From: Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 10:15 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
A little search for e.g. "Trump marijuana" turns up some interesting articles and quotes. Left for the curious... Regardless of his position on drug prohibition, Rump is a terrible choice to lead this country. I wish Bernie was on the November ballot. Failing that, I wish Jill Stein had a realistic chance of winning the election; I really would prefer her over Hillary. The two-party system is broken. I don't really want Hillary, but I really, really, really don't want Rump, and a vote for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson (or for that matter, a vote for Charlie Brown or Santa Claus) could potentially help Rump win. Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com
Some of the first Green Parties were found in the 1970's, when Communism was dying and a bunch of European nuts were embarrassed about being seen as Communists. So, they figured they would form a crypto-Communist/Socialist party, pretend it focussed primarily on environmental issues. The "Green Party" has been jokingly referred to as the "Watermelon Party": "Green on the outside, and Red on the inside". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/05/green-party-conference-nata... Jim Bell