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Posted by CN Staff on September 20, 2006 at 10:46:56 PT By Jackson Simpson Source: National Ledger 
Arizona -- Who was shocked when Willie Nelson was busted for marijuana possession? Go on raise your hand. So here goes Willie Nelson, ironically straight out of a rally for Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman where Nelson called for the decriminalization of marijuana and he's popped for weed and mushrooms in Louisiana.State Police seized about 1-1/2 pounds of marijuana and two-tenths of a pound (91 grams) of mushrooms from the bus and gave everyone aboard a ticket. It could have been worse. Basically he got a citation and was sent on his way. E! Online reports that before the bust, the Farm Aid founder and his band were in his native Texas to headline Saturday's Austin City Limits Music Festival. Nelson gave an interview there in which he urged politicians to scrap criminal penalties for pot possession. Those sentiments echoed the platform of his pal Friedman, a singer-songwriter turned politician who's mounting an independent bid for Texas governor and has called on the decriminalization of marijuana to help clear clogged state prisons of nonviolent offenders. Nelson has actively supported Friedman's candidacy, hosting a $1,000-per-plate fundraising dinner and signing a petition to get Friedman on the ballot. "The hundred times that Kinky and I have talked during his campaign--we talked about energy, health, biodiesel, immigration, war--and the pot thing has never come up. Of course, I felt always that I knew where Kinky stood on that, and he knew where I stood, but I also knew that it was very risky to bring that out politically, but what’s Kinky got to lose?" Nelson said. What do either have to lose? Certainly a good guess is that at anytime you could pull a Willie Nelson tour bus over and find marijuana on board. Country superstar Toby Keith's said in a recent interview on his fan favorite tune, "Weed with Willie," in which he sings "Don't knock it `til you tried it, I tried it my friend, and I'll never smoke weed with Willie again." "I learned that a long time ago," Keith replied with a laugh when asked if he avoided Nelson's trailer during filming "Broken Bridges" in Georgia. "But I think Burt (Reynolds) slipped over to Willie's trailer." So - it's obviously no surprise - but shouldn't we just leave Willie Nelson alone? Why should anyone care if a 73-year old wants to smoke weed? He's working during his retirement - certainly he's earned it. Source: National Ledger (AZ) Related Articles & Web Site: Nelson, Others Cited for Drugs Willie Nelson Cited for Marijuana Possession Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #3 posted by FoM on September 20, 2006 at 11:15:15 PT |
| I agree. Leave Willie alone and the other folks on the bus too. The war on Cannabis is totaly insane to me. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by goneposthole on September 20, 2006 at 11:12:35 PT |
| The US government, the benevolent institution that it has become, has taken sixteen million dollars from him; the State has busted him a couple of times or more for cannabis possession and use, and yet, he keeps on keepin' on. The State can imprison him, beat him, try to make him a pariah; just plain old make his life miserable until the day he dies. Hells Bells, they can kill him too. The State does it all of the time. Waco, Rainbow Farm, Ruby Ridge and the list goes on. Now, the State is in Iraq making life miserable for citizens in a foreign country. It does not know when to stop. You can bet that it is careening out of control. The unstoppable object must be stopped. The irrepressible force can do it. It's time. Free Willie. Free us all. Whatever the State has planned for Willie, he doesn't really care anymore. They've done it all to him time and again. The State doesn't have what it takes to govern people, all it has is money and power. That's not enough. Enough [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by FoM on September 20, 2006 at 11:01:03 PT |
| Leave Willie and all Cannabis people alone. [ Post Comment ] |
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