2.24.2009

Fuck White People.

This article came from The Guardian and if the proposed legislation miraculously gets passed, it would be only a matter of time before weed was legalized in my home state of Connecticut. Connecticut has some crazy fucked up rules. We research stem cells, gays get married, but liquor stores have to close by nine. Every single politician to ever come from CT is a spineless piece of shit. People assume that it's all farmland but really it's super rich places next to super trashy places (where Mike and I were growed). I doubt it will get passed because we'd all become heroin addicts with AIDS and sex fetishes, but here's to hoping:

A California state assemblyman from San Francisco has introduced legislation that would legalise and tax marijuana, a move he hopes will help shore up the state's dire finances.

The bill by San Francisco representative Tom Ammiano, would legalise the cultivation, possession and sale of marijuana by people 21 and older. It would charge growers and wholesalers a $5,000 (£3,400) initial franchise fee and a $2,500 annual renewal fee, and would levy a $50 per ounce fee on retailers.

The law, which would make California the first state to legalise marijuana, would inject an estimated $13bn a year in revenue into California's empty coffers. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday signed a $130bn budget that raises sales and income taxes, and dramatically slashes spending. States across the country are facing massive revenue shortfalls, as income and real estate tax receipts fall and outlays for unemployment insurance and health coverage rise.


Is it just me or did every single weed smoking revolutionary propose this exact idea? I remember sitting in my wife's attic bedroom (long before we were married) playing Mario Kart with Mike and her while this dude JewJay preached this exact same fucking plan. JewJay could almost make weed suck by talking about it too much. He listened exclusively to Weird Al and Bone Thugs, wrote heroic epics with names like "Ode to the Bitchass Blue Oinkers," and never, EVER, let his stash fall below an eighth. He called(s) it "Ganj" and "Endo." He also idolized Smoky from Friday. He was usually the supplier of the weed so we'd have to follow his rules. He had a bowl he liked to pass around and he implemented the "Puff, Puff, Give" rule that Smoky made when Craig was bogarting a blunt. If it doesn't sound completely backwards, try "Puff, Puff, Giving" with a bowl. It really drags things out (no pun).

Anywho, JewJay loved weed like crackheads love crack. During his eight years of college (Bachelor's in Political Science) he actually wrote a paper for one of his classes about how and why weed should be legalized. I hope, for once, that JewJay gets and this California state assemblyman gets his way. If youd like to read the entire article you can do so here.