2008 Woodie Awards
"Smoking a beer"
James Burton
Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: Opinion
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I know what you're thinking: "Why does he always start everything with 'I know what you're thinking'?" Seriously, I want to talk about a touchy subject.
You know, weed, Mary Jane, grass, pot, rope, herb, etc. We all know there are some hardcore liberals who are pushing to legalize dope, and I'm not just talking strictly for medical purposes.
I'm not normally one to side with the Leftists, but I think if someone wants to take a drag off of a left-handed cigarette, then I say let them!
We have got more important things going on in the world like fighting terrorists, bird flu, national debt, and hurricane relief to worry about whether or not we can legally grow a plant.
Forget about drying it and rolling it up, I'm talking we can't grow the plant in the first place.
Think of all the revenue Lowe's and Home Depot are losing from this! Our founding fathers did not break from the British Empire just to outlaw a plant. They were more concerned about this thing called, oh, what was it - personal liberty?
Seems to me some of these modern day politicians (-cough- opportunists -cough-) need to actually read the Constitution before they decide to start reinterpreting it for their own personal gain. Our Constitution was established to protect our people from invaders and nutcases from within.
What one does in the comfort of his or her own home is no business of a bureaucrat in Washington, as long as it's not hurting anyone else. (Personally, I wouldn't smoke dope, but I wouldn't smoke a cigarette, cigar, or drink alcohol [in excess. Okay, so you got me there.])
This brings up another point. Cigars and cigarettes have been proven to cause throat and lung cancer galore. Alcohol eats away people's livers, and they tend to do really stupid things (DUIs, hit and run, brawls down at the Possum Snout Bar N' Grill, you get the idea.)
There are no reported cases of one single person ever directly dying from marijuana use.
You know, weed, Mary Jane, grass, pot, rope, herb, etc. We all know there are some hardcore liberals who are pushing to legalize dope, and I'm not just talking strictly for medical purposes.
I'm not normally one to side with the Leftists, but I think if someone wants to take a drag off of a left-handed cigarette, then I say let them!
We have got more important things going on in the world like fighting terrorists, bird flu, national debt, and hurricane relief to worry about whether or not we can legally grow a plant.
Forget about drying it and rolling it up, I'm talking we can't grow the plant in the first place.
Think of all the revenue Lowe's and Home Depot are losing from this! Our founding fathers did not break from the British Empire just to outlaw a plant. They were more concerned about this thing called, oh, what was it - personal liberty?
Seems to me some of these modern day politicians (-cough- opportunists -cough-) need to actually read the Constitution before they decide to start reinterpreting it for their own personal gain. Our Constitution was established to protect our people from invaders and nutcases from within.
What one does in the comfort of his or her own home is no business of a bureaucrat in Washington, as long as it's not hurting anyone else. (Personally, I wouldn't smoke dope, but I wouldn't smoke a cigarette, cigar, or drink alcohol [in excess. Okay, so you got me there.])
This brings up another point. Cigars and cigarettes have been proven to cause throat and lung cancer galore. Alcohol eats away people's livers, and they tend to do really stupid things (DUIs, hit and run, brawls down at the Possum Snout Bar N' Grill, you get the idea.)
There are no reported cases of one single person ever directly dying from marijuana use.