cannabisnews.com: When Change Smells Like Pot When Change Smells Like Pot Posted by CN Staff on January 19, 2009 at 07:58:37 PT By David Hunt Source: Florida Times-Union Washington, DC -- D.C. is shifting into party mode. You may have heard about the extended bar hours and the estimate of a 2 million visitor population surge. But, while wandering around Pennsylvania Avenue after the inauguration opening ceremony today I caught a whiff of that familiar smell from the dormitory I lived in about 12 years ago. That's correct. Pot, weed, schwag, the stickiest of the icky. Whatever you want to call it, someone was smoking it somewhere nearby. I thought Obama supporters yelled, “Fire it up,” just to get people excited.Now I'm not the kind of guy who's going to call a cop over something like that, and I'll fully disclose my only proof of the puffing comes from my own nose. I don't have any police reports nor did I physically see anyone actually smoking on the street no matter how many times I sheepishly looked around.That smell is distinctive, though. We've all caught it at concerts, or maybe outside of the theater before Pineapple Express. Or, walk down the right street in Riverside and you'll smell it coming out of one window or another.But I wondered, who in the world tokes up for an inauguration? Maybe it's just me. I've never heard anyone start a story like, "Man, that whole swearing in was a blur."Regardless of the inspiration the smell still seemed out of place. Or did it? Marijuana legalization is one of those issues that seems to have fallen off the radar, even before the nose-diving economy dominated the presidential campaign trail.Silent protest for a revival on Inauguration Day? Probably not that epic. Still, whatever happened to the War on Drugs? Did it go silent after all those years and all those tax dollars? Perhaps those few pot smokers bold enough to light up within view of the White House, are making a point.Source: Florida Times-Union (FL)Author: David HuntPublished: January 18, 2009Copyright: 2009 The Florida Times-UnionWebsite: http://www.jacksonville.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/zFewou76Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/pKEIrXM4CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #87 posted by vincent on January 21, 2009 at 21:54:48 PT: Mr. Hunt's nose Mr. Hunt, that familiar smell that you recognized from 12 years earlier is just the smell of FREEDOM! Now that's Change We Can Believe In. Maybe, if you had indulged during your college days, you wouldn't be asking these questions now. [ Post Comment ] Comment #86 posted by FoM on January 21, 2009 at 09:24:43 PT UPI: White Panther Founder Hails Obama LONDON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's inauguration is a victory for whites who joined the call for an end to the "American apartheid" in the 1960s, a longtime activist says.John Sinclair, founder in 1968 of the White Panther Party, which supported civil rights for African-Americans, said Tuesday's swearing-in of the United States' first black president was a moment he thought would never come, The Times of London reported."I've been waiting for this day all my adult life. I never thought it would be possible," said Sinclair, whose two-year imprisonment on marijuana charges in the 1960s became a cause celebre for musicians John Lennon and Stevie Wonder.Sinclair was in London Tuesday night to play a special concert in honor of Obama's inauguration. He told The Times, "Obama has used the mechanisms of the social order against itselt. He's like John F. Kennedy -- he's fresh, young and smart. It's just something that the Establishment has never authorized before."Sinclair told the newspaper that "when you are a white person in America, you have a horrible racist history that you were always uncomfortable with, but you think 'what can I do?' And now they've made the ultimate choice." Copyright: 2009 United Press International, Inc.http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/21/White_Panther_founder_hails_Obama/UPI-60491232549899/ John Sinclair -- John Lennon [ Post Comment ] Comment #85 posted by Had Enough on January 21, 2009 at 09:23:20 PT More Barf Material This is a company that treats ‘Marijuana Addiction’…This page has as much BS in it as all the other ‘Reefer Madness’ propaganda sources.It’s a shame that so many people are being duped into shelling out their hard earned cash for this stuff.What is even worse is these profiteers are legally getting away with it. How can these people even sleep at night?Talk about addiction…these people are addicted to lieing for their ‘fix’ for their love of money and power. Maybe we need to set up rehabs for liars and people addicted to money.http://www.caron.org/marijuana?gclid=CJL0kPCJoJgCFRKLxwoddXuSmwJust a sample of their info…Physical Risks· Infertility · Induces premature babies · Causes birth defects in unborn children whose mothers use marijuana during pregnancy; several studies also cite genetic birth defects related to the father · Increased heart rate - causing potential cardiac problems for people with heart conditions · Can cause lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, asthma · Affects immune system · Reduces resistance levels to disease and illness [ Post Comment ] Comment #84 posted by FoM on January 21, 2009 at 09:03:52 PT Judge Grants Obama Request To Suspend Gitmo Trial fight_4_freedom good news.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCpAiXsS28ctqTC-AqtM0twgv0HQD95RL00O0 [ Post Comment ] Comment #83 posted by FoM on January 21, 2009 at 06:45:30 PT Check Out The Video from The Daily Show Changefest '09 - Youth Inaugural Ball Wyatt Cenac reports on the excitement over our first cool president. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=216539&title=changefest-09-youth-inaugural [ Post Comment ] Comment #82 posted by potpal on January 21, 2009 at 05:20:57 PT GCW - talking w/uncle ralph on the big white phone You're so right. After reading the first paragraph and then some, I needed a couple pokes to keep myself from ralphing on the carpet...Disgusting, gut wrenching, propaganda. [ Post Comment ] Comment #81 posted by afterburner on January 21, 2009 at 01:04:55 PT New Beginnings - Looking Back, Looking Forward Wonderful day! Even though I had to go to work, I was able to watch the Inauguration online. Plus, both my son and daughter recorded the live TV feeds. We celebrated with a fish dinner and a replay of Obama's Inaugural speech. "God bless the United States of America."It's significant to me that the Presidential Inauguration is held in January, the time of looking back summaries of the year(s) past and of looking forward in new hope with resolutions and goals.BGreen #41: "We're not alone anymore. We've all been soldiers in this war, waging our own little battles for the ultimate good. We persevered and we've changed the direction this Country is going."New President, New Drug Policy. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Bill Piper, Director, Office of National Affairs Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/012009inaug.cfm Legal. Will Obama Legalize It? Election Day 2008 marked the end of an error. For the cannabis community, change couldn’t come soon enough. Tue, Jan 20, 2009 10:14 am. more: obama, activism, politics, headline news. By Paul Armentano http://hightimes.com/legal/ht_admin/4982War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage Prohibition militarizes police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns our sick to suffering. By Radley Balko, January 14, 2009 http://culture11.com/article/36436Struggle on, my fine soldiers! We need to keep our compassion in the minds of the new President, his Congress and the Media. [ Post Comment ] Comment #80 posted by The GCW on January 20, 2009 at 22:51:59 PT Locate Your barf bag. US NJ: OPED: Medical MarijuanaPubdate: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 - Source: Times, The (Trenton, NJ)http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n071/a02.html?397 [ Post Comment ] Comment #79 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 21:44:23 PT fight_4_freedom What a day it's been. I know how hard trying to fix our country will be but having President Obama in charge lets me rest a little easier. [ Post Comment ] Comment #78 posted by fight_4_freedom on January 20, 2009 at 21:25:16 PT What an awesome day it was http://tinyurl.com/a4b72m Full ArticleObama Seeks 120-Day Halt to Legal Proceedings at Guantanamo By Peter Finn Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 20, 2009; 11:51 PMGUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 -- In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day halt of legal proceedings involving detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval base -- a clear break with the approach of the outgoing Bush administration.The instruction came in a motion filed late Tuesday with a military court handling the case of five defendants accused of organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The motion called for "a continuance of the proceedings" until May 20 so that "the newly inaugurated president and his administration [can] review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically."Such a request may not be automatically granted by military judges, and not all defense attorneys may not agree to such a suspension. The government's request will have to be ruled on by military judges Wednesday.But the move is a first step towards closing a detention facility and system of military trials that became a worldwide symbol of the Bush administration's war on terror, and its unyielding attitude to foreign and domestic critics. [ Post Comment ] Comment #77 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 20:48:52 PT Despite Obama Euphoria, Some Begged To Differ January 21, 2009Excerpt: Once the parade was under way, Matthew Fernandez, 21, of Alexandria, Virginia, stood within sight of Pennsylvania Avenue holding a hand-lettered sign: "Legalizing marijuana will get the US out of debt."A group of teenaged girls took his picture, and one, with a quizzical expression, asked: "You strongly believe in this?"Sniffling in the cold wind, Fernandez replied, "I wouldn't be standing here if I didn't."Finding himself being almost constantly photographed by passersby, he insisted to one skeptical woman that marijuana is less harmful than tobacco or alcohol and could be a huge source of tax revenue if legalized. He estimated that about three out of four people who approached him on Tuesday were supportive on the issue.A psychology student with no group or political affiliation, he made the pro-legalization sign only a few hours earlier, after deciding on the spur of the moment to make a public stand on drug policy."It was just a thing in my head, an idea. I just went for it," Fernandez said."I just saw this as an opportunity to voice my opinion. It's another opinion that's out there, whether you agree with it or not. ... If Barack Obama can be elected president, I can stand here and do this."http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251648,despite-obama-euphoria-some-begged-to-differ--feature.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #76 posted by potpal on January 20, 2009 at 20:07:49 PT Hope How about love & mercy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIaVXikLjxU [ Post Comment ] Comment #75 posted by Sam Adams on January 20, 2009 at 19:14:11 PT the big day So tomorrow's the big day - will he end the raids? Close Gitmo? we'll see.re: Montana - one thing I've always liked about cannabis is that you feel high when you're high. It sounds silly but it's true, you know when you can't drive.Legal meds like Neurontin, Oxycontin, and muscle relaxers can give you the illusion that you're sober, until you get out on the road and blow through a red light, or get 2 mintues from the house and forget where you're supposed to be going.And then there's Ambien, which actually has a trail of bodies behind it from causing car accidents and other mis-haps. [ Post Comment ] Comment #74 posted by The GCW on January 20, 2009 at 17:49:51 PT MikeC BINGO.Sounds like discrimination to Me. [ Post Comment ] Comment #73 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 17:20:01 PT 2009 Montana Legislature http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0212.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #72 posted by MikeC on January 20, 2009 at 17:13:33 PT Hmmm... Do these rules apply to all prescribed medicines? If you are found to be driving under the influence of Valium are you revoked the right to be prescribed Valium for the rest of your life as well?I wonder how big Pharm would feel if that were the case? [ Post Comment ] Comment #71 posted by The GCW on January 20, 2009 at 17:05:46 PT Comment #55, - revoked for life Driving While High Focus of Hearing...-0-Make note:"If the person refuses, his or her medical-marijuana registration card can be revoked, and if the test shows the patient has a certain level of marijuana residue in the bloodstream, the card can be revoked -for life." That' right, it says, "for life."Pubdate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 - Source: Billings Gazette, The (MT)http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n063/a01.html?1222 [ Post Comment ] Comment #70 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 14:48:49 PT Commonsense I'm a common sense type person. I understand the need to find a common thread. A house divided against itself cannot stand. If we want to crumble from within all we need to do is keep up the red blue divide and our enemies can stand back and wait until we become weak and vulnerable. We really need to realize the impact of division. [ Post Comment ] Comment #69 posted by Commonsense on January 20, 2009 at 14:37:06 PT FoM Unfortunately you are right about the way third parties work in this country. In other countries there is a lot more parity in the power of the various parties. I've never been a member of a political party and wouldn't join one. I always vote, and in recent years have voted more for Democrats than Republicans, but there are some things I agree with Republicans on and some things I agree with Democrats on. Mostly I'm just not much of a fan of government. I have a strong libertarian streak, but not enough of one to become a Libertarian. I just vote for who I like, or vote against someone I don't like. Or I vote to send a message, like in this presidential election. I voted for Barr because I wanted Libertarians to get as many votes as possible because I agree with a lot of the things they stand for even though I wouldn't really want them to be in power. I wanted Obama to win, but I knew my state and all our electoral votes would go to McCain no matter how I voted, so an Obama vote would have been wasted. I didn't vote for a single Republican because I felt like they needed to be punished for their performance over the last several years. I even voted for a Green Party candidate I'd never heard of because in one race there was no Democrat challenger to the Republican candidate. And I actually like that Republican Congressman and am glad he won because his office sometimes helps me with some of my immigration cases. I just talked to one of his staff last week. I just couldn't bring myself to vote for a Republican this time around. They've really pissed me off. [ Post Comment ] Comment #68 posted by freewillks on January 20, 2009 at 14:36:57 PT CNBC looking at legalization this is from last week, but did not see it posted up. Hopefully things will change.http://www.cnbc.com/id/28672671 Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 Is Now The Time To Legalize Drugs? Posted By: Cliff Mason Topics:Laws and Legislation | Barack Obama | Stock Market This may be apocryphal, but when FDR was running for President for the first time in 1932, he said something along the lines of "What America needs now is a good, stiff drink."Then he won and went on to help end prohibition.Well, now we've got a new Democratic President coming into office, we're in similarly dire economic straits, and maybe what America needs is a nice toke?It's time to legalize, or at least decriminalize, drugs. Admittedly this would be a blow to the flourishing prison industry at a time when we don't want to cause additional job losses.But perhaps we could make up some of those lost prison-guard jobs by opening up new rehab clinics and filling them up with addicts who need treatment. http://www.cnbc.com/id/28672671 [ Post Comment ] Comment #67 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 14:16:50 PT CommonSense Black and white issues wouldn't be solved by a third Party. They cause votes to go to the other Party most times. The one not closest to their own beliefs I mean. I am a liberal conservative with a dash of both Partys beliefs. I am not a Party person I suppose. I am a people person and that's really all I am. [ Post Comment ] Comment #66 posted by Commonsense on January 20, 2009 at 14:12:13 PT Black and White That's what drives me crazy about "fair and balanced" reporting that shows both sides of an issue, as if there are only two sides, a liberal side and a conservative side. I don't even know what "liberal" and "conservative" mean anymore and I wish I had never heard these words in a political context. I'm sad to see that we've become so polarized in this country. I think a lot of people are tired of it and that's why Obama's speeches have resonated so well with so many people when he says things like, "We are not a collection of red states and blue states. We are the United States of America." Hopefully some of this polarization will subside now. I think that's what most people want. With our two party system we'll always have a little of the black and white thing going on though. We'll always be a bipolar nation. I wish we had a viable third party or third parties so that we would have more of the kaleidoscope of colors rather than this black and white one way or the other thing in politics that leaves so many out who aren't all the way on the black side or all the way on the white side or even some shade of grey in between. They're part of the rainbow up above. (corniness alert). You know what I mean. [ Post Comment ] Comment #65 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 13:29:38 PT Commonsense Some people only seem to see the world in black and white and others see a kaleidoscope of colors. When we open our minds we see all kinds of new ways of solving life's problems. [ Post Comment ] Comment #64 posted by Commonsense on January 20, 2009 at 13:23:48 PT FoM "Maybe if we had a change in Federal Law they might stop fighting so much. We are one country. Sometimes I think people don't want to be part of the USA."You mean the states? We're a big country and everybody has their own ideas about how things should be here. Now we have all this conservative vs. liberal culture war nonsense. We've got red states and blue states and "real Americans" accusing others of not being "real Americans." I'm sick of all that myself. I don't look for it to change anytime soon though. Maybe some of the rhetoric will die down or change but we'll always have fighting. That can't be helped in such a big country with so many differing views. We're only united when we need to be, when faced with a common enemy or a common cause, and even then there are always competing interests and jabs back and forth between factions. Man is a petty creature that only occasionally achieves greatness. [ Post Comment ] Comment #63 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 13:11:44 PT Arkanstoner? I was when I visited :)The Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #62 posted by E_Johnson on January 20, 2009 at 13:10:52 PT One thing we could do right now Insist that Obama have a Plan B for Plan Merida. If Plan Merida fails, it could end with a military coup. This is a dangerous new phase of the Drug War we've entered and we need to make sure there is a Plan B. [ Post Comment ] Comment #61 posted by Commonsense on January 20, 2009 at 12:51:14 PT BGreen So if you are from Arkanstone are you an Arkanstoner? [ Post Comment ] Comment #60 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 12:35:11 PT I agree, commonsense I'm well aware of the uphill battle we face. I just feel that there has to be an atmosphere where fear was removed from cannabis supporters before we could publicly speak out without becoming targets of law enforcement.Dry counties? It sounds like Arkansas.Did anybody ever see the Flinstones episode when they're driving from Tennesseerock to Arkanstone? It's pouring down rain until they crossed the border into Arkanstone, and Fred or Barney says "Everybody knows Arkanstone is a dry State."I thought that was clever humor that I never would have understood a a child.The Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #59 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 12:19:01 PT Commonsense Maybe if we had a change in Federal Law they might stop fighting so much. We are one country. Sometimes I think people don't want to be part of the USA. [ Post Comment ] Comment #58 posted by Commonsense on January 20, 2009 at 12:11:19 PT States Rights "We've danced around State's Rights since I've been doing CNews. It hasn't worked. Some state's would continue to be hard on people unless we have a change in Federal Law I think."I think some would continue to be hard on people even if we do have a change in federal law. If the feds were to legalize, that wouldn't change existing state marijuana laws. States would have to change them and would think there would be many states that wouldn't change their laws right away, and in some states it might take decades before they'll allow for marijuana possession or sales. When alcohol prohibition ended it took decades for some states to end their own alcohol prohibition. In my state most counties are still "dry counties." If the feds did allow for medical marijuana or legalize it a lot of states would follow suit quickly though. One of the main things you hear in debates in states on changing the law is that it is all still against federal law. I'm happy to see changes being made in the states though despite the fact that the feds aren't changing their laws. Not only is it a good thing for people in the sates where the laws are changing, but every time it happens it "send a message" to the feds. They have to see that attitudes about our marijuana laws are changing in the states and in time we're bound to see more federal law makers trying to push through more legislation we like because it's going to become clear to them that their constituents want this type of change. We'll just wear them down, win by attrition. [ Post Comment ] Comment #57 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 12:02:22 PT Whitehouse.gov Has A New Face, And a Blog http://www.whitehouse.gov/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012002153.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #56 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 11:57:00 PT Hope I hope Senator Kennedy will be ok for at least a little while. [ Post Comment ] Comment #55 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 11:47:33 PT Driving While High Focus of Hearing Associated Press - January 20, 2009 HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A lawmaker says medical patients with a license to use marijuana should be stripped of the privilege if they are caught driving high.Sen. Verdell Jackson says drivers become impaired after taking marijuana. The Kalispell Republican wants to create a harsh penalty to make sure it doesn't happen.Opponents of the bill, and supporters of the medical marijuana law, say there is no accurate test for marijuana impairment.They argued in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the drug THC stays in the system for days after marijuana use. So people not suffering any impairment could be penalized.Voters approved the state's medical marijuana law in 2004. It allows those who receive a prescription from a doctor to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal use.The bill is Senate Bill 212.Copyright: 2009 The Associated Presshttp://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9702774&nav=menu227_8 [ Post Comment ] Comment #54 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 11:30:28 PT Hope We lost our way but maybe we can find it again now. [ Post Comment ] Comment #53 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 11:28:48 PT Hope I didn't see it but I got busy putting together the CD of some of the songs I could get from the concert. [ Post Comment ] Comment #52 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 11:28:34 PT It's so beautiful to me. This is right and good and an amazing day.Whatever happens... this really is a "Right" thing.There is tension. At least living in the midst of a bunch of die hard Republicans. I see the tension, I think, on TV, too. Joy. Tension. Forbearance. Respect. Love. Commonality in our humanity. (Some less so than others.)Concern about the enemies of Peace and Love and Light. Grace. Hope. Joy. Love.Cool. It's all cool. (As far as I know. Thank God.)Praise God! Hallelujah to the God of Peace!(Paul to Titus... I think. Or maybe just to the Church at Corinth... the Corinthians. A New Testament of the God of All. The God of Peace.: "Our God is the God of Peace".)I don't mean to offend with any religiosity. Been participating in a lot of "group pray" (Hallelujah!) today. Filled with hope. God have mercy on us!Spirits are high... and hopeful.Have Mercy! [ Post Comment ] Comment #51 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 11:14:26 PT Your dream, FoM. But not yours alone.:0) [ Post Comment ] Comment #50 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 11:12:30 PT Very good. Did anyone see that commercial that just played on CBS from the Salvation Army? [ Post Comment ] Comment #49 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 10:34:18 PT Hope It was an amazing speech. I really find it hard to believe that my dream of America has come to be. [ Post Comment ] Comment #48 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 10:28:49 PT BGreen We've danced around State's Rights since I've been doing CNews. It hasn't worked. Some state's would continue to be hard on people unless we have a change in Federal Law I think. [ Post Comment ] Comment #47 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 10:26:36 PT The Inaugural Address It was really good. I am glad to have heard it. [ Post Comment ] Comment #46 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 10:25:50 PT BGreen It looks like an improvement over the way things are. Maybe it will do well. [ Post Comment ] Comment #45 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 10:18:45 PT I'm Canadian, eh?! You don't know how many times I've practiced saying that. Seriously! LOLThe Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #44 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 10:16:18 PT Well, Hope There are a whole lot of "Richard"-heads in that particular body so I don't give it any chance whatsoever of even going to the full House.I honestly believe we'll have to have action on the Federal level before the people of Missouri feel safe enough to come out publicly for cannabis reform.I'd love to be wrong on this matter.Bro. Bud [ Post Comment ] Comment #43 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 09:57:46 PT Comment 40 How 'bout that BGreen? [ Post Comment ] Comment #42 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 09:56:51 PT BGreen On a lighter note. You mean you won't need to wear a T-shirt with I'm a Canadian on it! LOL! [ Post Comment ] Comment #41 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 09:49:22 PT WOW! WOW!I sure wouldn't have wanted to have been a Bush up on the platform today.Many of us have been here throughout the Bush regime and openly wondered whether this was the end of America. We were led to believe we were alone in our thinking.We're not alone anymore. We've all been soldiers in this war, waging our own little battles for the ultimate good. We persevered and we've changed the direction this Country is going.I can't wait to go to Europe again and be able to hold my head high.The Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #40 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 09:44:59 PT Missouri House of Representatives HB 277 Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes http://house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/HB277.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #39 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 09:38:33 PT "Do Justice and Love Mercy!" Amen! [ Post Comment ] Comment #38 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:21:35 PT George H W B doesn't look to be in very good shape. [ Post Comment ] Comment #37 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:18:53 PT Barbara Bush Coming through.I think of Prisons for Profit when I see her. [ Post Comment ] Comment #36 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:16:56 PT Bill and Hill She kind of feels like a loser it looks like. She's not. [ Post Comment ] Comment #35 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:15:34 PT Rosalyn Carter looks fantastic. She looks the same as she always has.She must be one of those hula-hoop girls! [ Post Comment ] Comment #34 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:14:16 PT Cynics... give in for a minute or two. Rejoice and be glad! [ Post Comment ] Comment #33 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:13:01 PT Amen! "This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it." [ Post Comment ] Comment #32 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 08:05:33 PT Cool! Sandra Day O'Conner looks great. [ Post Comment ] Comment #31 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 07:59:48 PT So Many Happy People God Bless the USA! [ Post Comment ] Comment #30 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 07:44:01 PT Time of inauguration Noon D.C. time?So eleven here? [ Post Comment ] Comment #29 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 07:43:27 PT Senator Kennedy I know how sick he is but he looks so happy. I'm glad he is still here to enjoy this day! [ Post Comment ] Comment #28 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 07:42:43 PT Just saw Ted Kennedy He looks amazingly good. I'm glad. [ Post Comment ] Comment #27 posted by runruff on January 20, 2009 at 07:36:57 PT Today............. ........is a good day! [ Post Comment ] Comment #26 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 07:34:34 PT What time is the actual inauguration? [ Post Comment ] Comment #25 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 07:08:49 PT Comment 17 Fight_4_Freedom Amen! [ Post Comment ] Comment #24 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 07:07:17 PT Hope My sister has been a Republican all her life and she has spread her way of thinking to her children. They are unfortunately cynical and it makes me sad. Standing alone can be hard but we still must stand up for our rights and our dreams. [ Post Comment ] Comment #23 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 06:58:47 PT Hope Stand tall my friend. We did it! [ Post Comment ] Comment #22 posted by Hope on January 20, 2009 at 06:54:57 PT Big day today! :0)I'm so happy!BGreen, I know what you mean about being a loner where you are. No body's beating me down in any way though. It's surreal. I don't know anyone, besides me, who voted for Obama, and I tried to get votes for him. I politicked for him. One person I know said he'd vote for Obama... but I haven't seen him since before the election and don't even know if he made it to the polls. It's surreal because it feels like, here, I'm the only person I know who voted for him... and yet, somehow he won!:0) [ Post Comment ] Comment #21 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 06:31:05 PT America's Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NzSr3sasv4 [ Post Comment ] Comment #20 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 06:27:59 PT BGreen What a day! I have dreamt of this day my whole life but I never thought I would live to see a day like this. Look at all the happy people! We are free! God Bless Us Everyone! [ Post Comment ] Comment #19 posted by BGreen on January 20, 2009 at 06:18:29 PT Hi, FoM! I just know I'm going to be blubbering like a baby in a couple of hours. I just wanted to check in while I could still see the keyboard to type. LOLThe excitement is overwhelming. I'm so beaten down by family and all of the other people that wanted the other guy to win. It's great to see so many people that seem to share my hope. Not a blind hope but the hope you have when you feel you're in good hands.It's my firm belief that it's this "hope" we're talking about that has kept the world from slipping in to a horrible state of despair, plunging the economy even more than Bush managed to do.We're all sitting in our virtual CNews living room watching this together.The Reverend Bud Green [ Post Comment ] Comment #18 posted by FoM on January 20, 2009 at 05:50:20 PT fight_4_freedom They just said on the news we no longer are a red and blue America. He has over an 80% approval rating. President Elect Barack Obama did it. I am honestly proud to be an American this day. I pray for a great day and safety for our new President and his beautiful family. [ Post Comment ] Comment #17 posted by fight_4_freedom on January 20, 2009 at 04:59:12 PT The day is here I really don't know what to say. Our wait is finally over.A brand new day is upon us. And I will always remember all of you when I think back to this period of time.Time to begin again.God Bless America! And may God bless Cannabis News! [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 20:29:04 PT mykeyb420 It's almost over. Tomorrow will be a day to remember. [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by mykeyb420 on January 19, 2009 at 20:08:24 PT OT ,,,DickHEAD Cheney will be in a wheelchair tomorrow because he wrenched his back,( picking up boxes of MONEY....),,moving into his new home. I can't believe we have 12 hours left in G W 's reign of terror... [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 18:36:27 PT ezrydn It would be a hoot. I'm sure people will light up like they did in Colorado. Well maybe not. We can hope though! [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 18:35:07 PT HempWorld Wouldn't it better for you to call the electric company? [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by HempWorld on January 19, 2009 at 17:52:11 PT Off topic, about the Police (CA police) I found out that in my recent rental (10 Mos.) my neighbors who are chainsmokers and pester me daily because of hemp stickers on my car, are stealing electricity from me through the garage, which we share.This has been going on for as long as I live here, so I called the cops and wanted them to document it, after all this is theft, isn't it?Cops came, talked to me then the neighbor lady showed up and had one of the cops away from me (and sweet talked the poor guy and told him lies about me). Then, the cops decided to do nothing and left ...What? I'm going to call them again tomorrow, when the 'lady' is not there, see what happens, I will keep you posted! On a mission from God! [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by ezrydn on January 19, 2009 at 17:47:20 PT: In-Nauguration Wouldn't it be a hoot if everone within whiff distance sparked one up just as the swearing in cerrimonies started? Imagine the stir of a smoke filled innaguration!Would he inhale? Didn't he say that was the idea? [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by fight_4_freedom on January 19, 2009 at 17:18:35 PT Here is the link to that story http://tinyurl.com/73ljasMarijuana activists target Kalamazoo for new law by Chris Killian | Kalamazoo Gazette Monday January 19, 2009, 11:30 AMKALAMAZOO -- A group that advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana sees the city of Kalamazoo as fertile ground in its push to liberalize marijuana laws in Michigan.MINORML, the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, is beginning to organize a petition drive to push for a local ordinance that would make the possession of small amounts of marijuana the "lowest possible priority" for law enforcement.The ballot language has not yet been drafted, but organizers are hoping to have the issue voted on as early as November. If adopted, Kalamazoo would be the only city in Michigan to have such a law.Ann Arbor has an ordinance that makes it a civil infraction to use or possess small amounts of marijuana."The government has no right to tell us what we can put in our bodies," said Steven Thompson, executive director of MINORML.Organizers will have to submit a total of at least 1,273 signatures of registered city voters to the Kalamazoo city clerk by Aug. 14.The issue would then go before the Kalamazoo City Commission, which would have 14 days either to adopt the ordinance or to put the question to voters.Louis Stocking, 21, of Kalamazoo, is leading the petition drive."I'm sure we'll get enough signatures," Stocking said.Capt. Joseph Taylor, commander of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, which targets illegal drug use in Kalamazoo County, called the proposal "ludicrous.""This is a silly idea," he said. "It's a roundabout way of circumventing the more difficult process of getting marijuana legalized.""We shouldn't be prioritizing which laws we enforce and which ones we don't," Taylor added. "The law is the law."Proposal 1, the new state law that shields people with certain debilitating diseases from criminal prosecution if they use marijuana to treat their conditions, passed in every precinct in the city in November.Marijuana use and possession is still illegal according to state and federal law, however.Taylor said marijuana is a gateway drug. He said the violence associated with marijuana dealing has increased over the past 10 years as drug dealers moved away from crack cocaine and toward marijuana because of the lower criminal penalties.---There is also a poll next to the article. Vote if you can. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 17:09:25 PT Ekim Go Michigan! [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by ekim on January 19, 2009 at 16:56:01 PT Kalamazoo MI today in the Kal Gazette mentioned a group that will gather signers for a vote on making cannabis the lowest priority for law enforcement in the city.the wording of law still in the works -- stay tuned [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by potpal on January 19, 2009 at 16:04:05 PT yeah, well Legalize it and then we'll see a change we can believe in, let things ride, let the DEAth reign and have there bizzaro way and pretty much it will be the same as it ever was.Mr. President, Why is cannabis prohibition any different from the failed prohibition of the 1920's? And what do you plan to do about it...? [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 10:38:01 PT Bush Pardons Former U.S. Border Agents Monday, January 19, 2009 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/bush-pardons-former-us-border-agents/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 10:36:18 PT OT: Bush Pardoned Border Patrol I hope that this pardon doesn't cause more trouble down on the border. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by OuttaLuck on January 19, 2009 at 09:43:54 PT: I hope... the war on drugs is at least mentioned in his inaugural address. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 08:33:31 PT Storm Crow That's so funny! LOL! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Storm Crow on January 19, 2009 at 08:20:37 PT My inaugural fantasy............ Obama get sworn in. He turns to the crowd and solemnly intones..."President-elect Obama is not in favor of legalization.......(Cracks a big grin) But PRESIDENT Obama sure the heck is!" Obama then whips out a tremendous "Fattie" and lights that baby up!No way it would happen, but wouldn't it be outrageously cool? [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 19, 2009 at 08:00:11 PT Fired Up and Ready To Go Can mean more then one thing! [ Post Comment ] Post Comment