Scared Pigs are going to fly out of my rear!
By Edward Pines
2/25/2009
Like the saying goes, “When Pigs fly out of my rear”, the__________ will happen. I have heard this many times in my youth but two new statements lately lead me to believe “Pigs are going to fly out of my rear”. As we all know on November 4th, 2008 the first African American United States President was elected. As a young American, only 26 I remember when we talked about this (in an all white school, in a all white neighborhood) like it was a myth; or on the level of California falling off into the ocean during an earthquake, but it happened and now we are amidst a African American Presidency, pretty cool I think. However, this is not what concerns me regarding the pigs. What concerns me delightfully is the fact a California Lawmaker (SF) proposed possibly legalizing Marijuana the same way Alcohol is regulated. The ability for a 21 year old tax paying American to purchase Marijuana, a harmless (if used responsibly) substance that could generate up to an estimate 1.3 billion dollars for the state, is a wonderful, if not brilliant idea that could benefit the state and local communities in a way completely contradictory to the common (mis)-perception of Marijuana and the Medical Marijuana community.
As a Medical Marijuana Person (MMJ) I can relate to those who see this as a harmless substance, not the “criminal substance”, criminals like Michael Phelps, President Barrack Obama and Former President Bill Clinton did or did not inhale. Don’t even get me started on the reported stories of the early founder’s use. What we have here is a failure to understand common sense and a practical solution to not only our (CA) over burdened Jail system; but abused drug treatment program’s (from the doctor’s) and an incredibly, reliable, drought tolerant, cash crop that is being grown without being taxed. Who wouldn’t want an estimate $1.3B a year. How about it Arnold, could we use some more tax revenue? How about using Marijuana taxes to pay for current tax payer funded treatment programs?
Aside, from the Tax revenue and all the other beneficial things that could come with this, I want to talk a little about the objections and the objectors. In the last 12 years we have gone from a state where every transaction involving Marijuana was illegal and could at one point land you in jail. As pathetic as it sounds there are still states were a joint can get you placed in jail and states like Arizona where I can not legally drive to do business because I have cannabis (Cannabinoids) in my system. If I get pulled over in AZ, and an officer wants to test for Cannabinoids in my system he has the right, under AZ law. I could get a DUI even thought I have not inhaled in 3 days or up to a month, talk about a draconian, unintelligent idea that completely violates my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Even worse, imagine if every time you wanted to travel or go out of state you had to break the law or not use your doctor prescribed medicine. Imagine, being stopped at the Airport and arrested for having you ED medication or you blood pressure medication, not to mention you’re psycho-active medication like, SSRI’s, Opioids and depression medication. It would be tough to imagine, 60% or more of people being denied access to travel because of their medication the same way I am. It’s sad!
Not only consider the above mentioned reasons to support this bill but the impact it would have on the community as a whole. According to limited available research, every state that has passed a Medical Marijuana law has seen a decrease among teenage use in the past 30 days (when the study was done) or ‘lifetime use’ as seen in other states such as WA. In California alone, there has been a 47% drop in usage among 9th graders (in the last 30days-standard question).A 47% drop is not a small margin; this is a large margin and a significant change from the years prior. Now, I know this data is limited and has been compiled by sources such as Drug Policy Alliance and Common Sense Drug Policy a non-profit pro Marijuana group. However, I am not going to assume there is no contradictory evidence but I know despite all evidence, the ONDCP and other groups who opposes Marijuana will never side with any modern published evidence to Marijuana’s medical benefit’s or anything but the paradigm, Marijuana is a Federal Crime. It’s it time to change the group think paradigm and read the data.
Finally, as a MMJ patient, who consumes Marijuana on a daily basis I can assure you people are not going to go crazy, show up on Girls Gone Wild or forget to check on the baby because they were getting stoned (that’s Alcohol people). Yeah, there are isolated instances of idiots who are under the influence of pot who do stupid things, but there are quadruple the cases of people doing idiotic behavior while drunk, on prescription drugs and basically stupid. This law and utilizing a paradigm of regulation, not prohibition, would not only reduce crime but would be an economic boom for California and the others states that are surely to follow suit. Please, if you agree with this article or this law, please contact every local and state politician you can connect with and urge them to support this bill.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/24/BAO416354C.DTLbodis
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
A letter to the Editor
By Edward Pines
As a Medical Marijuana Patient I felt vindicated when I read the article “Many in drug Sting lack military ties” February 23rd, 2009. Bonnie Dumannis and the other group think parasites of San Diego falsely, pathetically and without warrant troubled many in the Medical Marijuana community, by announcing ‘Operation Endless Summer’, a drug sting aimed at the ‘Drug Polluters’ who pray on the poor, defenseless and weak military (Huh)?? As Dumanis stated “Don’t mess with the Military, We want to protect them as they’re protecting us” from the above titled article.
Absolutely, I could not agree more with that statement but as with everything else that spews out of Dumanis mouth we learn, might not be the whole truth. It turns out, little if anyone involved is affiliated with the U.S. Military, further it turns out Agents, used a false recommendation (similar to a doctors prescription-illegally-they had to falsify the information they provided to get the paperwork-this would be like giving a 17 yr old a government issued fake id to go after minor cigarette sales), asked the drivers of Medical Marijuana delivery services in San Diego (because the very ‘competent’ board down here won’t let a legitimate, brick and mortar store to open) to deliver to neighborhoods that normally would not request this. Thus, placing the neighborhood in extreme danger, not because of a dope delivery Service (Imagine Spicoli with a backpack) but the multiple DEA, ATF Agents in the neighborhood with Automatic weapons, attempting to bust non-Medical Marijuana oriented individuals that had handguns and Meth. Imagine if a gun accidentally discharged, while an officer was reaching for his Taser, it could happen.
So it was Dumonis and her posse who endangered the military and their families, deploying a “drug busting” unit in an otherwise peaceful Pacific Beach neighborhood. Finally, San Diego is the last county who objects to Medical Marijuana in California, against voters, against the courts and against the tax payer’s wishes. This city leads a pointless witch hunt against Medical Marijuana users and their access to state approved legal medicine, a right that has been upheld, when the Supreme Court refused to hear Walters v. Conant in 2003. This upheld Doctors Rights to recommend this useful medicine.
Now imagine the benefits to the local tax base from this. In a recent MSNBC documentary a Marijuana dispensary owner stated he paid over $900,000 in tax’s to both the Federal and State government, imagine what the cities would receive.
By Edward Pines
As a Medical Marijuana Patient I felt vindicated when I read the article “Many in drug Sting lack military ties” February 23rd, 2009. Bonnie Dumannis and the other group think parasites of San Diego falsely, pathetically and without warrant troubled many in the Medical Marijuana community, by announcing ‘Operation Endless Summer’, a drug sting aimed at the ‘Drug Polluters’ who pray on the poor, defenseless and weak military (Huh)?? As Dumanis stated “Don’t mess with the Military, We want to protect them as they’re protecting us” from the above titled article.
Absolutely, I could not agree more with that statement but as with everything else that spews out of Dumanis mouth we learn, might not be the whole truth. It turns out, little if anyone involved is affiliated with the U.S. Military, further it turns out Agents, used a false recommendation (similar to a doctors prescription-illegally-they had to falsify the information they provided to get the paperwork-this would be like giving a 17 yr old a government issued fake id to go after minor cigarette sales), asked the drivers of Medical Marijuana delivery services in San Diego (because the very ‘competent’ board down here won’t let a legitimate, brick and mortar store to open) to deliver to neighborhoods that normally would not request this. Thus, placing the neighborhood in extreme danger, not because of a dope delivery Service (Imagine Spicoli with a backpack) but the multiple DEA, ATF Agents in the neighborhood with Automatic weapons, attempting to bust non-Medical Marijuana oriented individuals that had handguns and Meth. Imagine if a gun accidentally discharged, while an officer was reaching for his Taser, it could happen.
So it was Dumonis and her posse who endangered the military and their families, deploying a “drug busting” unit in an otherwise peaceful Pacific Beach neighborhood. Finally, San Diego is the last county who objects to Medical Marijuana in California, against voters, against the courts and against the tax payer’s wishes. This city leads a pointless witch hunt against Medical Marijuana users and their access to state approved legal medicine, a right that has been upheld, when the Supreme Court refused to hear Walters v. Conant in 2003. This upheld Doctors Rights to recommend this useful medicine.
Now imagine the benefits to the local tax base from this. In a recent MSNBC documentary a Marijuana dispensary owner stated he paid over $900,000 in tax’s to both the Federal and State government, imagine what the cities would receive.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The Empress Strikes Back!
The Empress Strike’s back!
By Edward Pines
Opinion
On June 7th, 2008 former Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed Barack Obama, effectively sending Sen. Clinton back to coddle her constituents in New York. As many thought they had seen the last of Hilary in 2008, we were reminded the Force is still strong with the Clinton Order early this December. I awoke to read the front page of my newspaper this morning to see Hilary behind President Elect Obama, along with a very interesting array of Characters making up his cabinet. For my humor and to keep the Star Wars theme going we will call them the Jedi Council.
Jedi Master Obama made an interesting but not suppressing choice when he chose to tap Sen. Clinton to take the post of Secretary of State. Even thought there was a bitterly fought final month of the Democratic primaries Sen. Clinton’s support brought out Clinton voters by the bus load. No doubt the fact that Angry, Robotic Sen. McCain was as appealing as Caviar to a Vegan played a major role in former Clinton supporter’s decision to support Obama but what brought Hilary on board? What concessions were made to get the Clinton machine not to work against the Obama campaign when he was hurting most, right after the primaries were over?
Although, the Jedi Master undoubtedly is Obama and won, one could argue the Empress Stuck back with the nominations of former Clinton Storm Troopers Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, Susan Rice and Bill Richardson. All either got their respective start from the Clinton administration or significantly improved their respective clout during “Slick Willie’s rein. Now, at the end of the day does the dog wag the tail, or does the tail wag the dog?
With less than a month under Obama’s belt, this writer has one question. Even though Obama cabinet is shaping up to be a diverse melting-pot of Bi-Partisan Unification and “old fashion” consensus building, will the Damn hold back the torrent of Democratic personality, or will they sink his ship?
By Edward Pines
Opinion
On June 7th, 2008 former Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed Barack Obama, effectively sending Sen. Clinton back to coddle her constituents in New York. As many thought they had seen the last of Hilary in 2008, we were reminded the Force is still strong with the Clinton Order early this December. I awoke to read the front page of my newspaper this morning to see Hilary behind President Elect Obama, along with a very interesting array of Characters making up his cabinet. For my humor and to keep the Star Wars theme going we will call them the Jedi Council.
Jedi Master Obama made an interesting but not suppressing choice when he chose to tap Sen. Clinton to take the post of Secretary of State. Even thought there was a bitterly fought final month of the Democratic primaries Sen. Clinton’s support brought out Clinton voters by the bus load. No doubt the fact that Angry, Robotic Sen. McCain was as appealing as Caviar to a Vegan played a major role in former Clinton supporter’s decision to support Obama but what brought Hilary on board? What concessions were made to get the Clinton machine not to work against the Obama campaign when he was hurting most, right after the primaries were over?
Although, the Jedi Master undoubtedly is Obama and won, one could argue the Empress Stuck back with the nominations of former Clinton Storm Troopers Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, Susan Rice and Bill Richardson. All either got their respective start from the Clinton administration or significantly improved their respective clout during “Slick Willie’s rein. Now, at the end of the day does the dog wag the tail, or does the tail wag the dog?
With less than a month under Obama’s belt, this writer has one question. Even though Obama cabinet is shaping up to be a diverse melting-pot of Bi-Partisan Unification and “old fashion” consensus building, will the Damn hold back the torrent of Democratic personality, or will they sink his ship?
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Letter from the Blogger
Ok, so due to the inability of Myspace and Facebook to convey my thoughts and then allow appropriate comments, I have established this Blog. I am starting this with the ideas of a forum of discussion on appropriate topics of the day that not only affect my life but those around me. At this point it does represent a narrow view of the small bubble others around me and I live in but as I develop and grow I will put my best talents forward and guide this forum to be a place to vent my favorite past time hobby… Political Discussion.
Please enjoy yourself and enjoy what I have presented for you.
Edward
Please enjoy yourself and enjoy what I have presented for you.
Edward
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