(March 22, 2012 at 4:33 am)theVOID Wrote:(March 21, 2012 at 5:58 am)Creed of Heresy Wrote: Ron Paul's international policy leaves a lot to be desired. But I love his stance on the drug war. XD
Yeah he's pretty good on a few things, some of his intentions are a little mischievous though, he's clearly got that fundie christian side that he masks in that 'states rights' argument.
I don't think it is the fundie christian side. States rights are what we need. Too many people think that states rights = slavery and forced creationism learning. That's hogwash.
Like Alaska, we can't drill in many places cause of federal laws. We also must export our oil because of federal laws, we can not keep the oil in Alaska to benefit Alaskans. We need our states rights back so we can do what we want with our resources, and not what the federal government wants us to do with them. And no it wouldn't just end up as mad drilling with no environmental foresight. I work for the Alaska environmental protection agency, we would then take over what the EPA does, as most states have all the federal agency counterparts.
Lots of drugs laws are federal laws, (according to Alaska state law, possession of pot and growing of pot is legal) but federal laws trump our state laws. Same with the drinking age, it was mandated by the federal government as 21 or else they would take your federal highway money.
It is always better to create laws at the local level as those who will be effected by the laws will be part of the local law creation process.
