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Maj Toure running for Philly city council
https://medium.com/libertyrangers/ma...l-6a6d8e9e9d8f
Maj Toure of Black Guns Matter fame announced he's making a run for Philadelphia city council. I can't think of a better way to piss off the Philly anti's than to get someone like him involved in city govt. He's very libertarian leaning and very pro gun.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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Originally Posted by
R L Suehr
https://medium.com/libertyrangers/ma...l-6a6d8e9e9d8f
Maj Toure of Black Guns Matter fame announced he's making a run for Philadelphia city council. I can't think of a better way to piss off the Philly anti's than to get someone like him involved in city govt. He's very libertarian leaning and very pro gun.
Good, and we need a lot more like him.
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I donated. Philly needs a gadfly with a big voice.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
After reading his priorities, I think he needs to put the blunt down.
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Carson
After reading his priorities, I think he needs to put the blunt down.
He's pro individual rights and is pro legal weed as well as gun rights. I think it would blow the far leftists minds even more personally.
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I have a rather libertarian view of individual rights. I'm not a marijuana user but if you want to do it, go ahead. I'm sure he would be better for the city than yet another leftist.
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Carson
After reading his priorities, I think he needs to put the blunt down.
I've been told a lot of smart people are users. I've yet to see any evidence of that. This fellow though would be a marked improvement over the leftist sanctuary city communists that now occupy city hall. At least he can remember what he said 10 minutes ago ... for now.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
Funny thing...I've heard that smoking the marihoochi fogs the brain but I haven't seen any evidence of long term brain deterioration. Puff, puff.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
Some of you people have no idea what freedom, government over reach and personal liberty is.
Some of you are all for big government because that's where your paycheck comes from.
Statists suck.
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pacodelahoya
Some of you people have no idea what freedom, government over reach and personal liberty is.
Some of you are all for big government because that's where your paycheck comes from.
Statists suck.
damn straight.
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Originally Posted by
JenniferG
I've been told a lot of smart people are users. I've yet to see any evidence of that. This fellow though would be a marked improvement over the leftist sanctuary city communists that now occupy city hall. At least he can remember what he said 10 minutes ago ... for now.
…"I've been told a lot of smart people are users..."
You're backhand is excellent.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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Originally Posted by
R L Suehr
He's pro individual rights and is pro legal weed as well as gun rights. I think it would blow the far leftists minds even more personally.
Well, can't be right on every issue, but it sounds like he's right on our biggest issue, so good luck to him.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
Maj Toure on C-SPAN right now..
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Mike_Golf
Maj Toure on C-SPAN right now..
I just saw that segment. The man sounds very reasonable ,never heard of him before .
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He's big on so called criminal justice reform and the legalization of drugs.He almost sounds as if he'd fit right in with Larry Kratzner.
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Krichardson
He's big on so called criminal justice reform and the legalization of drugs.He almost sounds as if he'd fit right in with Larry Kratzner.
My idea of criminal justice reform would be a path for ex cons to re-normalization. To just open the door and let them out is a single ingredient recipe for disaster. Put them in a home where they can get shower, clean clothes and get a job and pull themselves up by the bootstraps. A last and final way out, fail that and spend life in a jail factory where they pay their way with no burden on society.
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Well,aside from all of that there are two sore points about the guy that I don't like...his stance on gun ownership/rights notwithstanding.
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Krichardson
Well,aside from all of that there are two sore points about the guy that I don't like...his stance on gun ownership/rights notwithstanding.
Afaik. He's for legalization of weed, not all drugs. That's probably going to happen eventually no matter who anyone votes for.
As far as criminal justice he's for education and job training for inmates to give them a better chance of success when they get released.
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Toure wants education programs in prison so inmates have a better chance at getting a job upon release and a lower chance of becoming a repeat criminal.
“Thousands of people return home from incarceration to their families each year in our city. While an individual is incarcerated, they must actually be working on rehabilitation and restorative justice and we get to ensure that when individuals come home they have a strong likelihood of becoming a contributing member of society,” he said.
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Are you concerned that criminal justice reform policies will lead to more recidivism?
I think that reform policies need to be data driven and measurable. For instance, one community based re-entry program that has had proven results is Prison Entrepreneurship Program. While in the program, participants receive something like an MBA degree. The program works. One-hundred percent of graduates are employed within 90 days of release. The three-year recidivism rate is only 7% compared to the typical 40% rates. We need to incentivize successful models with proven results and end programs and ideas that clearly don’t work. Thousands of people return home from incarceration to their families each year in our city. While an individual is incarcerated, they must actually be working on rehabilitation and restorative justice and we get to ensure that when individuals come home they have a strong likelihood of becoming a contributing member of society.
From his own words^^^^
Seems like a legit program with possible sucess to me. He's not a conservative by any stretch, but I think that gives him a shot at winning a seat that a conservative wouldn't have. I'm not from Philly, so I really don't have any dog in the fight. I'd vote for him though if I could.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
he is libertarian. how anyone is against marijuana legalization is beyond me.
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I'm against it because I don't want to have to smell the shit and go dizzy when I'm out in public....everybody is not a goddamned pothead.
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Krichardson
I'm against it because I don't want to have to smell the shit and go dizzy when I'm out in public....everybody is not a goddamned pothead.
Potheads are morons.
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JenniferG
Potheads are morons.
Thank you.
I realize there is this big push to legalize pot and all but I think that some concessions ought to be made for those of us who do not indulge in the drug.Public smoking of it should not be allowed.
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Krichardson
I'm against it because I don't want to have to smell the shit and go dizzy when I'm out in public....everybody is not a goddamned pothead.
lol you get dizzy from smelling it? I'm not a pothead. again i cannot understand how anyone can be against its legalization. well unless you're a statist.
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Krichardson
Thank you.
I realize there is this big push to legalize pot and all but I think that some concessions ought to be made for those of us who do not indulge in the drug.Public smoking of it should not be allowed.
yes let's ban people from doing things in public that affects no one but them. gun owners arent much different than anti gunners
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mpyingling22
yes let's ban people from doing things in public that affects no one but them. gun owners arent much different than anti gunners
There are lots of things that are "legal" and don't affect others, yet participating in them in public view is either regulated or prohibited altogether. Alcohol is on that list, as is one of the most basic and necessary biological imperatives known to man. That might be a good thing. But as always, someone, somewhere will disagree.
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In Philadelphia you can't drink alcohol in public. I'm pretty certain most towns have laws against drinking in public too. Why would it be OK for pot heads be able to to be potheads in public? If you like being a pothead do it at home. It's too hard to watch stupid out in public.
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If you walk down the street smoking a cigarette, you're a pariah. But if you're smoking a joint, you're cool. Go figure.
I just got back from vaca out west that included a couple days in Vegas. The land of degenerates. What a freak show. It's legal there so the whole strip smells like weed. Makes me sick to my stomach. And this is coming from someone who smoked a lot of pot in his younger days....but it didn't smell like skunk.
To quote Thomas Jefferson, it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. As long as I don't have to smell it or support your lazy apathetic ass, knock yourself out.
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archie19
did he win?
no. came in 15th.
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When is Maj Toure eligible for promotion to LtCol Toure?
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mpyingling22
lol you get dizzy from smelling it? I'm not a pothead. again i cannot understand how anyone can be against its legalization. well unless you're a statist.
Yeah,I do....maybe because I like clean unpoluted air to breathe?....and guess what else,I grew up with the shit around all the time from family members to friends smoking it but I never did it because I never wanted to be a drug user.The shit smells far worse now than it used to and it was bad enough back years ago.I think it is due to the different chemicals that is added to the shit these days
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mpyingling22
yes let's ban people from doing things in public that affects no one but them. gun owners arent much different than anti gunners
Damned right it affects me and others if I have to have my senses assaulted by some dope addict who wants to walk around blowing his noxious fumes around.Thank goodness I don't have small children to take on walks outside.
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jakebrake
no. came in 15th.
I was rooting for him.
Not sure if I should have mentioned that in a drug thread.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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stainless
I was rooting for him.
Not sure if I should have mentioned that in a drug thread.
He only got like 5600 votes
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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Krichardson
Yeah,I do....maybe because I like clean unpoluted air to breathe?....and guess what else,I grew up with the shit around all the time from family members to friends smoking it but I never did it because I never wanted to be a drug user.The shit smells far worse now than it used to and it was bad enough back years ago.I think it is due to the different chemicals that is added to the shit these days
Damned right it affects me and others if I have to have my senses assaulted by some dope addict who wants to walk around blowing his noxious fumes around.Thank goodness I don't have small children to take on walks outside.
Youre a special kind of Boomer Fudd!
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icp4life162005
Youre a special kind of Boomer Fudd!
So you're OK with smoking Pot laced with Fentanyl? Why is smoking Pot OK, but cigarettes, and vaping are bad? I've never smoked anything, so have no axe to grind.
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Pilot321
So you're OK with smoking Pot laced with Fentanyl? Why is smoking Pot OK, but cigarettes, and vaping are bad? I've never smoked anything, so have no axe to grind.
Pot laced with Fentanyl is some Anslinger fear propaganda bullshit.
Seriously. Its about as much bullshit as people wanting to give you kids very expensive drugs for halloween.
Something touted by white soccor moms pretending to be holy than thou.
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MikeinPhilly
He only got like 5600 votes
That's extremely unfortunate...
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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icp4life162005
Pot laced with Fentanyl is some Anslinger fear propaganda bullshit.
Seriously. Its about as much bullshit as people wanting to give you kids very expensive drugs for halloween.
Something touted by white soccor moms pretending to be holy than thou.
Would you say cultivating pot for the highest level of THC would be bullshit also?
Sad that Maj lost.
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Re: Maj Toure running for Philly city council
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icp4life162005
Youre a special kind of Boomer Fudd!
Right back at you.....me having to smell and be affected by that shit is right up there and beyond assholes throwing trash around and littering the streets,have you no problem with that either? Public pot smoking is a quality of life crime.