Pot Is Illegal But Water-Boarding Is Up For Debate

[lame54]

[tjwash]

1. that title alone is worth a rec

:thumbsup:

[Blue_Tires]

53. along with that traffic light photo!

[Uncle Joe]

2. That would make a good bumper sticker.

:thumbsup:

Thanks for the thread, lame.

[lame54]

26. start working on that immediately...

while I

[L. Coyote]

59. Waterboard Potheads ....

Then in fine print: This is war!

:sarcasm: :rofl:

[HereSince1628]

3. Ja, I agree...WTF?

[Echo In Light]

4. K&R "America...Fuck yeah!"

[Political Heretic]

5. Says a lot, I think.

[ixion]

6. exactly

:wtf:

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Makes you wonder if there's any hope for the human race at all

[malaise]

8. Smoke them out Lame

Great post.

[lame54]

72. thanks

[Morning Dew]

9. Haven't smoked weed in 30+ years . . .

and I haven't waterboarded anyone in ... well, never.

K&R.

[Hubert Flottz]

10. You don't get in trouble if you own a waterboard but...

you go directly to jail, if you get caught with a water pipe/bowl(bong)

That shit ain't right...

[Ezlivin]

11. Solution: Make smoking pot a harsh interrogation technique.

Then we'll have the neocons falling all over themselves trying to justify its use.

Excuse me, but I've got to submit to my daily harsh interrogation technique. If you ain't chokin', you ain't tokin'....

[Telly Savalas]

22. Not a bad idea.

"Mmmmm. These are some yummy peanut butter cookies. I'd be happy to share with you, but you need to share some information with me first."

"Yes! Yes! I'll tell you everything! Just please give me some cookies!"

Morality aside, it's probably as effective as more orthodox "harsh interrogation techniques".

[Oldenuff]

33. Harsh interrogation techniques?

I vote for "Hash Interrogation Techniques".

Where do I sign up?

[Ezlivin]

58. We have a Midnight Express line for you

Please keep to the left....

[Ignis]

12. This calls for a quote from Zoolander:

"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"

[unapatriciated]

51. ...

[Ignis]

68. WIN! Thanks for the pic.

PS: OBEY MY DOG!

[librechik]

13. Pot is OBVIOUSLY harmful to others--Torture is OBVIOUSLY harmful to others

Let's throw them both in jail equally at least.

Just kidding.

Excuse me, who says Pot is harmful exactly? The same people who say torture is AOK--done to non-Americans, that is.

RIDICULOSO

[unapatriciated]

14. A word from Pato Banton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMQzRFvCIY

[Gregorian]

15. Tommy Chong went to jail for nine months! Meanwhile, they were torturing people.

I want Ashcroft in jail. Period.

You used common sense. Now all we need is to have a media that does the same. The country gets what it deserves, unfortunately. Lots of stupid people in America. But there are lots of intelligent ones as well. We really have to get our voices heard.

[lame54]

27. and all he did was have his name on the product...

[Gregorian]

39. I think he funded it. Still, pretty convoluted bs.

It says a lot about this country. Messed up.

[Bluenorthwest]

54. I think he invested in a legitimate business

with his son and got harassed by the torture administration as part of their attempt to appear moral.
There are glass smoking devices made and sold all over this country. But Tommy went to jail.

[Gregorian]

65. Operation Pipe Dreams

Doing a search on Tommy Chong brought up some interesting stuff. Not the least of which was an interview where he mentions "Democrat Joseph Biden was the one who authored the bill that put me in jail.".

I don't have words to express my anger toward Ashcroft and his likes. They are scum of the earth. I lived all of my young adult life in fear of the law. I was a fugitive in my own country. I was alienated from almost everyone. All because I grew.

We're a messed up country. The wasteful energy that goes into prohibition that is nothing more than a distorted employment agency.


On a lighter note, I once worked at a company with a guy from Canada. He lived next door to Cheech Marin. One day Cheech came knocking at the door asking if he'd seen his Ferrari. Evidently he loaned it out to some kid in the neighborhood and hadn't seen it back yet. He is just as excellent in real life as in the movies.

[Echo In Light]

76. I watched an excellent doc film on Tommy Chong going to prison for this

...it was surreal, especially given the broader context of what's going on in the country.

I don't remember the doc's name, but pretty sure Sundance or IFC ran it

[Gregorian]

84. I'll keep an eye out for it.

I think it's on his Wiki page.

Talk about bs. Utter hypocrisy. Drop bombs, but don't touch pot. I'll always remember Governor Pete Wilson's "Smoke a joint, lose your license" law. I was pissed! I can honestly say this issue has altered my life in a big way. And probably much of our society's.

I wear my Free Tommy Chong t-shirt to this day. :)

[Romulox]

66. The author of the law that sent Tommy to jail? Joe Biden.

Yep. That Joe Biden.

[Wizard777]

70. "There are consequences for violating the law, even if the violator is a -

well-known entertainer like Thomas Chong."

US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan
Head of Operation Pipe Dreams
and Operation Headhunter

[Gregorian]

86. I wonder who Ben Franklin would want to have a smoke with.

Haha.

[Wizard777]

87. I'm thinking George Carlin.

[Gregorian]

88. True.

:)

Maybe there's a heaven.

[Wizard777]

89. Well, "Beer is proof that God loves us. " Ben Franklin

So I guess marijuana could be proof of Heaven. Makes sense to me.

[nichomachus]

16. And gay marriage is a threat to civilization -- but torture, not so much n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

55. No kidding!

The morality of America and of Obama's 'religion' is fine with letting torturers go free but is furious about love and pot.

[spanone]

17. ain't that america

[cali]

18. some comparisons really don't work. this is one of them.

[unapatriciated]

23. explain

[lame54]

24. it's not a comparison it's a contrast

[unapatriciated]

28. yeah one is drowning the other is floating,

[CrownPrinceBandar]

73. Do tell.........

please.

[pleah]

19. K&R

[walldude]

20. K&R.... and not to pick nits, but waterboarding is illegal.

But I get the idea and it deserves a K&R.

[MindPilot]

21. The neocons are going about it all wrong.

They should advocate for MEDICAL waterboarding.:silly:

[Fumesucker]

56. If it were illegal someone would be arrested and prosecuted for it..

People are arrested and prosecuted all the time for pot..

Where are the arrests and prosecutions for waterboarding?

[rhiannon55]

25. In a world run by republikkkans

that makes perfect sense.

Thank God(dess) we no longer live in a world run by republikkkans.

Torture of any kind should end forever and pot should be made completely legal. I want to be able to buy cute little starter plants at my neighborhood garden center.



:smoke:

[Greyhound]

29. K&R

[ailsagirl]

30. We've got our priorities straight-- yes siree

:puke:

[Patsy Stone]

31. That is correct.

I don't know, you tell me...

[Metta]

32. Really.

:hi:

[Oldenuff]

34. USA! USA!

We're number 1!We're number 1!...


DARE to think for yourselves.

[lame54]

83. P-O-T P-O-T

[grahamhgreen]

35. Shows you how owning the media can let you set the discussion.

[misanthrope]

45. Telecommunications Act of 1996...

...Another Republicrat victory!

[Echo In Light]

77. For more on that watch the doc film Orwell Rolls in His Grave

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1925114769515892401

[Enthusiast]

79. And the discussion they set is ridiculous.

This comparison illustrates that perfectly.

[MrsBrady]

36. if they had been smoking, they wouldn't have wanted to torture....

[givemebackmycountry]

40. No, they may have still wanted to torture...

They just would have forgotten to torture.

It's truly a wonder drug.

[Enthusiast]

80. No. Cheney would want to anyway. nt

[rndmprsn]

37. K+R

exactly

[winyanstaz]

38. K & R

Kinda makes you think dont it?

[leftstreet]

41. wtf indeed

K&R

[defendandprotect]

42. Thank you! It's this kind of insane stuff you've posted that helps us ....

KEEP OUR SANITY . . . !!!

[Sunnyshine]

43. Cannabis/tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has been tried as a truth drug by certain U.S. law-enforcement

The use of truth drugs is classified as a form of torture according to international law.
Double WTF!
KnR

[misanthrope]

44. Thanks for the change, Mr. President...

...It doesn't matter what the last name is because they are damn near all identical now.

[SammyWinstonJack]

69. .

:thumbsup:

[Norrin Radd]

46. kr

[Rex]

47. Waterboarding is so much more what the torturers love

they hate weed...nasty drug that makes everyone as docile as cows. Now why wouldn't they want that?

[navarth]

71. docile as cows?

sarcasm, right?

[florida08]

48. ain't that the truth

and what is wrong with the public? They castigated Michael Phelps over a "picture" and the USA Swimming suspended him for 3 months. Kelloggs dropped him like a rock..but for some reason almost 1/2 of the country believe torture can be justified? Really? Torture? We really have a confused set of morals here or is it just a bad case of pomposity.?

[liberal N proud]

49. Just one in a long list of fucked up mentality issues this country has

[Joe Chi Minh]

50. Don't be mean. It's just a bit of rough and tumble.

[Soylent Brice]

52. pretty crazy place we call home, ey?

[bdamomma]

57. and pot does not kill people either.

[redqueen]

60. Yep, it's crazy.

[Javaman]

61. see it works like this..

in the repuke mind anything that makes one feel good is bad and anything that makes you feel bad is good!

it's like they use 1984 as their training manual.

[WheelWalker]

62. Actually, I think the debate was resolved by a federal jury in 1983....

See

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5514254

[unapatriciated]

63. Tell that to the MSM talking heads

[Mabus]

64. It's a topsy-turvy world out there

:crazy:

K&R

[WhiteTara]

67. Not in Mendocino county! n/t

[CrownPrinceBandar]

74. k+r

[demigoddess]

75. I want that as a bumpersticker. I agree whole heartedly. especially when it can

be used to help sick people and does little to add to the violence in the world.

I told my sons, "when I get cancer, I want my marijuana, I can't do chemo without it."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

78. If they gave it to suspected terrorists

they'd probably be more willing to talk.

Of course they'd also find out a lot of stuff they probably didn't want to know too...like what kinds of munchies they prefer.

[bamacrat]

81. Because waterboarding doesnt endanger big companies profits.

If weed and more importantly hemp were legal, BigPharma and the timber company would see a decline in profits. Even though other companies would pick up the profits it might hurt the feeling of influential lobyists in DC. Torture, doesnt hurt profits. Sad but true.

[Generator]

82. Pot leads to munchies

Waterboarding to death. You do the math.

[lame54]

85. .