Daily Topics - Thursday January 16th, 2013
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Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!!
Hour One: 4/20 friendly...burden or benefit to the economy? Charles "Cully" Stimson, Heritage Foundation / Plus, a Hunter School student shares her story
Hour Two: Isnt' it time for the WPA? / Plus, Geeky Science - Your cat's tail and what it's telling you!
Hour Three: What does the right have against America's public schools? Bob Bowdon, ChoiceMedia.tv
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If this post is not on subject, I apologize. But I don't know better where else to post it.
I refer to Thom's new book, The Crash of 2016.
On page 218, Thom wrote: “And most important, the Supreme Court was way beyond their constitutional authority” when “they created out of whole cloth (a) new legal doctrine,” like privacy in Roe v Wade. Come on, Thom, you don’t really believe that privacy is not a protected Constitutional right, do you?
On page 219, Thom wrote: “If the Supreme Court hadn’t decided Roe v Wade” … “then it would have been just a matter of a few years before Congress took care of it.” Once again, Thom, you don't really mean this, do you?? Not to mention, Congress can change its collective mind every day. And it surely would not pass THIS Congress nor any that we can imagine going forward.
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The basic flaw in Cully Stimson's argument about marijuana vs alcohol was framing the discussion about alcohol with the premise that people will drink one glass of wine and stop, creating no problems. He would only respond to comments about marijuana as being a drug that will be used until the user is no longer in control of the use. That is apples to bananas.
The detox facilities of our nation are filled with those detoxing from alcohol. There are some people seeking help with stopping marijuana, but no where near the numbers involved in severe alcohol abuse, that if left untreated during acute withdrawal, can escalate to a medical emergency involving severe fluid and electrolyte imbalances, delerium tremens, and death. Marajuana, even with huge numbers of users,does not lead to social, physical,and long term nuerological deficits; except for those caused by our irrational criminal treatment of those who choose to use marijuana.