tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post1760340881324703051..comments2023-10-29T09:14:37.832-04:00Comments on Painfully Objective Political Analysis (POPA): Good Morning, Mr. Phelps!!!Chris Wordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558836541249077077noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-58613459419790583772009-03-10T17:08:00.000-04:002009-03-10T17:08:00.000-04:00You got high with Snoop Dogg????You got high with Snoop Dogg????Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070966145313638434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-41008267285110418882009-02-14T13:17:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:17:00.000-05:00I wonder how many 23 year old college graduates ha...I wonder how many 23 year old college graduates have NOT used marijuana....that would be the real news.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-75238642247378676652009-02-08T09:26:00.000-05:002009-02-08T09:26:00.000-05:00This whole episode of national finger-waving by pe...This whole episode of national finger-waving by people who are shocked, <I>shocked</I> that twenty-something might smoke pot at parties, is really funny.<BR/><BR/>Funnier is that the Kellogg company would be deeply offended. I guess they've forgotten that their founding brothers were total nut-logs. <BR/><BR/>Have you seen "The Road to Wellville"? Congratulations--you're the other person. Anyway, it's about the Kelloggs. Think enemas, lots of enemas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-78460080952719202512009-02-06T22:13:00.000-05:002009-02-06T22:13:00.000-05:00One of the great opportunities for the Obama Admin...One of the great opportunities for the Obama Administration is to end the folly that is the War on Drugs. I'd really love to at last see a Democratic president with a Democratic Congress do this. <BR/><BR/>Too bad Clinton didn't do so when he had the same opportunities in the first two years of his Administration. Let history not repeat itself!Mike Kolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-41369082892184106552009-02-06T21:27:00.000-05:002009-02-06T21:27:00.000-05:00I've become so jaded about issues relating to the ...I've become so jaded about issues relating to the War on Drugs in America, that when someone speaks the truth as you have in this entry, all I can say is "You're absolutely right!" and then move on. I'm convinced that no amount of logic or rational thought will ever bring about any type of change. <BR/><BR/>You've hit on the second biggest reason that pot remains illegal (i.e alcohol industry), but the #1 reason is law enforcement. Without the sham that is the War on Drugs, common folks would realize that we have virtually no real crime in America - notwithstanding the financial crimes that have been perpetrated upon us by Corporate America- and police budgets would shrink dramatically. If there's no Boogeyman out there, why would Officer Friendly need that $3000.00 assault rifle? Better yet, why would Officer Friendly need a dozen more Officer Friendlies to back him up every time he pulls somebody over between 21st Street and 40th Street?<BR/><BR/>If the cops were relegated to "Serving and Protecting" we'd have about half as many cops, one third as many upper level commanders, and most all of them would carry whistles instead of weapons.<BR/><BR/>And don't even get me started on the money we'd save by building hospitals to treat addicts instead of prisons to house them.J. Hagedornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17463799851739135105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126825064641092276.post-23898203931704793282009-02-06T15:05:00.000-05:002009-02-06T15:05:00.000-05:00VERY astute point about the relative dangers of po...VERY astute point about the relative dangers of pot v. alcohol. If that poor Wabash Delt had merely hit the bong instead of the beer bong, then there wouldn't be grieving parents, a shut down frat house, and a college facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit.<BR/><BR/>I personally don't smoke pot, or anything else. However, to treat it like it was akin to heroin or crack is just asinine. <BR/><BR/>If people are worried about stoned drivers weaving on Broad Ripple Avenue while grooving to their Allman Brothers CDs, then maybe the cops should just develop a system to pull over and arrest people for driving while high.<BR/><BR/>Good column.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com