In an effort to shore up their image after their highly damaging approval of the executive branch’s illegal wiretapping programs, Democrats are going after corruption, bias, and improper conduct in the government.

All good things. But they’re also attempting to limit the penalties and prosecution of “casual” marijuana use. Essentially, they’re interested in making more room for medical marijuana use, and to lighten frivolous convictions of casual users so that people caught with marijuana are treated more like people caught doing something illegal with alcohol.

I’m a civil libertarian, and nothing pleases me more than seeing the government stepping back from regulating people’s lives and behavior — but only one thought occurred to me when I read that congress was considering this, and that thought was: now??

There is nothing better for our country than to decrease the amount of frivolous criminal court cases and jail space spent on prosecuting recreational drug use, including both alcohol and marijuana. Limiting the amount of time our cops, our judges, and our jails have to spend on nonsense “crimes,” opens up their ranks for the speedy prosecution of property crime, violent crime, and corruption.

But, nothing is going to get social conservatives more riled than some hippie congress being seen as endorsing drug use — no matter how wrong they may be in their opposition to it. So, if the Democrats are looking to keep their chances of a landslide victory in November alive, I would advise them not to wake the sleeping giant of social conservatism.

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Regardless of the outcome of his presidential bid, Kucinich has been well liked by liberals and always voted in a progressive, sane, and grassroots-oriented way. It would certainly be a loss to the blue party if his voice was silenced.

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