those are just people who were caught with a small quantity of marijuana. After multiple offenses they're just thrown in prison in many states. In addition to that about $20B/yr is spent on the War on Drugs which is also matched by state governments. What a waste of tax payer funds...legalize it & tax it. Turn it around & use it as a money-making machine.

[538358]

Barr presents the case against the drug war from a business viewpoint. He doesn't mention hows the drug war has corrupted our criminal justice systems. If you think I exaggerate, read "Win At All Costs" Bill Moushey's 10 part series in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette in late 1998. We continue to sacrifice cherished legal traditions to the drug war. It is so gradual that few people even notice, even people who came of age before the drug war began. Fortunately, Obama and his people understand this.

[busyjaymz]

What is the evidence Obama understands this? What steps has he taken to end the drug war?

[ForTehNguyen]

funny how a few thousand people get killed by drugs so the govt steps into "help" and now due to their laws 10s of 1000s of people are killed now due to drugs and the crime associated with it.

[HumbleWillis]

@ForTehNguyen CORRECTION: thousands were being harmed and killed by the drugs. TENS OF THOUSANDS are being harmed and killed by the war on drugs, and those numbers increase as more resources are spent on the war. The harder we fight, the more people die. This isn't saving anyone from anything.

[Truthguy9698]

Good job Bob.

Drug laws are some of the stupidest and expensive laws ever devise. Right behind Social security.

[Elasaltaculos]

As i see many legitimate complaints about Bob Barr, I can see why distancing oneself from him is desirable. I do consider him better than most politicians today. But I suppose voting for him would be like voting for "the lesser of two evils". There should not be much room for compromise in that aspect. The "lesser of two evils" doctrine has brought us no real choice at all

[wogsland]

Bob Barr is a fascist, how about repealing the bills he sponsored!!!!!

[bababaloney]

he has been working very hard to undue DOMA and anti-drug laws. he used to suck, now he is trying to fix his mistakes.

[Texx010]

I was a delegate at the Libertarian Party National Convention last year where Bob Barr was selected as the presidential candidate after five rounds of elimination voting. I can verily assure everyone that, not only is Bob Barr not going to seek the LP prez nomination in 2012, even if he did seek it, he would be defeated by another candidate. He will not be our party's presidential nominee again. Once was more than enough.

[strike2inciner8]

Bob Barr is a potent shit head. This is why my donations go to Mises, cause mustachioed assholes like this speak at Cato. A Libertarian calling something "bi-partisan"? Fuck. This cunt rocket VOTED FOR THE PATRIOT ACT. This is a video of a man saying nothing. If you are watching this video, you are watching to the biggest step backwards for liberty in the past 10 years. Fuck you.

[TheAtheistPaladin]

Don't be a self-righteous asshat. A large majority voted for the patriot act. Once he realized what it meant he no longer supported it. It fuckin' happens, get over it. Yeah, nothing SCREAMS liberty like THE GOVERNMENT TELLING YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT PUT IN YOUR BODY! Yeah, that is true fucking liberty right there!

[strike2inciner8]

I'm actually rethinking the part in my comment where I supported the drug war right now. Oh wait, it's not there because you read it in your head. I'm an anarcho-capitalist, fuck yourself.

[TheAtheistPaladin]

"If you are watching this video, you are watching to the biggest step backwards for liberty in the past 10 years. "

"Oh wait, it's not there because you read it in your head. I'm an anarcho-capitalist, fuck yourself."

How about You just fucked yourself. You are not An anarcho-capitalist, you are a self-righteous asshat that does not think before he speaks.

[strike2inciner8]

Oh, facepalm. I was referring to the person, not the idea of the ending of the drug war. This is the last comment I'm posting since I'm not going to convince you and anyone who notices your inability to capitalize when appropriate will ignore you anyway.

[TheAtheistPaladin]

Facepalm indeed asshat. You are commenting on a video about the drug war. Therefore, If you do not make it clear, then the context of your comment will be on the video and not the person on the video. It is not my fault that you are to fucking stupid to realize that. Think about this before you comment back, If you where to say that you were against the drug war, then how would your comment change? Remember the VIDEO is not about Bob Barr but the drug war.

[lordaltay5]

I voted for Bob Barr because he was on the Libertarian ticket. Mises Institute folks seem to enjoy cannibalizing the Libertarian movement more than growing it, which is why they are the real 'cunt rockets.'

Even if Barr isn't your ideal Libertarian you better of voted for him if you call yourself a Libertarian.

[insanetrickster]

When I was doing my mail in ballot, I spent a few minutes wondering whether to vote for Barr or Obama. When I asked myself "Which man represents me?" I voted Barr and even though I knew he wouldn't win, I know I've made the right choice.

[busyjaymz]

I consider myself a Libertarian and wrote in Ron Paul instead.

[lordaltay5]

I know a lot of people who did that but it doesn't make sense after the man said he dropped out of the race. If he decided to run as an independent, I may of voted for him too. I voted for him in my state's Republican primary though.

[MooseOfReason]

He also worked in 2005 with the ACLU to fight for the expiration of the Patriot Act, which was up for renewal then.

[FlailingJunk]

The libertarian party abandoned all its principles for nothing. It didn't get them a single vote.