A glimmer of hope

Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana in last night’s otherwise pointless election. It’s a futile gesture, as Obama and the Neocons will not ease up on pot. There’s a simple reason: It is too powerful a tool in the hands of police to give up easily.

Marijuana is everywhere. I don’t indulge, but if I wanted to it would be easily attainable. Cops know this, and do not care. The reason for prohibition is just that – it is widely available and widely used, so that they can selectively enforce the law against selected victims. It is generally aimed at minorities but any of us are vulnerable. It is a tool of tyrants – to find something everyone does, make it illegal, and arrest selected subjects.

For that reason it is easy to see that the government in Washington will ignore last night’s referenda.
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I had an attack on Budge up here, and it was quite a bit of fun thinking of new words for the miserable bastard, but took it down out of respect for my daughter, who I am having lunch with. She said I should never call anyone a dickless douche, b-alless cheese wad, or miserable bag of blood and bones. She’s right of course.