Prohibition and the Wheels of Government Grind On

Mostly everything in their path...

Herewith, the final "interim study" work session of the NH House Criminal Justice subcommittee addressing HB1652: "allowing purchase and use of marijuana by adults, regulating the purchase and use of marijuana, and imposing taxes on the wholesale and retail sale of marijuana" -- the "tax & regulate" bill, sponsored by my own Rep. Cal Pratt and the equally redoubtable Rep. Joel Winters, among others, from the previous session of the NH House, 9/22/2010.

Originating in the second session of the 2-year term, the original bill is now technically gone, but the committee soldiers on in an effort to craft something more, shall we say, "palatable" -- which is also, mercifully, inching toward "rational" in a drug war-crazed world -- for the next session, which begins after November's elections.

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committees/committeedetails.aspx?code=H26
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=2617&sy=...
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376852
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376709

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[inertia186]

This is why I'm definitely for "outside the system."

[bikerbillnh]

@inertia186 Meh. I certainly understand the sentiment. Believe me, I can't STAND this crap. But ignoring it won't to make it go away in my lifetime. Liberty's proven itself to be too big a war for a single front. We've gotta find our own "path(s)," choose our own tactics, and then collectively mount assaults from every direction we can. Hell, maybe even with a modicum of cooperation. But at least less antagonism: we've gotta reduce the intentional "friendly fire," which benefits only Mordor...

[bikerbillnh]

For more "crap" evidence -- as if we needed it -- see my companion video, "Punting Responsibility for 'War on (Some) Drugs' Fallout." Or see any of my "420" videos or my "Outlaw Puppeteer" playlist for some "outside the system" encouragement... };->

[inertia186]

@bikerbillnh I sympathize with the desire to play by their rules. To demonstrate we are civil (by their definitions). And I do it as well, under duress, when I have to, as a form of damage control.

The benefit of working within the system is to see how futile it is. But I think ignoring something that doesn't exist in the first place makes more sense.

[bikerbillnh]

@inertia186 Ahh, but we're not talking about an imaginary monster. Ignoring their guns won't make them not exist. "Playing by their rules" can be just one targeted, non-exclusive tactic. "In" and "out" tactics need to work together, trapping the beast in the middle, if we're finally gonna get anywhere, IMHO. CivDis and political activism working in concert. Doesn't mean everybody must employ all tactics, but I think everybody needs to accept that no tactic has much chance of succeeding alone.

[Knowaymr]

@dmgoddard Oh come on...can't we just party?? That'll do it for sure.

[dmgoddard]

@Knowaymr Step #1 to help is to get pro-liberty people elected in the NH House in November. That, more than anything else, will determine what happens.

nhliberty(dot)org/2010/endorse­ments

[Knowaymr]

Looking forward to helping with this when we get there. Thanks for the posting...I know how hard it is to watch this "do nothing and do it slowly" bureaucratic BS. Peace.