{"id":27325,"date":"2012-04-04T00:15:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T00:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/somehow-i-dont-see-this-as-states-rights-the-gop-will-support.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T23:33:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T05:33:53","slug":"somehow-i-dont-see-this-as-states-rights-the-gop-will-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/somehow-i-dont-see-this-as-states-rights-the-gop-will-support.html","title":{"rendered":"Somehow I don&#39;t see this as states rights the GOP will support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though, FWIW, I don&#39;t expect the Obama Administatration to support it, either.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F554662%2Fthumbs%2Fs-OAKSTERDAM-large.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/04\/02\/lawmakers-in-5-states-tell-feds-medical-marijuana_n_1397811.html'>Lawmakers In 5 States Tell Feds To Back Off Medical Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWASHINGTON &#8212; Elected lawmakers in five states have a message for the federal government: Don&#39;t interfere with state medical marijuana laws. In an open letter to the federal government, lawmakers from&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though, FWIW, I don&#39;t expect the Obama Administatration to support it, either. #ddtb Embedded Link Lawmakers In 5 States Tell Feds To Back Off Medical Marijuana WASHINGTON &#8212; Elected lawmakers in five states have a message for the federal government: Don&#39;t interfere with state medical marijuana laws. In an open letter to the federal government, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/somehow-i-dont-see-this-as-states-rights-the-gop-will-support.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Somehow I don&#39;t see this as states rights the GOP will support&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,371],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-27325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-war-on-drugs","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24162,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/what-we-have-out-here-on-the-ground-is-chaos.html","url_meta":{"origin":27325,"position":0},"title":"&quot;What we have out here on the ground is chaos&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 2-Dec-11 2:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I would criticize GOP congresscritters and federal executives for ignoring their long-stated dedication to states rights in the case of state legalization of medical marijuana ... except that the Dems have been no better about it.The problem being, of course, that nobody ever lost a federal vote based on being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25372,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/13\/another-incremental-bit-of-federal-crackdown-on-pot-dispensaries-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":27325,"position":1},"title":"Another incremental bit of federal crackdown on pot dispensaries in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Jan-12 6:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Another incremental bit of federal crackdown on pot dispensaries in ColoradoThis is a weird one. The Feds should be seeking to get rid of medical marijuana shops, under existing drug laws. Instead, they're targeting ones they deem to be too close to schools.Which sounds like a zoning issue -- and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/colorado-asks-for-a-pot-break.html","url_meta":{"origin":27325,"position":2},"title":"Colorado asks for a pot break","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-Dec-11 3:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't have any personal stake in this -- I've never used pot and have no particular urge to. 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