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Obama
raids pot shops
Doesn't he have anything else to do?
Federal raids of medical marijuana
dispensaries in Southern California, Nevada and elsewhere haven't
ceased just because Obama ordered federal authorities to stand down.
No, they've continued, only they've
done so without the kind of press releases and press conferences that
were a hall mark of the Bush years.
If Obama issued a stand-down order, why are they not
following it?
Jesus, I wish Obama had the capability to get angry sometimes.
Is he going to allow this insubordination to continue?
That's according to the Daily
Caller, which takes a look at how recent pot-shop raids in states where
medical marijuana is legal -- against an Obama directive issued last
October -- have been lacking in
U.S. Justice Department publicity. The most recent federal raids
happened in Las Vegas last week.
Federal officials told the Caller there has been no change in policy in
terms of publicizing the raids.
But just one look at the DOJ's or DEA's press release archives will
tell the story.
Garrison Courtney, the head of communications for the DEA from
2005-2009, tells the Caller,
"If you look at the DEA website, there are a lot of [Bush-era] news
releases from San Francisco
and Los Angeles. We were pretty aggressive in talking about the
different dispensaries and the fact
that they were operating in violation of federal law.
Now? Not so much.
Obama said he was for decriminalization - to get elected.
Once he took power, he changed his mind and that pisses me off.
It figures he'd take a strong stand
against people inhaling harmless flower vapor
but he's wishy-washy when it come to kidnapping, torture, sanctioned
murders, etc.