Posted on 08/25/2006 6:26:19 AM PDT by cryptical
WOW---good stuff!
Leave our children in the dirt?
"Think of the children, won't someone please think of the children!"
The cry of authoritarian socialists everywhere.
BTW - I don't smoke pot.
Up is down, right is wrong, War is peace. There that'll make you feel better.
You should try it---it's great.
White women suddenly want to sleep with you, and you can rip out that jazz music like nobody's business. You feel like you can lift a thousand pounds in the air---with one hand. You can even jump off a tall building if you like, and then just start flapping your wings, and you'll soar like a bird.
Wow, maybe next time just say NO!
We're not just trying to invoke Godwin's Law when we say "Smoking Nazis." We're actually referring to history, the first modern concerted government effort to wipe out smoking. But at least Hitler didn't think he could ban smoking in private establishments -- he was a wimp with no vision compared to the new Smoking Nazis.
The cry of authoritarian socialists everywhere.
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The cry of me-first anarchists everywhere.
What the hell was that?
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. —Douglas Adams,
Cartoon characters should also be aware that it is tremendously important not to look down. As long as you don't know there is no ground under your feet, you're good to go.
The stereotypical pusha man, Huggy Bear, as played by Snoop Dogg.
My point, poorly made, is that what you posted is correct. Most of these cats are standing around waiting for customers to come to them---they're not door-to-door Fuller Brush salesmen.
As in "if drug laws fail, so does all of law in its entirity?"
Seems thats a job for you..
Denial is not a river in Egypt...-Captain Obvious..
And how did he feel about pot?
And, due to your obvious condescension, I will inform you that WHILE smoking pot, I went to an Ivy league school, became a Class V whitewater kayaker, learned to play lead guitar and started and led a rock band, became a computer programmer - and made DAMN good money doing it, bought and paid for a house, became a MAster Gardener with over 1.5 acres of Shade Garden under cultivation, am an avid lepidopterist whose name is known worldwide for my work with moths, took care of my first wife who died of ALS, invented my own salable product, patented it, brought it to market and formed my own manufacturing company which now grosses almost 1 million annually, and am now working on becoming a fashion designer - all while smoking pot.
So, you can shove your "better than thou" attitude...cause YOU AIN'T.
Never got the hang of Jazz though....
In fact your post is EXACTLY what the article is talking about...but I'll bet you didn't even read it!!!
Last week NewsMax publicized comments Ronald Reagan made in one of his radio broadcasts before he became president. (Reagan gave about 1,000 radio commentaries just before he became president.) After decades, the tapes have recently been released. In August 1979, Reagan dedicated one program to marijuana. While he warned of the many health risks, he did say, "If adults want to take such chances [using marijuana], that is their business." Soon after NewsMax ran the story we received a call from NORML, the Washington-based group that wants to legalize the drug. NORML had created controversy when it took out huge billboards of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and current New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, quoting their admission they both smoked pot. Bloomberg and Giuliani weren't chuckling and asked NORML to pull the ads. One person who was chuckling was Michael Reagan, the popular radio host and son of President Reagan. Mike saw the NewsMax story and said, "Of course Dad was for legalization." "He wasn't crazy," Reagan added, laughing, "He didn't want his kids in jail!"
Ummmm . . . you've got me all wrong, friend. I was employing satire---I'm one of Free Republic's charter Looserdopians.
The U.S. has done pretty well re alcohol, IMO. It was the prohibition of alcohol that caused all the crime.
Carolyn
It's really not that hard, but since I made the claim, here's the straight dope:
dopeYou might notice the relation since alcohol is sometimes referred to as "sauce" ("He's on the sauce").
1807, Amer.Eng., "sauce, gravy," from Du. doop "thick dipping sauce." Extension to "drug" is 1889, from practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation. Meaning "foolish, stupid person" is older (1851) and may have a sense of "thick-headed." Sense of "inside information" (1901) may come from knowing before the race which horse had been drugged to influence performance. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.
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