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| Culture Vulture - Goin' Phishin' |
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Posted by FoM on April 05, 2002 at 16:22:21 PT By Dan Nailen, Tribune Columnist Source: Salt Lake Tribune 
This Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons" is sure to be a VCR favorite among bong-friendly households -- on it, the members of jam-band Phish publicly reunite for the first time since announcing their supposedly temporary breakup a couple years back. Granted, they are reuniting in animated form, but Phishheads will have to take what they can get. In Phish's episode, "Weekend at Bernsie's," Homer is attacked by crows and becomes "addicted" to medicinal marijuana prescribed for the pain. He bumps into Phish playing at a pro-legalization rally. Life imitating art, or vice versa? Speaking of the Devil Weed More and more of Richard Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes are being released to the public, and a recent batch gives some indication of why the so-called "War on Drugs" has been a losing battle (although they don't explain why every president since Tricky Dick continued his flawed efforts, including George W. "Never mind my past; that joint you're smoking supports terrorism" Bush). The group Common Sense for Drug Policy points out, as evidenced in the new tapes, that Nixon followed his own misinformed opinion rather than those of scientists and medical personal in creating the "War on Drugs," and he was particularly ignorant about marijuana. Among the highlights from the new Nixon tapes: * On marijuana vs. alcohol: marijuana consumers smoke "to get high" while "a person drinks to have fun." Nixon added that pot leads to a loss of motivation, but "at least with liquor I don't lose motivation." (Wonder which drug Cambodia wishes Nixon used.) * On marijuana and Jews: "Every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob Haldeman, what is the matter with them? I suppose it's because most of them are psychiatrists." * On marijuana and the era's culture wars: "You see homosexuality, dope, immorality in general. These are the enemies of strong societies. That's why the Communists and the left-wingers are pushing the stuff, they're trying to destroy us." * On marijuana and political dissent: "The radical demonstrators that were here ... They're all on drugs. Virtually all." * On drug education: "You've got to scare them." Nixon's own "Blue Ribbon Commission" recommended marijuana offenses not be a crime. Fifteen million people have reportedly been arrested on marijuana charges since he ignored them. Where are all of Salt Lake City's hot married mamas? The Vulture ain't asking for himself; we're just relaying a call from folks at the Mrs. Utah America Pageant, slated for June 28 and 29 at Kingsbury Hall. According to a recent press release, "hundreds" of women from throughout the state -- ranging from 21 to 72 years old -- have inquired about participating in the pageant, with includes competitions in three categories: personal interview, evening gown and swimsuit. Not a single inquiry for the Mrs. Utah America pageant has come from the capital city, though. This might just be unbelievably good judgment on the part of Salt Lake City's wives and mothers. Or maybe they did not know they can visit www.mrsutahamerica.net to sign up. The Mrs. Utah America folks aren't the only ones looking for large groups of women in Salt Lake City, and we're not talking about Tom Green either. The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders -- yes, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders -- are sponsoring a series of tryouts in shopping malls throughout the country on Sunday, including right here behind the Zion Curtain. Interested parties can apply at www.optionstalent.com or www.dallascowboys.com. Common Sense For Drug Policy Secret Nixon Tapes Show Why US Outlawed Pot High Times Ahead for Homer Simpson and Pals Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #1 posted by ekim on April 05, 2002 at 19:03:09 PT:
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| DRIVING AMBITIONS: Woody Harrelson, his lawyer David Frankel and other
ecology-aware friends toured college campuses last year touting their bio
diesel bus.
On Tuesday, Frankel, whom Harrelson calls the man "with the lightest
environmental
footprint I know," revved up his own car, an improved vehicle that runs on
unprocessed used vegetable oil. Driving up to Le Colonial on Cosmo Place in San Francisco, the lawyer received his first fueling from the restaurant's fryers. Le Colonial operations manager Tim Dale, a friend of Frankel's, said he's agreed to provide a "dedicated source" of as much as five gallons of used canola oil -- the car gets 25 miles to the gallon -- every day. Frankel has also forged agreements to get oil from the Chicken Deli Korean restaurant and the Mexican restaurant Glorietta in San Francisco. Frankel gets free fuel; the restaurants don't have to pay to dispose of the used oil. The car was converted by Humberto Lima of International Car Service in San Francisco, using a $600 kit described on greasel.com. Harrelson himself owns an electric car and that bio diesel bus, which he's planning to convert to the vegetable oil system that his lawyer's new car uses. The vegemobile and other energy-saving vehicles will be on display in Precita Park on Earth Day, April 21, from noon to 5 p.m. [ Post Comment ] |
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