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Posted by FoM on April 12, 2002 at 09:53:39 PT By Deroy Murdock Source: Montana Standard 
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has become the latest leader to gain prominence for having smoked marijuana. On April 9, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws unveiled a $500,000 ad campaign that highlights what Bloomberg said when New York magazine asked him last summer if he ever smoked grass: `` You bet I did. And I enjoyed it.'' NORML's ads lampoon the War on Marijuana, a big-government debacle that deserves to be laughed into oblivion. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #7 posted by DdC on April 12, 2002 at 23:02:54 PT |
| http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/politics/media/37/37825.gif The Nobel Prize-winning US Economist, Dr. Milton Friedman who stated around 1990, in a PBS interview, that: Our US Drug War causes 10,000 extra US murders every year; has doubled the number of US jails and prisons and (thus...) the number of US incarcerated people... Slave Labor Means Big Bucks For U.S. Corporations The Washington Post news article from about two years ago, whose author discusses a 1988 New York City Crime Study. Free the Prisoners of WoD The US War on Drugs - which it is important to note, is mostly a Marijuana Prohibition - directly causes about 1,400,000 extra US Burglaries each and every year - that's a WoDs-caused US Burglary about every 30 seconds or less occurring throughout the year... Cannabis Eradications 99.28% Hemp: Nonpsychoactive schedule#1 narcotic ROPE! High Times, April 1992, pp. 36-39, 50-51, 55 & 64 IEN-Indigenous Environmental Network Links [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #6 posted by Kevin Hebert on April 12, 2002 at 18:10:25 PT:
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| Dear Editors: Thank you for Deroy Murdock's "War Against Marijuana Is Crackpot". I couldn't agree more. Numerous scientific studies (including studies done by the DEA itself) have concluded that marijuana is a relatively harmless substance. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose. Our laws do not reflect science; they reflect an attempt by fearmongers in Congress -- and the White House -- to use false facts about marijuana and other drugs in a pitiful attempt to gain re-election. Face the facts: marijuana is not the deadly substance it is purported to be. It is not even as dangerous as legal alcohol or legal tobacco. We should immediately put an end to jailing people for using marijuana in the resources for fighting terrorism. Now, I do not advocate drug use. However, I know that a terrorist plotting mass destruction in his basement is worse for this country than an adult enjoying a marijuana cigarette in his attic. Let's act like adults, and change this clearly failed policy. Sincerely, Kevin M. Hebert [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by FoM on April 12, 2002 at 15:30:30 PT |
| Thanks for telling me about Tivo. Let me know when they search news programs because that is what I really mind missing. If they search for regular tv programs they might in the future search for news too. Thanks again. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by Tomato on April 12, 2002 at 14:39:30 PT |
| // I wish we had a search tool for our TV and could type in marijuana and get all the programs that it would be on but that's just a dream. Thanks again! Buy a TiVo! You can search using wish lists. I just inserted the keyword 'marijuana' and 3 upcoming shows include, Barney Miller 4/18 TVLD, Cisco Pike 4/18, and Half Baked 4/21 MYST. Unfortunately, marijuana covered in news programs and documentaries likely would never show up. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by FoM on April 12, 2002 at 11:31:00 PT |
| Thank you for telling me and us what you got out of the program. There is a lot going on in late night comedy I've been told. Jay Leno did something last night. I wish we had a search tool for our TV and could type in marijuana and get all the programs that it would be on but that's just a dream. Thanks again! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by p4me on April 12, 2002 at 11:23:25 PT |
| You really have to be somebody to be the sole guest of Charlie Rose as Michael Bloomberg was last night. And for people that do not watch his show regularly, knows that he is up about anything big in New York. He may have some of the Yankees on after winning the World Series or he may have the Secretary of the United Nations or the curator of an exhibit at the Met. So when Charlie Rose got to talk with the Chief New Yorker he could not have been happier. They talked for about twenty minutes and Bloomberg's savy could not help but shine. He was totally impressive. He was enough to try to figure a way to get him to take over running the country because he showed nothing but competence and concern for doing good service unlike the President that we have now that I so despise(just to so you can adjust your bias control to your settings.) So Charlie Rose and Bloomberg were on a ego high I guess as they were very happy. So, Charlie Rose has a stack of about 10 black cardboard with pictures of Bloomberg on them so he can feed Bloomberg's ego and increase their mutual high. The first power feeding came with the picture of Bloomberg with New York Governor Pataki and Busch. The second picture was the NORML add. This segment ran about 30 seconds with both Rose and Bloomberg chuckling and really having a great time. The text feature on the VCR does not work for Charlie Rose so I just rewound the tape and tried to get every word as best I could. So, Charlie Rose hold up the picture and lets Bloomberg loose and then with an interupting chant wanting to know "You said...you said." Bloomberg starts out by saying someone in the campaign had asked him if he had tried marijuana. "...like I assume most people my age did in the- when I came to New York in the early 70's." So Charlie is trying to pen his words down with the you saids and Bloomberg talks uninterupted for about 20 seconds. "You bet I did and I enjoyed it. Probably did exactly that. It was quoted and now there is some promarijuana group- you know- I could go fight em - lose in court to try to stop using my picture or I can hope it just goes away. But between you and David Letterman- and it is not going away quickly." He then holds up a third picture of Bloomberg with Sean Connery in his Kilt swinging a golf club. There is a fourth picture shown with Bloomburg in a spoof for the media's benefit. CR never did get to a fifth picture as their is a lot to talk about when two New Yorkers like them converse. VAAI [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by krutch on April 12, 2002 at 11:04:47 PT:
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| You have written one of the most sensible pieces I have ever seen on this issue. I am shocked that 15% of the arrests in NY,NY where for possesion of MJ. In a city full of violent criminals the police are wasting an insane amount of time arrest people for this victimless "crime". Their is no way to justify this travesty. It is just insane. [ Post Comment ] |
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