Some thread-drift flotsam

Comment #4

Todd — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:49:27 GMT

Like you, I would like to see more power taken AWAY from the federal government, and handed back to the states. Unlike some of my conservative brothers, I would like to see the states decide how they want to handle drugs. The bottom line is that there is no correct answer. Every path leads to some kind of problem. But I think the increased states rights path is the lesser of all evils, and goes back to what the framers intended. -Todd

Comment #3

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:53:32 GMT

However, WFB aside, I'd be in favor of anything that restores power in anywhere in the political spectrum to the states. Including drug enforcement. Jack

Comment #2

Todd — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:45:10 GMT

I'd call it a Libertarian viewpoint, not Conservative. When it comes to drugs, some conservatives have a big huccup and support this view, but I do not believe that makes it a Conservative view. A more traditionally conservative alternative would be to allow the states to decide their own drug laws, but not to legalize them on a federal basis.

Comment #1

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:40:08 GMT

Surprisingly, maybe, this is the 'conservative' view of things. WF Buckley argued persuasively in much the same vein on the issue in a televised debate on PBS around 1990. However, things haven't changed much since then, except another generation of money has flowed down the drain, another generation of lives, another generation of eroded rights of the citizenry. But we can hug ourselves because we're trying to do the right thing, even if it's wrong, even if it's a waste, even if it's h... [ More ]

Original Blog Entry: Some thread-drift flotsam

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:40:47 GMT