{"id":1228,"date":"2013-01-21T08:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20578"},"modified":"2013-01-21T08:01:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:01:10","slug":"president-obama-officially-starts-his-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/president-obama-officially-starts-his-second-term\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Officially Starts His Second Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/president-obama-officially-starts-his-second-term\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-inauguration.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"obama inauguration\" title=\"obama inauguration\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20579\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/president-obama-officially-starts-his-second-term\/attachment\/obama-inauguration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20579\" title=\"obama inauguration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-inauguration-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Earlier today America watched the President of the United States be sworn in for his second term.\u00a0 There was an enormous crowd on hand to witness the historical event.\u00a0 Unfortunately, in modern day politics, the day would not be complete without House GOP members playing politics with the Presidential Inauguration.\u00a0 Many skipped the event with critics accusing them of making America <a href=\"http:\/\/thestir.cafemom.com\/in_the_news\/149884\/republicans_skipping_obamas_inauguration_make\" target=\"_blank\">\u201clook like brats.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It does not feel as if four years have passed since we lasted watched Barack Obama recite the oath.\u00a0 There was optimism in the air for activists when President Barack Obama became president in 2009.\u00a0 The self proclaimed fan of marijuana took a progressive stance on our failed marijuana policy.\u00a0 He informed the public that marijuana was a low priority and that he did not envision the Department of Justice using significant resources to attack the medical marijuana industry.\u00a0 Over the course of the last year and a half, however, those statements seemed to be challenged by federal raids in California, Colorado, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>As we have already covered in previous articles, 2012 looks to be serving as a key turning point in the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 If the recent tax and \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d debate are any example, then finances are going to be a point of contention for some time.\u00a0 It is time for this president to re-prioritize our resources.\u00a0 America wants our children protected and lack of funds for mental health facilities, or additional police officers for schools will be considered unacceptable by the public.<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana.net <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/ny-governor-cuomo-using-spotlight-to-highlight-state-marijuana-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\">recently reported<\/a> that a high profile Obama ally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, has publicly discussed reforming marijuana laws in his state.\u00a0 Cuomo may be testing the waters for future political action.\u00a0 Since his statements have not resulted in a political suicide, we hope the president takes note.\u00a0 Any president is conscious of his legacy and we wonder exactly what President Obama was thinking as he placed his hand on that bible and said \u201c<em>I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.&#8221; <\/em> Somewhere in that Constitution we are pretty it says something about protecting the rights of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-inauguration.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"obama inauguration\" title=\"obama inauguration\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20579\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/president-obama-officially-starts-his-second-term\/attachment\/obama-inauguration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20579\" title=\"obama inauguration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-inauguration-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Earlier today America watched the President of the United States be sworn in for his second term.\u00a0 There was an enormous crowd on hand to witness the historical event.\u00a0 Unfortunately, in modern day politics, the day would not be complete without House GOP members playing politics with the Presidential Inauguration.\u00a0 Many skipped the event with critics accusing them of making America <a href=\"http:\/\/thestir.cafemom.com\/in_the_news\/149884\/republicans_skipping_obamas_inauguration_make\" target=\"_blank\">\u201clook like brats.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It does not feel as if four years have passed since we lasted watched Barack Obama recite the oath.\u00a0 There was optimism in the air for activists when President Barack Obama became president in 2009.\u00a0 The self proclaimed fan of marijuana took a progressive stance on our failed marijuana policy.\u00a0 He informed the public that marijuana was a low priority and that he did not envision the Department of Justice using significant resources to attack the medical marijuana industry.\u00a0 Over the course of the last year and a half, however, those statements seemed to be challenged by federal raids in California, Colorado, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>As we have already covered in previous articles, 2012 looks to be serving as a key turning point in the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 If the recent tax and \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d debate are any example, then finances are going to be a point of contention for some time.\u00a0 It is time for this president to re-prioritize our resources.\u00a0 America wants our children protected and lack of funds for mental health facilities, or additional police officers for schools will be considered unacceptable by the public.<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana.net <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/ny-governor-cuomo-using-spotlight-to-highlight-state-marijuana-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\">recently reported<\/a> that a high profile Obama ally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, has publicly discussed reforming marijuana laws in his state.\u00a0 Cuomo may be testing the waters for future political action.\u00a0 Since his statements have not resulted in a political suicide, we hope the president takes note.\u00a0 Any president is conscious of his legacy and we wonder exactly what President Obama was thinking as he placed his hand on that bible and said \u201c<em>I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.&#8221; <\/em> Somewhere in that Constitution we are pretty it says something about protecting the rights of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1212,52,957,1213,56,9,50,51,70,106,1,3,61,162],"tags":[3782,2632,3528,3783,2636,2630,2631,5,2684,6,2740],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}