Beck looks addled in trying to blow off pot-decriminalization plan
By David Neiwert Thursday Feb 26, 2009 2:00pm
Glenn Beck had on Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project to discuss the proposal to decriminalize pot possession in California and to use the revenues to pay down the state's budget deficit.
Now, Beck has already wished aloud that we could kick California out of the Union, so no doubt this just adds to his angst.
But if you'll notice: One person in this conversation was calm, reasonable, had an abundance of facts at hand, and actually made pretty good sense. The other person was incoherent, meandering, silly, made a lot of irrelevant observations from outer space, and relied on dumb stereotypes and non-facts.
And Glenn Beck was not the former. On top of that, his nonstop sneering at Kampia made him look like a real sphincter.
In fact, this entire clip generally makes a convincing argument in favor of the marijuana advocates. If the best the opposition can come up with is this kind of gaping stupidity ...
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The Business Behind Getting High (144 mins.)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077...
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That Documentary " THE UNION " handles this issue quite well, one of the best ever made if not the best on this subject.
You have to Educate before you Legislate...
Fact of the matter is that they often don't... It is up to us.
It seems very unlikely that pot would be decriminalized. The War on Drugs is an extremely lucrative enterprise, in both the private and public sectors. Add in the privatized prison systems and we're talking mega-millions.
What a huge waste of tax dollars!
Mega Billions.
You are very correct about that though.
Which is why it is up to US to change and remove that very stupid war..
here is a question then; if it was made legal, would it then be made illegal, let's say while working? or driving? or, no regulation whatsoever?
This brings up a good point, I am sure some will be surprised when I say, I have no problem what you do at your home, but I surely would not want my doctor high while he was doing surgery, or a teacher high while she is in school or a construction worker high while using heavy machinery. So how would this be treated?
Notice I am not objecting to legalization, I am asking how this would be handled, thoughts, ideas?
The exact same way alcohol is handled. Seems like a non-issue to me.
Your question is superfluous.
I suppose you wouldn't want your doctor taking painkillers or drinking either while working or someone on the same substances driving. How do you think that's handled? Oh yeah, it's against the law to do those things while intoxicated, period. Why would it be any different with pot? Why do you assume that if pot was legal, there would suddenly be a rash of new people driving and working while high? There's zero evidence that would happen.
totally a non-issue. How do you know none of those people you mentioned aren't already high? You don't. I'm a brain surgeon and I find that I do my best work after two or three rips on a binger.............j/k
that never fails to break the whole op room into fits of giggles when your ripped is the whole getting the munchies whilst doing it. The whole zombie number pretending to eat brains is perpetual comedy gold.
Seems to be a precedent here with alcohol. Pretty easy.
On a number of factors.
First things first is people need to educate themselves as to what its effects are and how it works.
Your question implies that when you intake cannabis you are rendered useless or impaired.
This is not true for all people. Sure it is true to inexperienced or crutch seekers.. and it is dependent on which strain is ingested as well.
Some people only evolve into what paradigm is familiar to them while under the effects of the Cannabinoids. If people pick a pre-made "stoner" personality where they are dumb and out of touch .. then viola they are dumb and out of touch..
That is a psychosomatic effect that can be evolved out of and most likely would be upon the light of legality shining on this issue.
Also, Take note as to how many Athletes win gold medals, Musicians play and create, and on and on and on..
Many of the Greats we know have consumed Cannabis.. From Shakespeare to Sagan and beyond.
Now .. If someone is out of control.. driving like a fool, and breaking the rules of the road... Then they would certainly be noticed and subjected to a field sobriety test and then what have you.
Just like any other substance.
I certainly would not want my Doctor, kids Teachers, Construction workers.. ETC ETC ETC ETC.. on any of a very large list of pharmaceutical drugs...
Heh, I can beat most people at a game of chess after smoking a fatty. I'll bet I could also out-debate any anti-pot zealot with my hands tied behind my back and blindfolded when high, no problem.
Alcohol is the evil drug. I won't tolerate any drinker lecturing me on how bad pot is. I grew up watching out my bedroom window when my Dad would come home, falling out of his car, and crawling up the front steps. You'll never, ever, see me do that!
Alcohol is the worst.
I'm a teacher. I wouldn't go to class drunk or stoned. Does that answer your question?
the following comments answered my questions. From what I understand, make it legal, but make it illegal in some circumstances. Am I understanding this correctly? How about an age requirement? So if some are saying handle it the same way as alcohol, then even if it is made legal, a long slew of new laws would be created? I mean certainly there are indeed issues to be addressed. Would employers have the right to invoke personnel laws for non use on the job just like alcohol policies, even if it is a legal substance. This is not a non issue, there would be many issues to consider by making it legal.
Unless you are putting someone in harms way or putting them at risk in some form,( all ready against the law) it's none or your fucking business what any one does, so stop acting like it's just to much to handle or beyond our reach," oh my goodness gracious what will we do??" it's a fact that the crime rate dropped 25% in this country in the first year after prohibition was repealed. It is also a fact that the addiction rate has remained almost the same level since the nineteen twenties in spite of any laws or enforcement efforts. As far as age... butt-out, thats a parents job, not yours. CEO,citizens,eyes,open.
Why should any new laws need to be created? The very same laws that govern the use of intoxicating substances will be (and are now) in effect. You're only floating red herrings.
Eeeediot! Construction workers are ALREADY high on the job! I had a construction worker friend who told me that his coworkers would show up with lunchbuckets FULL of weed.
The fact is that pot really doesn't impair one's abilities as bad as the media would make you think.
...who would gladly kick Beck's petulant, fat ass if he ever steps foot in California.
I will be standing in it with you...
n/t
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...he, he. Just cut off his thorozine. He'll change his mind.
But if you'll notice: One person in this conversation was calm, reasonable, had an abundance of facts at hand, and actually made pretty good sense. The other person was incoherent, meandering, silly, made a lot of irrelevant observations from outer space, and relied on dumb stereotypes and non-facts.
And Glenn Beck was not the former. On top of that, his nonstop sneering at Kampia made him look like a real sphincter.
Nice Synopsis and thanks for covering this story.
Beck looks like he's had a few to many toddys!
Forgive me father for I have sinned. I actually saw this part of Beck's show yesterday. I don't know how many hail marys that calls for since I don't know too much about the Catholic religion.
Toward the end, I was thinking that Glenn just might have been convinced the guy was right, but of course he wouldn't and couldn't admit it.
I just heard a list of the people attending this year's CPAC. Talk about a bag of mixed nuts. Big names like Rush and Joe the Plumber.
You have been punished enough already. (shudder) It was bad enough to watch a snipped of this completely addled man (he doesn't look addled, he IS addled!) but watching him in real time? (double shudder) Ick.
I do think a drink (or seven) might be in order for you, though.
On top of that, his nonstop sneering at Kampia made him look like a real sphincter.
On top of that, his
nonstop sneering at Kampia madefacial features, as usual, make him look like a real sphincter.Fixed it!
Quick, give that man 100 ccs of Twinkies, STAT!!!
dropped out, tuned in and turned on.
Beck admitted he had smoked it at some time in his life. He could be used in an ad about the dangers of smoking weed. Look at him and listen to him now. This is what this stuff can make a person become.
BULLSHIT!
Seconded!
I think she's joking. (That was my first snickering thought, too when I watched him say that.)
Yes! She was joking. I know for sure. :)
I'm surprised Beck didn't call Kampia a commie, homo-loving son-of-a-gun.
to use weaponry as an ancestral insult.
Beck looked and acted like he was high on something and it was not pot.
that a network would hire this bozo. How anyone could ever confuse Beck with an actual journalist is a mystery to me.
Oh, wait. He works for FOX now. Nevermind....
He is really starting to lose it. No wonder he switched to Faux Noise, they encourage that kind of bullshit.
In truth, maybe Beck should consider toking up before his show. He might be less of an asshole then.
Now I know why Beck's mother committed suiside!
Link?
His brother in law also committed suicide. Must be a family tradition.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/...
Then you know it makes sense and should be done.
He can be the poster boy for the worst drug ever.
Fuddy Duddyism
who says irony is dead?
but then, perhaps that was the/a point?
His facial expressions and the shit he says makes it almost impossible to listen to anything the guest says. Let's face it, Beck is a total freak. (I didn't mean to hurt the feelings of all other freaks, I swear!)
The video feed delay didn't help, either.
It almost seemed as if he was doing the video feed delay on purpose to make the other guy looked stoned.
Not to mock Howie Mandel, but Beck almost sound and act like Howie Mandel during his comedy monologue. He was hard to keep still and calm.
You know, you're right. He does flail around like Mandel
...stopped being funny ages ago.
Fucking Beck. What an asshole. There was an obvious delay as his words reached Kampia, but it looked like he was trying to imply that Kampia was stoned or slow because he didn't answer Becky's fatuous questions fast enough.
Cripes, Beck is a loon. He looked like he was on some sort of poorly mixed anti-psychotics cocktail.
I saw that. Who does he think he's fooling when he chose to do that? Certainly it must have looked really stupid to anyone in the media business.
in this country where alcohol consumption
is raging, what is the problem with legalizing
marijane. i don't smoke or drink, but can not
see any difference in the public consuming either.
using the same standards for alcohol consumption
in public, we could stop filling our jails/prisons
with people who otherwise contribute to society.
and what sense does it make to jail people, when
a large percentage of the jailors either also
consume or distribute to the inmates. let's be real.
If pot is legalized people will grow their own, and why not? thereby depriving tobacco and liquor mfrs of their much needed profits. I don't see how the Gov can tax it, either. No revenue stream for anyone.
mfrs stands for manufacturers, not a vulgarism.
However.. Only SOME people will do that, just as only SOME people grow their own tomato's.. and others do not.. some will still buy to try strains they don't have..
Use around kids would go down severely... as it would limit the access points they have to get it.. just as age limits and id checking help to keep things like Ephedrine, Tobacco, and Alcohol out of their hands today..
Sure they might grow some.. but heck at least they are being constructive.. and perhaps they will learn something.
There are plenty of ways to tax it.. just like Alcohol is taxed.
People do Brew their own WINE and BEER.. but way more people go down to Bar's and Stores...
a lot of people already make their own alcohol,
what's your point?
It's amazing that these idiots are so much against marijuana that they don't even allow farmers to grow canabis for cash crops. During WWII, farmers grew it by the ton for use by our military because it makes for much stronger and longer lasting fabric than cotton. It also puts nutrients back in the soil rather than requiring artifical feeding. Farmers in this area, who are mostly conservative, are all for legalizing canabis (which has no THC), but the argument against it? Law enforcement can't tell the difference between it and marijuana.
We are collectively so full of shit, it's no wonder europeans laugh at us.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture produced Film. (1942)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne9UF-pFhJY
...what I meant, rather than what I said. Hemp not canabis.
But the Hemp part and its usefulness is most likely as to why the GANJA, Herb- ie; recreational and medicinal strains were used in the propaganda about the whole plant.
The fact of the matter is that the big scary boogy man that they have tried to use for 90 years in propaganda and ""Education""... Never existed and should never have happened.
Legalize Cannabis.. in all its forms.
http://jackherer.com/
The chemical company which was the biggest opponent of hemp...because it is much better to make shit chemically than to use an organic, grown plant, one which has a zillion uses, all which take money out of the pockets of poor Big Chem.
I heard that Dupont had newly patented nylon around WWII and didn't want competition from hemp. They got huge military contracts for nylon products. Yup, lobbyists.
That is one of the culprits indeed...
There are a number of reasons.. and a number of guilty parties..
Each Generation also has its own reason and motives.. each of which is a compound derivative of the previous generation.
Had stake in paper mills for its print stock that hemp threatened.
Indeed... certainly lets not forget that companies role in hyping up the hysteria..
And more then likely keeping up the tradition to this day.
There is also the potential for cannabis to be used as an alternative fuel source to power our cars and heat our homes. Big Oil was one of the driving forces that illegalized pot back in the '30's. Less competition. They pushed the idea that pot was a dangerous mind altering drug.
Now here's a thought. If you were to take a gallon of gasoline (btw, don't try this at home, kids), pour it into a bucket, then place yourself and said bucket under a blanket, I could guarantee you'd be as high as a kite in less than 15 minutes.
Peronally I'd rather smoke a joint, seems a lot safer.
If Rob had been sitting next to Beck, I guarantee Beck wouldn't have been a smart-ass at all and one of these days Beck's luck will run out, as it almost did at Wendy's last year, and somebody is going to give this mental midget the beating he so richly deserves!
Explain! Links! This sounds too good.
Last year Beck stopped at a Wendys ans as far as I can remember, someone was getting in his ass because of Beck's assholiness or something of that nature!Google Glen Beck?Wendy's and that should make it all clear!Someone is going to turn Beck into a couple of hundred pounds of" what the fuck", sooner or later!
let there be NO DOUBT, it is past debate, and there can be absolutely no claiming otherwise: glenn beck is a dangerous substance. yes, he might appear harmless and maybe your friends enjoy him from time to time, but NEVER experiment and watch the glenn beck trainwreck. it will slow you down, kill braincells, lead to anger issues, and, more importantly, it is a gateway drug. first you watch the glenn beck trainwreck, then next thing you know you are referring to yourself as a 'ditto head'. and, dontcha know, you wake up in some strange place 2 years later wearing a drool-stained, 'sarah palin for prez' Tshirt
seriously, this is one drug you should NEVER mess with.
LOL!
Rank and Spread over at YouTube as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674AciDeu-4
YouTube Link
What was the name of that old documentary that told of the evils of smoking grass? It was so bad that it was funny as hell.
I think GB should have stayed on weed. It could only have helped him.
Oh, I didn' see your comment before I made mine. Yeah that's it.
...but it's almost as funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAu6yy8R8sI
The pusher looked like a young abe lincoln instead of a shifty eyed stranger.
The title just came to me. The movie is "Reefer Madness" it was made back in the 30s to warn of the evils of smoking grass
You can see a lot of the propaganda on YouTube. It is funny as hell.
(Reefer Madness?)
Reefer madness is just one of a few propaganda movies put forth by our idiot government over the years. My son thought madness was a comedy when he saw it. And some here may well remember the tall tale that a group of collage kids took acid and looked at the sun until they went blind, back in the late sixties. I say again, the best power we have against bad laws is our power when sitting on a jury. Rule of thumb- if they are charged with a drug offence= not guilty- no matter what, no matter what the judge or anyone tells you to do, that's a citizens right. open and shut. Indeed, glenn peck acts just like the guy in madness, omg hide the women folk. CEO,citizens,eyes,open
Reefer Madness!!! *cue big scary movie music here*
oh geeze...that's what i get for not reading ALLLL the comments before i made my own! *eyeroll*
His drug is guilt and redemption. The problem is he now needs a national audience to maintain his habbit.
glenn beck doesn't sound recovered to me.
he sounds totally insane.
this guy is an embarrassment to recovering alcoholics everywhere.
it's astonishing to me that this channel, FoxNews, is called a news station. this could be the Onion. and the foxfolk don't know anything about it.
painful stuff.
All of the bouncing around, grimacing, babbling, eye-rolling and sneering in that clip has made me feel dizzy and light-headed.
Ergo, it might be time for a nice cup of MaryJane tea and a delicious brownie ....
Is it an Alice B. Toklas brownie? Yum.
(evil smile)
Can I come over? Sounds heavenly.
please do join us in our reverie! Anytime.
catch it if you can, it is a pretty funny (and informative) docu-movie
There are links...
beck is a evangelical knut. his whole purpose to feed info to haters. doesn't produce anything zilch. not even entertaining if your i.q. is over 125
I have never watched this gentleman's program before. Is he supposed to be taken seriously? He looked very unstable (Beck), goofy and oblivious to his own line of discussion. His questions jumped back and forth. He asked one question and his guest answered in most cases with great aplomb. Beck would then behave as if his guest was trying to change the subject 'could we just have a conversation then about making money?'
Well, its your show Mr. Beck - of course. The guest would answer that question (well) and Beck responds with 'well could we just have a discussion about the health?' and so on.
It was really really odd. I cannot imagine the people whom are watching this are really listening to the dialogue as much as nodding their heads at Mr. Beck's tone. Are there really that many die-hard Republicans of that ilk left?
Look at all the polls...almost all of them have a 30% who disapprove, dislike, disdain Obama. I am starting to think that 70 (%) is the new 100.
when Murdoch's medie empire crashes –and it looks like it will soon– what will happen to Beck and Oriley and other FOX circus performers?
beck is such a tool. and he's a really bad actor too. wont be around fox for much longer. even fox executives get how dumb fu*k stoned Beck looks in comparison to a fact providing, conversation enabler Mr Legalize Already Nice Guy.
O yeah and leagelize a'ready.
Here's why pot should be legalized.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6U-TGahwvs
Bottom Line.
As you've truthfully said: "The other one was incoherent, meandering, silly, made a lot of irrelevant observations from outer space, and relied on dumb stereotypes and non-facts."
Then WHY OH WHY is he getting such good ratings on Fox? His time slot is up 100% according to the latest poll I read at Huff Post the other day. Sadly, the only reason for his "popularity" that I can think of is that there must be a LOT more whack jobs watching him, who think he's RIGHT, than we ever imagined! And if that's truly the case, our country is surely doomed.
Because he is opinionated and projects confidence. People with no opinions like people with strong opinions.
whackjobs, yes. America has an entire population of whackjobs listening to conservative radio and drinking the koolaid.
Strange days lie ahead.
This really looked like a comedy routine from the Onion, where the host tries to espouse the evils of marijuana, but ends up making a strong case for legalization.
can't make this stuff up.
The game is called "make up our own reality and accuse everyone else of bias when they promote objective reality"
Whoever makes the most brazen, hypocritical, nonsensical, dissonant statement and blames the media for why nobody agrees. . .gets to headline at the next CPAC gathering.
Glenn Beck looks like he could use a toke or two himself.
I'll never understand why conservative douches such as Mr. Beck are so against drugs. Excuse me, I thought you were all big into "free market". I thought you were all about "let the markets decide".
And on the subject of recreational drugs, the market has spoken.
Loud and clear.
So where the hell are your free-market principles now, you sorry sacks of Tory puke?
And don't even get me started on medical marijuana and psychological research on lysergic compounds. That these blustering fucksacks would deny so much medical potential to the rest of humanity is so far beyond criminal I don't know what it would be.
The bill is for legalization, not decriminalization. They are two different terms. Decriminalization removes the possibility of jail time but it is still a fine. California already has decriminalized pot.
California already has decriminalized pot.
Really? That's news to all the folks I know who've been tossed in jail for it. Not to mention the Medical Marijuana facilities.
Pot used to be decriminalized here. Back in the 70's, Steve Martin had a joke he used to great effect: "Boy, I wouldn't smoke pot in California these days. You could get a ticket for that!" You didn't have to feel scared all the time if you smoked weed, and the cops got on with catching real criminals.
Not so much anymore. That all went out the window years ago, and having weed can land you in jail here just like anywhere else. We may not be as insane about it as some places (the advantage of having a governor familiar with weed), but don't kid yourself about CA being some hippie haven.
The whole post is so enlightening. Beck is pandering to da-base and trying to make fun of Kampia (who by the way handles Beck better than almost anyone I've ever seen handle a wingnut pundit) and Kampia keeps making so much sense that Beck simply changes the subject at the end like nothing happened. That's all he's got?
Have you ever seen more of a discrepancy of integrity of response between interviewer and interviewee?
What's also so great about watching Beck is how he shuffles from delusions of grandeur ("my eyes glare only profund truth") to self-effacing reality ("I only have two brain cells").
I'm on the fence to whether such fantastic wingnuttism on the MSM helps or hurts the cause. With Beck, case in point this post, I'm starting to lean towards helping.
His guilt and redemption cycle. His viewers get off on it too.
Beck is the sober one in this clip? The dude looks like he could really use some sleep. He's bleary eyed, mumbly, unsure of himself. He's coming off like a public service announcement to warn kids of the dangers of not using enough marijuana.
This is your brain on GOP Glen. The Stoner is smarter.
Tax Pot and the states will have tons of cash. Or Obama could tax it and we would have National Healthcare.
If Glen is worried about my lungs I'll have sugar free pot brownies.
Also Bush made the Dollar drop in value so while prices have gone up as a consequence revenue has not risen to keep pace.
Glen never mentions why we need to tax pot!
Oh the good old days. Friday night with a new full bag of pot and a great big Hershey's candy bar. It was such a great way to end the week.
A Marine Patrol officer lived across the street from me and he was teaching his young dog to sniff out grass. Each time he would walk his dog, if I was outside, the dog would come up to me wagging his tail. The officer used to be amazed how much his dog loved me.
Word on the street is my poop chute will be replacing Beck in that time slot.
Okay, I think I get it now... Beck is ramping up the crap so he becomes visible, talked about, a mover and a shaker... relevant.
He will fail.
About the only thing he can really hope for is one moment when he says something so incredibly vile that he's booted back to West Texas where the best job he could HOPE to get is "cactus census taker - trainee".
Not sure if you were tryng to make him look loaded or not, but you succeeded.
Too bad he's still a supid fuckwit, stoned or sober.
I realize that the format of these shows is typically to allow the host to lampoon and make fun of his guest. Especially those who he(Beck) thinks are lower standard of individual. But I would swear, that in the case of Glenn Beck's show, guests deliberately come on just to make fun of this small-minded twit!
I'd love to hear from some of his guests' agents.
proves that in this segment that he is nothing more than an intellectual midget. But not from smoking pot.
time delay:
do you think they added extra time delay between beck's studio and the satellite studio to make the interviewee look like he is drifting?
glenn beck:
can beck ever make a sentence using only words rather than his weird sound effects simulating speech?
taxation:
why not?
to have marijuana use be illegal when alcohol is legal. Personally I hate the stuff and prefer alcohol, but even so I've read the research and marijuana is less physically addictive and also less likely to cause accidents when drivers are intoxicated. There's just no sensible public health or safety reason to keep it illegal. And it does provide cancer patients with pain relief and appetite improvement. It's like any other drug in that it has benefits and drawbacks, but the drawbacks are no worse than a lot of stuff that's sold OTC in drugstores.
I do, however, worry that if it were legal, tobacco companies would tart it up the way they have tobacco--make a product that is more addictive and more harmful by adding chemicals.
And as far as growing hemp goes, even though they are the same plant, somehow European drug enforcement agents are able to tell the difference between a tall plant that has been grown for its stem and a short plant full of flowers that has been grown for the flowers. If we wanted to just legalize hemp, but not pot, we could do it--plenty of other countries have.
Also, it's totally irrational and hypocritical for marijuana to be illegal in this country when there's a commercial for prescription drugs every 2 seconds on TV. Those are a hell of a lot more harmful than ganja.
I do, however, worry that if it were legal, tobacco companies would tart it up the way they have tobacco--make a product that is more addictive and more harmful by adding chemicals.
...But the funny thing is that their product would fail miserably as the bulk of their "target" market would have more expertise on everything from flavor to hydroponics, so if they want to make some sort of Cool Ranch 1 Calorie Piffle Pot Cigarette, then they are free to make fools of themselves and lose millions! Hahaha....
Looks like Beck's been doing one to many blunts.
Beck has really lost it since FOX let him loose...
I read somewhere that pot crops bring in more revenue than all the corn planted in the USA. That's quite a bit of money.
And, Canada was so close to universal decriminalization, before Harper got elected. I've heard runour that Bush sent some harsh words to Canada through your ambassador. Veiled threats actually: legalize at your own peril, we disapprove.
its populace moved onto meth and oxy
That's pretty much exactly what happened; they threatened to hold up any U.S.-bound traffic from Canada if we passed decriminalization. The logic was shaky, in my eyes: Why in the FOOK would anybody traveling in that direction bring pot with them from Canada into the U.S. if it was O.K. to smoke it in the former but not the latter? I'd offer you $100 for each casual user who actually did that (excluding the smugglers who'd bring it over regardless of decrim. laws) and I'd not have to shell out one thin dime.
This is just another reason why Harper sucks loads of crusty ass.
a libertarian would not even have this discussion
and roosevelt ended prohibition for the same reason
changed the emphasis for law enforcement, and taxed alcohol....
Listening live to HLN, watching cops looking for missing FL tot in dumpster live, when the HLN 'head takes a live call. The caller chimes in, asking them not to let Nancy Disgrace near them, calls her "an evil woman."
They couldn't get the phone call cut off quickly enough. F'ing PRICELESS!
Dude are you stoned or just stupid? You can't fix stupid. They usually get in the fetal position and cramp down in the corner.
Criminalize Liquor...it causes disease,addictions and death. Pot "can't" do any of that.......The first American flag was made out of pot...stupid.
TJefferson...
The delay in sound due to the satellite feed was not the greatest.....but all in all a good interview. I don't watch Beck at all - but he did just admit to doing lots of drugs and having only two brain cells. Someone should probably hold him to that in a future interview. "Glenn you don't know what your talking about, you only have two brain cells"
I hope someone remembers that!
I want to add, simple possession is currently a criminal offence. It closes the doors to many jobs (like teaching-- I'm a teacher) and it bars your entry to some countries. If you have a criminal record, chances are you cannot work in another country, ever.
As a recovering alcoholic, I can tell you booze is far more damaging than pot!!!!!!!!!!!! I think many non-users put pot in a category with heroin. We all know it is not.
(Unlike Beck, I do not pass judgement on others for their use of "poisons". They're all poisons, but I still like to puff. No hangover. Feel healthy.)
Marijuana maintenance, eh.
Especially one as safe and non-addicting as Cannabis..
Entheogens are not a depressant..
There is no argument against legalizing pot. Not a rational, coherent one anyway.
Time to wake up and kill two birds with one stone. Actually, several birds. Stop senseless arrests of people who are in possession. Restore rights to people who enjoy pot responsibly (If we can do this for alcohol users, this should be a no-brainer) and help the economy by regulating and taxing pot.
That "pot" is only one aspect of this plant.
It has 50,000 industrial uses..
It can be made into a very wide range of products from paper to plastic... Food and fuel.. all with less chemicals required then to make the contemporaries...
No other plant comes close to its uses.
The Hemp seed is almost a perfect food.. with the perfect ratio of EFA's... and large digestibility portion of protein.
The amount of revenue generated by GANJA/Pot Cannabis will certainly be large.. (certainly add the money we spend on prohibiting it ((Billions))
But honestly.. It is going to be dwarfed by what Industrial Hemp will yield.
Industrial Hemp is going to be with us when we colonize other planets.
...(as I would wager.. also be the herb variety)
I saw it made into a big van on a Cheech And Chong movie.
What else can you expect from a wet drunk?
Was Beck high?
I used to work as a nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit in an inner city hospital in Cleveland OH.
It was there that I first saw a patient with a Blakemore tube.
Her hands were tied to the bedrails so that she wouldn't pull it out.
The Blakemore tube is inserted into a patient's esophagus and inflated like a long balloon.
Then it is anchored to a football helmet that the patient must wear.
It prevents a patient from bleeding to death from the varicose vessels that are caused by chirrosis of the liver in it's end stages.
This was caused by chronic alchoholism.
Eventually, she died as her esophagus totally lost it's cohesion( it self-pureed); a combination of drowning in her own blood and bleeding out.
I never saw anybody die from smoking reefers.
But then, large distillers such as Seagram's contribute heavily to both political parties though the GOOP get's the major share.
And you never will see anybody die from smoking reefers.
and it helps people who have cancer, chronic pain and suffering.
(ps, I would like to acknowledge your great post, That Mick Piobr.)
Beck (tries to) makes a joke saying "sell pot to raise money" and tries to make it sound ludicrous whereas a couple weeks ago he was telling Meg Whitman that California should be drilling off shore to raise money. Does this sound as fucked up to you as it does to me?
Exactly what was Beck's point?
I hope that Beck is single. He looks like a real catch.
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I actually hope that all drugs are legalized. However, I do not want to have to pay for the medical bills for all of the junkies, potheads, crackheads, and meth heads that get addicted to them. It is something of a self-regulating system, drug use. Some people get hooked, sick, and die. Others use them recreationally with no problems. However, with drugs, like obesity, alcoholism, and smoking, people who do not exercise, etc., I do not want my health insurance premiums increasing because a stupid few choose unhealthy lifestyles. I think that 'might' have been part of what Beck was referring to. The rest of it, I don't know.
You are paying the bills to JAIL and Piss test for "all those junkies, potheads, crackheads.. etc"
Your health insurance premiums are gigantic already.. and besides being a total scam... They would not go anywhere higher due to people partaking.
The news flash is..
THEY ARE ALREADY TAKING THESE SUBSTANCES...
Keeping drugs illegal has not and will not ever keep it out of the hands of people that want it.
Keeping it illegal wastes law enforcement resources ... Enriches criminals.. and hides a massive tax revenue source- Cannabis is one of if not the largest Cash crop in this country.
It is not just larger then corn.. it is larger then many of these crops .. COMBINED.
Legalizing them would make them all safer..
and provide tax money.. plus stop wasting so many current tax resources on going after them..
Also it bears repeating it would be much harder for under-agers to get them.
(plus.. I think were seeing the last days of Health Insurance premiums anyhow)
with everything you said. There would be no negative side to legalizing. I find that alcohol does much more damage on yearly basis than pot has ever done. Hopefully soon non-thinkers and those who cling to old ideas will mostly be out of our lives via the government and we can get some progressive thinkers in there that can pull us away from the rule of the small mind.
That's bull shit and you know it, you could get your health care for free with half of what it cost to keep over 300,000 people in jail each year, to say nothing of the 19 billion or so dollars we give to the police to enforce backward laws, and that doesn't even scratch the surface of money and resources pissed down the drain over pure stupidity. And that is not addressing the victims, who are not criminals, but citizens. Now what's your real reason for appearing to "actually agree" with the point,and then putting forth crap like that? CEO,citizens,eyes,open.
I always find it amazingly ironic that people don't want to pay for a free persons medical bills based on life choices but they have no complaints about paying to arrest people and keep them in jail for years (paying their medical bills the whole time) for those same exact life choices. . . even though they don't represent a threat to anyone.
I'll bet dollar for dollar it costs 10 times as much to treat people like criminals for their choices than it does to pay for the medical expenses.
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