haha...I couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic about Bush or not?? He has made some mistakes while in office and he is not a very effective leader, however I do hope he does turn to God to get direction.

Like I have mentioned before, I myself am a republican, but I would hands down vote democratic if I felt the person or the idea was doing what is RIGHT for this country! Kinda like Obama running for president, I would have to do my research, but more than likely I would gladly vote for him!

Yeah, I was being sarcastic. Dern internet. I really have nothing good to say about Bush. I am especially disgusted by his comments about God having spoken to him. I guess Bush expects me to believe that God is leading him even with everything I have seen in the last 5-6years. I think Bush is a terrible leader and an even worse person. I don't trust a thing about him.

I am in no position to say who and who hasn't been spoken to by God. I can say that even though he has made some bad choices that he is right about one thing and that is that we can't just pull out of Iraq, and anyone who says different has no grasp on what is going on over there..Trust me on that one! All anyone can do is just hope and pray that the current leaders are good ones and they make the right choices for this country. Regardless of who is put in office you are going to have people who dislike them and try to bring them down...the sad part about this country is that we have everything on a democratic opinion or a Republican opinion, instead of just doing what RIGHT! That is probably the worst thing I can see in our country...that we have people that are so hardcore right or hardcore left that no matter what their party says they jump on the bandwagon and go along for the ride and for the most part they don't even study what they are going along on the ride for..they just say "since my party says it it has to be right!" It is absolutely horrible that we as people are so eagerly ready just to follow what one party says or does, instead of doing what we ACTUALLY feel is right or wrong.

It would have been the 1st state to do it in a manner where anyone could buy it. They were going to tax it, have approved growers & importers, approved dealers, etc. I believe you can still buy it in California with a prescription (which I could do) but my family is in Vegas right now so I was curious. My post was half in jest and half serious. It would be nice to have something that takes away the nausea. It supposedly works better than the prescription anti-nausea meds out there. Where I live marijuana carries a much heavier criminal penalty than even cocaine. Go figure.

Amidst all the craziness, Rumsfeld resigns! I would of too though, considering you have people who have hated you because you went to war and they don't think it is right for almost 6 years now fixing to take over the house and looking close to taking over the senate! If Dems take over the house and senate then there is no checks and balance system, because they can override anything the president vetos. I just hope that the people who are put in charge have enough sense to work for what is right, but then again everyone's opinion of what is right is so blurred anymore that everyone really feels like they are doing right by themselves so that has to make it right in a moral sense.
I would like to see medical pot legalized but it so hard because so many folks that don't need it get their hands on it and end up selling it and making a profit off of it. There needs to be a better system put into play befor pot because legal for medical conditions. I can see it now, every town will have a building with a room in it where older people can go to smoke a doobey...I can't see them legalizing pot any time soon, but then again anything can happen in this day and age.

LOL..I found this interesting info yesterday.

Marijuana Delivered to your door...


In a city where you can get just about anything delivered to your door -- groceries, dry cleaning, Chinese food -- pot smokers are increasingly ordering takeout marijuana from drug rings that operate with remarkable corporate-style attention to customer satisfaction.

An untold number of otherwise law-abiding professionals in New York are having their pot delivered to their homes instead of visiting drug dens or hanging out on street corners.

Among the legions of home delivery customers is Chris, a 37-year-old salesman in Manhattan. He dials a pager number and gets a return call from a cheery dispatcher who takes his order for potent strains of marijuana.

Within a couple of hours, a well-groomed delivery man -- sometimes a moonlighting actor or chef -- arrives at the doorstep of his Manhattan apartment carrying weed neatly packaged in small plastic containers.

"These are very nice, discreet people," said Chris, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition only his first name be used. "There's an unspoken trust. It's better than going to some street corner and getting ripped off or killed."

The phenomenon isn't new. It has long been the case around the country that those with enough money and the right connections could get cocaine or other drugs discreetly delivered to their homes and places of business.

But experts say home delivery has been growing in popularity, thanks to a shrewder, corporate style of dealing designed to put customers at ease and avoid the messy turf wars associated with other drugs.

"It's certainly been the trend in the past 10 years in urban areas that are becoming gentrified," said Ric Curtis, an anthropology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who specializes in the drug culture.

The corporate model -- and its profit potential -- were demonstrated late last year when the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it had taken down a highly sophisticated organization dubbed the Cartoon Network. DEA agents arrested 12 people after using wiretaps and surveillance and making undercover buys.

Authorities estimated that since 1999, the ring made a fortune by delivering more than a ton of marijuana, some of it grown hydroponically -- without soil -- in the basement of a Cape Cod-style home on 10 acres in Vermont, where an informant reported the smell of the crop was overpowering.

The dealers, working out of a roving call center, processed 600 orders a day -- from doctors, lawyers, Wall Street traders -- even on Christmas, investigators said. Authorities refused to give names, but in one conversation overheard last October, a courier boasted about the ring's upscale clientele, according to court papers.

"We know comedians. We know celebrities," the courier said. "So you might meet a rapper, a singer. We go to a lot of people."

One former customer named Lucia, a 30-year-old employee at an entertainment cable network, recalled blatant deals done at the company's Manhattan headquarters. Executives and employees alike would pool their orders as if they were buying lunch together, then await the arrival of a courier, Lucia said.

The cost was $60 for one plastic case holding two grams of marijuana -- a steep markup, but worth it because of convenience and quality, she said.

"It was kind, kind bud," she said. "Yummy stuff."

The emphasis on customer service and satisfaction was evident at one stash house, where agents found more than 30 pounds of marijuana in plain view, already packaged for holiday delivery, court papers said. The packages featured the drug ring's cartoon character logo and the greeting, "Happy Holidays From Your Friends at Cartoon!"

The operation's alleged mastermind, John Nebel, "should have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company," said his attorney, Steve Zissou.

Instead, Nebel, who is awaiting trial, could get a minimum of 10 years in federal prison if convicted. Prosecutors also are demanding the forfeiture of $22 million in cash, homes, cars, motorcycles and a boat owned by him and his cohorts.

At Lucia's workplace, employees were "bummed" by the news of Nebel's bust, Lucia said. But worries that the office might get raided evaporated, and other dealers stepped in, though "their product does not hold up to Cartoon," she said.

Investigators seized customers' names and addresses from the drug operation's computer logs. But those people face little risk of prosecution, authorities said.

Authorities conceded the home delivery trade will probably survive because of the high demand for marijuana and the low penalties for dealing it.

Under state law, most marijuana offenses "are not treated as very significant crimes," said Bridget G. Brennen, the city's special narcotic prosecutor. "That is why you see the marijuana delivery services proliferating. Their exposure is slight."

That is insane! It was a busy day in the news...not much you can do about it either way though. I am sure things will work out well either way!

The talk is, Bush is trying to play nice with the Dems...told Nancy Palocie (SP) she can have anything she wants... and #1 was Rumsfelds head... the rumor is, they're going to charge him with war crimes...I think thats a stretch.... #2 is amnesty for illegals. I don't remember the rest of the list..those two just stuck in my head.

Well the dems can have anything they want, because if they don't get it and Bush tries to veto it the senate can override his vetos and make it law, so that leaves us with President that doesn't have much power over anything. It gives the dems a 2 year grace period to do anything they want and get away with it and then after two years they can still point fingers at Bush, because he is the president and most of American won't understand that he couldn't do much if he wanted to...He is in a hard spot right now, the situation is like we don't even have a president other than to point a finger at when things go wrong. It is never a good thing to have a party in control of both the senate and the house.

Well Guilanni and McCain have officially thrown their names in the hat to be the next presidents of the United States...anyone lived in New York or Arizona that has any insight on how they ran their respective posts?

I can say that what Rudy did with NYC is nothing short of a miracle. He cleaned that place up BIG TIME. He was also excellent after 9-11. My problem with him is that he has too much baggage. This is kind of how I see things right now:

Rudy - too much baggage
McCain - too old
possibly Bill Frisk - the dems will discredit him because of HCA. It's a shame...he's a good guy.
rumored Newt Gingrich - LOL

Billary - Don't want 20 years of a Bush/Clinton presidency to continue. I do like her views on national health care.
Edwards - meh
Kerry - hope he doesn't even try.
Gore - Mr. Inventor of the Internet shouldn't waste his time.
Gov. of Iowa - know nothing about him
Gov. of NM - Richardson? Don't know much here either
Obama - too little experience but not bought & paid for yet. I'd definitely vote for him in 2012 if he doesn't mess up.

Anyone else?

It sounds like the 2008 election year is already taking shape...so much can happen between now and then..

I'll put in my 2 cents during brake.... I'm going to dito BL's notations on Gore. 4 years of Billary really scare me.