Politics What my state gov't is doing for me...

Discussion in 'Blazers OT Forum' started by BrianFromWA, Jan 22, 2018.

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Would you sign this petition?

  1. Yes, it's trying to stop animal cruelty

  2. No, give the dogs a racing edge. Their lives are better if they win/everyone does it

  3. I don't sign petitions

  4. I can't believe you already wasted this much time on this

  5. Yes or no, but get and stay involved in local government

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  1. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    Looking out for my well-being. In this time of rampant political infighting, we need to protect our most vulnerable residents.

    Cocaine is a gateway drug for dogs. Take a little pre-race there, a little there, pretty soon you have the whole Barry Bonds BALCO line sitting there in your kennel. Thank you, State Senator Young, for bringing this petition to my attention.

    I know that somehow, some way, Sly's behind all of this. Merry-Jay isn't enough for some...

    dog cocaine.jpg
     
  2. bodyman5000 and 1

    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Just outlaw dog racing altogether. Fixed.
     
  3. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I will not support Sly's drug addiction
     
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  4. HomerLovesKoolAid

    HomerLovesKoolAid I have a well-known member.

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    I disagree. Dogs are dumb and basically useless.

    They should be either racing or moderating.
     
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  5. riverman

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    Terrible practice....animal cruelty is not something I'd tolerate for sport..unless you're talking Chihuahuas.....they should be used for field goal practice
     
  6. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Seems like a waste of perfectly good cocaine.

    barfo
     
  7. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    An especially significant concern in Florida, I would assume.
     
  8. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    State governments are encouraging their own demise by trying to legislate away the very freedoms our country is based on.

    A Federal takeover of CA is a very real and legal possibility.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    If the founding fathers didn't want us to give cocaine to dogs, they would have put it in the constitution!

    How would that be legal? Could you point to the relevant clause in the constitution?

    barfo
     
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    The Tenth Amendment helps to define the concept of federalism, the relationship between Federal and state governments.

    Amendment X
    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
     
  11. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'm not following you - how does that justify a federal takeover of California? It seems, if anything, it would prohibit it.

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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    The Civil War is a precedent.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Only if CA secedes, which hasn't happened so far as I know.

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    except California doesn't allow slavery
     
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    No need. The state already has authority to regulate what ever you do with dogs via the Constitution in the 10th amendment.
     
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    I am not sure what it means, but there are parts of CA that no longer use English. Forget about the official language.

    Ha! The young fellow that helped me a lowe's yesterday spoke English like his home language. So I asked him about the Spanish only signs in the aisles of the store. He laughed, said yeah it makes it hard for some of us too.
     
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    Doesn't matter. House divided cannot stand. Feds trump the states.
     
  18. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    They've spoken chinese in Chinatown in NYC for a century, if not longer.

    Similarly, the Pennsylvania Dutch speak German.
     
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    Countries splinter all the time....Bavaria....USSR....China/Taiwan....Korea...last I looked, Germany, N Korea, Taiwan were still standing...sometimes countries that are too large are disconnected from the further regions...I don't see this happening in California but not because it couldn't happen....S Cal is very republican....Hawaii has always had a large contingency of the population who would like independence from the mainland
     
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    Just wow.
     

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