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Bush Asks Congress to Tackle Internet Drug Sales
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| March 1, 2008
Posted on 03/01/2008 8:42:36 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084
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As a libertarian at heart, I am always skeptical of Gubmint central planning.
Although as a conservative, I can understand the idea that a country full of drug addicts would ruin our Republic. Freedom for the sake of freedom itself.
I dunno. Thank God I don't have to make real policy decisions. I can just sit here in my pajamas and criticize people.
To: Eric Blair 2084
President Bush is asking Congress to work with his administration to end illegal sales of highly addictive prescription drugs on the Internet to stem a rising number of people dying of overdoses. Nothing like the nanny state fixing something I never heard of. Where are the links to all these stories about prescription drugs bought over the Internet killing people.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:50:11 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Kill it. Should it be killed? ask later.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:50:40 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: Eric Blair 2084; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; ...
Bush's drug policy adviser, John Walters, said the president is now focusing its "supply, demand and prevention policies with the goal of seeing the same reductions that we have achieved for illegal `street' drugs."
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:51:31 PM PST
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Just tell the rats it involves steroids and baseball.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:53:09 PM PST
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Eric Blair 2084
I can understand the idea that a country full of drug addicts would ruin our Republic. It's sad that your opinion of your fellow countrymen is so poor that you think everyone would become a drug addict if given the chance, which is why internet pharmacies need to be closed. Well, those pharmacies are open now, and not everyone is an addict.
Restricting one's way to utopia hasn't work so well for others and isn't likely to work well for us either.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:53:18 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: org.whodat
Nothing like the nanny state fixing something I never heard of. Where are the links to all these stories about prescription drugs bought over the Internet killing people. I forgot!
Jorge we all know for sure that ten's of thousands of Americans have been killed by illegals and you haven't done jack about that! How about addressing the worst problem first.
How did I ever vote for that bum!
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:53:18 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: coloradan
It's sad that your opinion of your fellow countrymen is so poor that you think everyone would become a drug addict if given the chance, which is why internet pharmacies need to be closed. Well, those pharmacies are open now, and not everyone is an addict. Good point. I could probably buy Oxycontin or Percoset online right now...but I'm not interested.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:58:17 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: org.whodat
You don’t have to talk to yourself. I’m here. I’ll listen.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:59:12 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Nonsense, as if there is some great difference between Rite Aid as a brick and mortar store and an internet pharmacy.
To be blunt, Drug Companies are not maximizing profits due to lost sales to internet stores overseas and Canada.
As a Conservative, I say “Trust the People to make the right choice” we don’t need more Nanny Statism when it comes to people’s personal medicine choices.
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:59:15 PM PST
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
To: Eric Blair 2084
I can’t believe you can get addictive drugs over the Internet. And if you can, no new laws are needed. Just arrest the people who are selling them without prescriptions.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:00:10 PM PST
by
dsc
To: Slump Tester
Don’t get me started on the baseball steroid thing. In fairness to the feds, they have no interest in prosecuting professional athletes for personal HGH or steroid use.
That’s a step in the right direction.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:01:11 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
One regulation leads to another. Stay away from my internet.
To: padre35
As a Conservative, I say Trust the People to make the right choice we dont need more Nanny Statism when it comes to peoples personal medicine choices.I thought the idea of Conservatism was that you couldn't trust people to make the right choice when it came to drugs, pornography, and the World's Oldest Profession, which is why those things needed to be illegal.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:03:45 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: coloradan
You mean running our country don’t you.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:05:03 PM PST
by
fantom
To: Eric Blair 2084
I suppose next we’ll have S.W.I.T. teams.
To: Lijahsbubbe
That’s why I love this place. Where else can I find like minded people who only want to be left alone and don’t want Gubmint interference?
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:09:54 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: dsc
I cant believe you can get addictive drugs over the Internet. And if you can, no new laws are needed. Just arrest the people who are selling them without prescriptions.Arrest everyone. It will accomplish nothing, but from a selfish personal standpoint, if everyone was in jail, it would mean less traffic for me on the roads.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:11:55 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
The internet is such a great thing. We’re regulated at work, school, churches, public places.
Is the internet the last refuge for free speech?
To: Eric Blair 2084
Arrest everyone. It will accomplish nothing, but from a selfish personal standpoint, if everyone was in jail, it would mean less traffic for me on the roads. LOL. Maybe having all of the cops sit at computers wouldn't be such a bad thing either ;)
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