Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot

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Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot

By: Chris Frates
March 28, 2007 04:52 PM EST


Bob Barr, who as a Georgia congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.

But that doesn’t mean he has become a bong-ripping hippie. He isn’t pro-drug, he said, just against government intrusion.

“I, over the years, have taken a very strong stand on drug issues, but in light of the tremendous growth of government power since 9/11, it has forced me and other conservatives to go back and take a renewed look at how big and powerful we want the government to be in people’s lives,” Barr said.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3329.html

About friggin' time. What took you so long Bob? I always thought that your stance on marijuana was inconsistent with your libertarian leanings on other issues such as gun control.

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1. Good. (n/t)

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2. Today he's back to being his customary assholish self

An anti-EPA screed, full of weasel words and stupidity:

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/04/04/0404edbarr.html

Endangered species — from small, inedible minnows to spotted grasses and field mice — receive similarly high protection via the Endangered Species Act. When it comes to protecting our physical environment and ensuring that wildlife most citizens will never see — or care to see — receive the highest-priority care the law can provide, no delay seems too lengthy and no cost too dear.

I believe his point is, it's impossible to walk and chew gum at the same time.