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Rand Paul: Current criminal laws create situation 'somewhat like segregation'
The Hill ^ | 3-13-2015 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 03/13/2015 12:48:14 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

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Oh boy.
1 posted on 03/13/2015 12:48:14 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Obamalaw next up on the agenda.


2 posted on 03/13/2015 12:50:16 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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What an idiot....what a total colossally misguided over handled pandering smurf boy.


3 posted on 03/13/2015 12:50:33 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Citizen Zed
There has always been two Americas.

The Clinton, illegal aliens, IRS, banksters, and similar 'groups' get a free pass.

Not for, average Joe.

4 posted on 03/13/2015 12:51:20 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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Could you change this to a news item? It appears on The Hill’s blog, but is really fairly significant news.


5 posted on 03/13/2015 12:52:14 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I thought Pander bears came from China.

CC


6 posted on 03/13/2015 12:53:05 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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To: Citizen Zed
where the federal government piles on with unnecessary laws, burdensome fines and regulations

That's everywhere and affects everyone.

7 posted on 03/13/2015 12:54:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Paul is correct about Garner selling “loosie” cigarettes. What kind of nanny-state do we live in where Governments at the same time both rail against tobacco, but must protect it because they need the tax money?

In totalitarian states, everything is controlled and everything is potentially a crime.


8 posted on 03/13/2015 12:55:17 PM PDT by PGR88
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Laws like those against everything from murder to traffic violations? Because blacks violate those at far higher rates than whites, I guess those laws are all racist too.

Paul is right about ending the WOD, eliminating asset seizures etc. But he should do so on constitutional grounds. He’s wrong to make it a race issue and to ignore higher crime rates for all kinds of crime by blacks.


9 posted on 03/13/2015 12:56:22 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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So the policing issues in America are fixed, if loosy cigarettes become legal in NYC.

I don’t think so.


10 posted on 03/13/2015 1:00:09 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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I don’t get it. Is Paul saying that the set of laws that apply to a black don’t apply to me because I’m white? Or the other way ‘round?


11 posted on 03/13/2015 1:00:16 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: PGR88
In totalitarian states, everything is controlled and everything is potentially a crime.

For the umpteenth time, but appropriate:

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." -- Ayn Rand

12 posted on 03/13/2015 1:03:14 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Current criminal behavior creates a situation like self-segregation.


13 posted on 03/13/2015 1:05:52 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: Citizen Zed

We seem to be headed for not holding blacks accountable to any laws. 0bama’s not.


14 posted on 03/13/2015 1:12:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance
...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.
[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.

Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.

Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.

Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...

This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.

Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...
[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]

15 posted on 03/13/2015 1:32:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Hugin
Paul is right about ending the WOD, eliminating asset seizures etc. But he should do so on constitutional grounds. He’s wrong to make it a race issue

Amen!

16 posted on 03/13/2015 1:33:02 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

[singing] There were copper headed demagogues and big buffoons
Pandering, pandering all along the way...


17 posted on 03/13/2015 1:36:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Yes, we should do something about it. Up the police presence to reduce crime, use our welfare policies to promote fatherhood instead of discouraging it, and establish school choice — especially in poor areas. And encourage businesses to land there.

Jobs, families, education, and public safety will be the things that change the situation for minorities and the poor. So let’s go for that.


18 posted on 03/13/2015 1:37:33 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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What reason do we have for politicians telling the police they have to take someone down for selling a cigarette that’s not taxed,” he said. “

That never happened. The police took the man down for resisting arrest, posibly disorderly conduct etc. The person took steps to make a minor issue escalate into a deadly situation.


19 posted on 03/13/2015 1:53:45 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: PGR88

Which is precisely the problem with the “let’s legalize pot so we can tax it” argument. Tax it enough to discourage use, and you get pothead versions of Eric Garner, selling loose, untaxed joints. Then we’re right back where we started.


20 posted on 03/13/2015 2:19:49 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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