Word: pots
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...Sanjay Gupta's article "Why I Would Vote No on Pot" [Nov. 6], which argued against legalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, completely missed the mark. The ballot initiatives weren't about whether marijuana is good or bad for you; they were about whether personal possession should be a criminal offense. Lots of things are harmful to your health--tobacco smoking, fried chicken, trans fats--but is the best way to combat those health dangers to incarcerate users? Absolutely...
While reporters like to stir the pot and focus on the catfights, they don't seem to grasp that these are two seasoned professionals working at the highest level of American government with skin so much thicker than the rest of us. As Bush noted in his press conference on the day after the election, "This isn't my first rodeo." Or as my mother has always told me, "This business comes with a free head clipping. Every time you stick your neck out, they come around...
...people questions where usually they’d look at you and say, ‘Shut the fuck up, why you bein’ so nosy?’” he said.“The U.S., it’s such a melting pot. But apparently some people refuse to accept it as a melting pot, and you have some people failing to understand that’s the whole fucking basis for the United States of America,” he said, eyes deep with conviction.“That’s what everybody...
...Vietnam, "the dominoes did not fall." Well, they didn't fall as far as the U.S. was concerned. But maybe someone should ask the Cambodians about what happened after the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam. I think the families and friends of anyone who was killed under Pol Pot would have a different story. Lauren Cook Dallas
...statewide across Colorado after an initiative in Denver was successful. If the proposal carries in any of the three states, it would push the question of across-the-board legalization to the national forefront. However, many opponents maintain that marijuana is a gateway drug to harder substances that, if pot is legalized, would easily find its way into the hands of minors...