One Toke Over The Line

I was mulling over the medical marijuana issue before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.

I was going to HIGHlight it's chief proponent Carl Olsen, but the board beat me to the punch.

I had seen the interview he'd done with TV8 and Olsen was reminding me of Carl Spackler from Caddyshack and the scientific community is united in that fact...

This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff.

The board brought up Olsen's past...

"Olsen has a long history of marijuana possession and use - which history has nothing to do with medical treatment."

Olsen was arrested several times in the 1970s and '80s on marijuana-related charges.

In one case, it said, he was stopped for driving slowly and erratically on Interstate Highway 80. "In the trunk of Olsen's automobile were plastic bags of marijuana and a whole pile of money."

The board continued...

In another case, Olsen and about a dozen other people were arrested in Maine in 1980 after they were seen using rubber boats to bring ashore about 40,000 pounds of marijuana from a larger boat.

Olsen has justified his habit saying "he was a priest in the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church, and that a sacrament of the church is smoking marijuana all day."

I'm betting he's a HIGH Priest!

Mary Jane

Jimmy Morrison, leader of Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana, lit my fire when he told an Iowa Senate legislative panel --

“I’m not a criminal. I’m not a drug user. I’ve been turned into a criminal by our laws.”

So are all criminals and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The best part is this marijuana users disorder would not be covered by the legislation he was there to support, so he'd still be a criminal.

It looks like someone at the Cedar Rapids Gazette was high on something when they put this paragraph together...

Jeff Elton of Altoona told the two subcommittee members that he has run out of patient with the legislative inaction at the Statehouse and plans to move to Colorado or Oregon where he would be able to use medical marijuana inhaled through the help of a vaporizer to get relief from the nausea, vomiting, shakes and tremors associated with a paralyzed stomach condition.

Jeff's PATIENCE must have gone up in smoke.

State Senator Joe Bolkcom, Dummycrat/People's Republic of Johnson County, believes Iowans are ahead of lawmakers in supporting limited access to marijuana for therapeutic purposes but not recreational uses.

I'm not getting that from these head shop cases.

Marijauna

Carl Spackler, err Olsen is taking the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to court in an attempt to legalize the drug

Olsen says he smokes marijuana for medical and religious reasons.

That must mean he's still a HIGH Priest in the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

It looks like he missed a Acapulco Golden opportunity to have a friendly judge preside.

DRUG ARREST: Former Judge Found With Marijuana

I smell a medical marijuana defense.

What Were They Smoking?

If you saw this headline, what would you guess for the turnout?

Many back medical marijuana in Iowa, but action unlikely

The story goes on to report...

The four meetings drew nearly 100 people, with most supporting medical uses of marijuana

Hit the brakes and back up the cannabis.

Most of nearly 100 is not many.

And the scientific community is united in that fact!

Bad (Baudler) To The Bone?

It's interesting that State Representative Clel Baudler keeps coming under fire for obtaining a medical marijuana prescription in California.

LYING POLITICIANS: Is it okay for Politicians to tell "Little white lies"?

Most of the criticism is coming from those who are breaking the law using marijuana and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I'd be interested to know what charges the California Doctor(?) faces for writing a script for hemorrhoids.

I don't have a problem with what Baudler did, maybe the journalists should just think of it as investigative reporting.

Brown Is The New Hack?

After comparing Meg Whitman to Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, this headline comes as no surprise...

Democrats feeling queasy over Jerry Brown

A little medical marijuana should clear that right up and the scientific community is united in that fact.

California is supposed to be young and hip, somehow a 72 year old bald fart doesn't fit the image.

All Is Fair?

Maybe, maybe not, he'd taken a toke off of some medical marijuana to calm down, but State Senator Joe Bolkcom (Dummycrat People's Republic of Johnson County) was a little less agitated for a Cedar Rapids Gazette story about tax changes being considered by Governor Branstad.

“The governor has an interesting proposal but I think we ought to work for a fairer system for working people in this state and that’s what we’ll be advocating for next session.” 

Bolkcom, pictured with Coke, kicked it up a notch for Radio Iowa.

Bolkcom ridicules Branstad’s “pick your tax system” idea

This coming from a man who doesn't want to give you your money back ($54) because he thinks it's better in his hands than yours and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Joe Kristan notes, the politicians’ need for cash is elastic and infinite, no matter how much they have to start with.  It bugs them when they already have your money, like the $54, and they have to give it back.

Not to be outdone, Dummycrat State Senator Jack ASS...err, Hatch ripped Brandstad as well, calling the plan “wrong,” “discredited” and “failed.”

This coming from a gubernatorial candidate whose first major policy decision was a call to raise taxes.

Democrats and taxes, the arrow always goes only one way.

Not to be left out, key emphasis on the left, the Ragister had to include comments from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI, that's ICKY to us).

Democrats, liberals pan Gov. Terry Branstad’s flat tax idea

The Capitol Square Crapper can always be counted on to cite those crazies.

Copycat

O. Kay Henderson reports The Big Lug Nut believes the state is primarily in the business to “incarcerate, educate and medicate.”

If the triumvirate sounds familiar, its because Mike Gronstal had this to say at the start of the year...

"There are three things that state government does — it incarcerates, it medicates and it educates, and after that, there's almost nothing else left in the budget."

Opium from the asses and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Should we take that as a sign medical marijuana will be a reality in Iowa next year?

Breaking The Law

There was an interesting exchange during Tim Pawlenty's visit to Sioux Center.

Pawlenty discusses immigration in northwest Iowa

An owner of a veterinary services company, and said the immigrants he employs perform a valuable service.

When millions of people ignore a law, that reveals a problem with the law.

“I’m saying the government has a responsibility to make the law fit the situation.”

I'm not sure if someone's doing doggie downers or puppy uppers, because they're not thinking clearly and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It reminded me of what a stoner said while testifying for medical marijuana -- “I’m not a criminal. I’m not a drug user. I’ve been turned into a criminal by our laws.”

It is in line though with the new head of the Dummycrat National Committee who lambastes Republicans for believing Illegal Immigration 'Should be a Crime'.

The Big Lug Nut said it best when he noted, "Illegal is Illegal".

Wrong?

Once again the editorial board of the Ragister pulls out their tiny violin to defend those in prison.

The Register's Editorial: Life sentences for nonviolent crimes are wrong

We're made to feel sorry for Robert J. Riley --

Riley received a mandatory life prison sentence for providing minuscule amounts of LSD to fans of the Grateful Dead band after two prior convictions for possession of small amounts of marijuana after other Grateful Dead shows.

We're told --

At his sentencing, U.S. District Judge Ronald Longstaff of Des Moines told Riley, “The mandatory life sentence as applied to you is not just. It’s an unfair sentence, and I find it very distasteful to have to impose it. The laws of Congress [are] not letting me impose what I think would be a fair sentence.”

Riley is a Deadhead in more ways than one and the scientific community is united in that fact.

"Mushroom Bob", as he was also known, had previously pled guilty to four separate charges involving small amounts of marijuana, hashish, and amphetamines. 

Riley's federal charge was for conspiracy to distribute more than 10 grams of LSD.

At sentencing, Longstaff also stated -- “it disturbs me that you’re obviously still a strong advocate of the LSD culture, and you will be, I predict, until the day you depart us. And I fear that if you do get out some day, I’m afraid you’re still going to be an advocate of that culture; and I think it may lead to further problems unless somehow you reach back and step back from your full support of that culture.” 

There you have it, a model citizen.

The Ragister asks --

Are these really the people society thinks should be locked away for the remainder of their lives while taxpayers foot the bill to feed, clothe and house them, and provide them with medical care?

The only time the Ragister professes to care about taxpayers, is when it favors criminals.