"The Flower" a cartoon about prohibition.

[alfredo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMM_T_PJ0Rs

or

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/29/cartoon-about-prohib.html

[asdjrocky]

1. Brilliant.

Re-posting everywhere!

[Karenina]

2. +1

[zeemike]

3. Great cartoon. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

4. K&R. Wow! That was really well done!

Thanks for posting! :applause:

[alfredo]

9. There's so much talent out there.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. And this is so brilliant that everyone should see it...

:fistbump: :kick:

[alfredo]

16. I've e-mailed it out to friends.

Do it for this guy, Gatewood Galbraith. If you don't know who he is, you don't know "flowers."

[Rhiannon12866]

17. I will do that... He's very talented

And this message was expressed perfectly. I've already passed it on to other DUers... :hi: :kick:

[alfredo]

18. Thanks.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. You're more than welcome... well deserved.

I know someone who's working at the state level to get medical marijuana legalized who will appreciate this... :applause: :hi:

[alfredo]

22. Here in Ky we gamble, grow tobacco and distill bourbon, but pot is bad.

It doesn't make much sense. We can't even grow industrial hemp.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. That makes no sense at all.

Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers... :shrug:

[obxhead]

5. Wish I could pin this to the home page. rec'd

[alfredo]

6. I will put it in my journal

[Warpy]

7. Love the pill that takes the pain away

but makes a new one appear. I can relate to that one.

I wish we'd see this one on TV.

[alfredo]

8. I can too.

[obxhead]

10. Kicking for the evening crew

Yeah I liked it that much.

[alfredo]

12. Thanks

[the other one]

11. Kick

[pruple]

14. K&R

[Dennis Donovan]

15. This is absolutely SPOT on! Rec'd!!

:thumbsup:

[alfredo]

19. Wish my state was progressive enough to allow the legal use

of our largest cash crop.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Jane Hamsher was just on MSNBC articulating the same case...

Though not nearly so entertaining... :)

[alfredo]

23. In these times we need a new cash stream.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Legalization would solve a multitude of problems...

And anyone who opposes medical marijuana is despicable, IMO. :(

[alfredo]

27. It will cut revenue to crime syndicates.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. That is a huge issue that ought to have some traction...

:shrug:

[alfredo]

32. It will cut off a big revenue stream. Cut demand for foreign

weed, take millions out of the pockets of the cartels.


Remember the cartels weren't interested in pot until Nixon's operation intercept. Though it only scored two joints, it doubled the price of pot, making it profitable for organized crime. I remember soon after the small independent dealers were found shot at stop lights, bound, shot and burned in cabins, and other such things after Nixon's move.

Make it legal to possess, but illegal to sell unless you are a licensed manufacturer/wholesaler/retailer. Growing a limited number for personal use should be legal. 20 plants would not be for personal use, 2 plants yes.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Sounds like a sensible plan...

I watched the news documentary on this (CNN?) several months back and it was a real eye opener. This is big business and as dangerous as it gets. Eliminating the illegality, and thus the profit, is the only way to go... :(

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked, but too late to recommend.

Thanks for the thread, alfredo.

[derby378]

26. In related news...

...a growing number of North Texas communities have outlawed the posession and/or use of K2 herbal analogues of marijuana:

http://www.scntx.com/articles/2010/07/29/plano_star-courier/news/653.txt

On edit: Dallas' mayor is calling for a ban on K2 within city limits:

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/07/mayor-tom-leppert-and-cm-dwain.html

[alfredo]

28. I think fun brownies are going to be outlawed.

[Poll_Blind]

29. Oh my! Would K&R this bug over the 24 hours. Still, VERY well-done! n/t

PB

[alfredo]

30. The important this is not the recommend, it is the discussion.