Bringing children into headshops?

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy daima,

You make some very good points..no doubt-derived from hard-won wisdom.

I would like to point out a particular 'food',that we should all be wary of,that being aspartame. For a start on the mal effects of this sweetner used in over 5000 products,you could zip over to the Marihemp politics board,one of the members there,has posted a couple of articles on it..and it's an eye-opener..I tell you what !

Have a good one ! :stoned:

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Thanks for bring that to everyone's attention... why aspartame, a cancer causing agent, is our food... I'll never understand why.

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Originally Posted by daima

Here's a great idea. go to channel 2, turn on "switching partners", and get back to me. Prime Time baby.
My kids know better than to believe the "slut"theory" lmao
I am not the one exsposing my kids, nor have i ever exposed them to anything but the truth, pal. I did however take the time explaing to them what they see when they asked, and it will always be ok for my kids to ask me anything. If you got a problem put the blame where it belongs , society.
We are a anti death penalty family. Its racist and the state should not be allowed to execute human beings. i have taken my kids in the past, and my grand kids to San Quentin Prsion to protest state sponsored murder.
My daughter is a Photographer and works for Macys, and is working on her PhD @ Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara California(Silicon Valley)
My son is in the Marines. Graduated second highest in his class. Married his high school sweet heart. Neither of them use cannabis, drugs, booze, tobacco. You didnt go out on a whim. You went out thinking you know more than you know and looked more like a fool.
dai*ma :D
We got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars
So what do we do? we lock these little kids behind prison doors
And we call ourselves the advanced civilization
But that sounds like crap to me
And we are living in the wasteland of the free

We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
Who cannot pass a 6th grade reading test
But if you ask them, they can tell you
the name of every crotch on M-TV
And you point your finger at me
and the way i raise my family? :dance: :dance: :dance:
I will consider the source. :stoned:

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The death penalty is racist? lol, yea and Tookie Willaims was just a "victim":rolleyes:

You make me fucking sick. If people like you ran this country we would have committed economic suicide 20 years ago.

And economy is more importent then people?

Yeah here we dont do thats shit

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy daima,

You make some very good points..no doubt-derived from hard-won wisdom.

I would like to point out a particular 'food',that we should all be wary of,that being aspartame. For a start on the mal effects of this sweetner used in over 5000 products,you could zip over to the Marihemp politics board,one of the members there,has posted a couple of articles on it..and it's an eye-opener..I tell you what !

Have a good one ! :stoned:

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You have a good one too bro. Let truth guide us all:thumbsup:
peace,
dai*ma:stoned:

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Originally Posted by kbrbudhead

Well, I'm a new dad; My boy is almost 8 mos. old. I've probably got a ways to go before all of the questions pop up, but I do plan on at least keeping the tv off. I watch cartoons, the history channel, bbc america, the only music channel worth a shit is bet jazz. But for the most part my kid so far hasnt been exposed to propoganda except for the occasional toy commercial. I'm an aspiring musician- 23 and I've played guitar since the age of 4. My dad kept his pot secrets from me until I actually found out from a friend in high school that he had smoked with him and his dad. I was confused at the time because we essentially shared the same views on the herb, but i found out later that he mainly kept it from me so my mother wouldnt find his stash too. I plan on keeping my habit to myself until hes at least 15. By then he would probably be asking all of the right questions. Like "shoud I trust the goverment?"

later yall

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Good luck on your future as a musician. I made a living playing my guitars, with no regrets. Keeping the TV off is a great idea. I hope it sticks.

dai*ma:thumbsup:
Blow up yout TV
Throw away your paper
Move to the country
build you a home
plant a lil cannabis
eat a lot of peaches
try to find your truths
on your own :dance: :dance:

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Originally Posted by tadaa

The death penalty is racist? lol, yea and Tookie Willaims was just a "victim":rolleyes:

You make me fucking sick. If people like you ran this country we would have committed economic suicide 20 years ago.

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Instead of being reactionary, do some research and get back to me.
You bein foolish, brother.
dai*ma
Tree hugging love makin pro choice and gay weddin wide spread diggin hippies like me
skin colored blinded conspiracy minded protesters of corporate greed
we who have nothing and most likely will till we all end up locked up in jails
by conservative christian right wing republican straight white americans males
Diamonds and dawgs
boys and girls
living together in two separate worlds
following leaders up mountains of shame
looking for some one to blame
i know who i like to blame ;) :dance: :dance: :dance:

I make you sick? gee, that was easy. Need mental floss?

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Originally Posted by daima

Instead of being reactionary, do some research and get back to me.
You bein foolish, brother.
dai*ma
Tree hugging love makin pro choice and gay weddin wide spread diggin hippies like me
skin colored blinded conspiracy minded protesters of corporate greed
we who have nothing and most likely will till we all end up locked up in jails
by conservative christian right wing republican straight white americans males
Diamonds and dawgs
boys and girls
living together in two separate worlds
following leaders up mountains of shame
looking for some one to blame
i know who i like to blame ;) :dance: :dance: :dance:

I make you sick? gee, that was easy. Need mental floss?

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I don't consider myself a republican, and I'm not a christian either. I'm conservative on some issues, liberal on others. The death penalty sure as hell isn't racist. Find something else to cry about.

If cryin about an issue that is important to me means cryin, then i shall cry.
Tell me, whhat are your liberal views? I already recognize that your republican views are to be as hateful and as uniformed as possible, and then take the messge you are uniformed about to us, the public. Please, enlighted us with your liberal views? This should be a hoot. The floors yours Mr. republicrat.:dance:
dai*ma :D

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Originally Posted by daima

If cryin about an issue that is important to me means cryin, then i shall cry.
Tell me, whhat are your liberal views? I already recognize that your republican views are to be as hateful and as uniformed as possible, and then take the messge you are uniformed about to us, the public. Please, enlighted us with your liberal views? This should be a hoot. The floors yours Mr. republicrat.:dance:
dai*ma :D

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I'm liberal on drug laws, and non-violent crimes-that's about it. Anything else I'm conservative on for the most part, because I don't feel that I should support losers with my hard earned tax dollars because of their bad choices. People are responsible for their own decisions, I'm not responsible for yours or his etc...

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Originally Posted by tadaa

I'm liberal on drug laws, and non-violent crimes-that's about it. Anything else I'm conservative on for the most part, because I don't feel that I should support losers with my hard earned tax dollars because of their bad choices. People are responsible for their own decisions, I'm not responsible for yours or his etc...

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Those arent liberal views, although many liberals agree. Science, Medicine, and Research tell us that drugs should be legal, and many Libertarians and Republicans, along with Constitutionalist, agree.
As for your tax dollars supporting "losers?"
Your tax dollars are spent more on tax breaks for the rich and on corporate welfare than they are on the poor, addicted, lazy, combined. Gee whiz bro. Do some reading once in a while instead of allowing those around do your thinking for you. Talk about bad choices? look at United Airlines and the decisions their CEO's made, and who pays for that? you. And the same goes for many who suffered at the hands of Enron. Your tax dollars go to tobacco farmers because no one wants to buy their fucked up tobacco anymore. Do you smoke? How do you feel about your hard earend tax dollars going towards a tobacco farmer who is recieveing money for NOT working. Thats a republican idea by the way. The list of corporate welfare is endless, from the Drug Companies to the oil companies etc etc etc. Oh yeah, while these corporations rake in your hard earned tax dollars, the CEO's are making millions per year in cash, and millions more in stock. At you, the tax payers expence. What do they buy? Huge boats, million dollar homes, three or four nice cars with a house in Europe, etc etc. Where do you live? how many boats? cars? How do you feel about people making two hundred times your pay, while receiving welfare from the government?
Like i said before. I suggest that you stop being so reactionary and do some solid reasearch on your own. You fucking sound like Bret Hume dude.

dai*ma
We got politicians running races on corporate cash
Now dont tell me they dont turn around and kiss those peoples ass
Lets blame our troubles on the poor sounds like some kind of hitler remedy
Here in the wasteland of the fee...i mean free :dance:

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Originally Posted by daima

Those arent liberal views, although many liberals agree. Science, Medicine, and Research tell us that drugs should be legal, and many Libertarians and Republicans, along with Constitutionalist, agree.
As for your tax dollars supporting "losers?"
Your tax dollars are spent more on tax breaks for the rich and on corporate welfare than they are on the poor, addicted, lazy, combined. Gee whiz bro. Do some reading once in a while instead of allowing those around do your thinking for you. Talk about bad choices? look at United Airlines and the decisions their CEO's made, and who pays for that? you. And the same goes for many who suffered at the hands of Enron. Your tax dollars go to tobacco farmers because no one wants to buy their fucked up tobacco anymore. Do you smoke? How do you feel about your hard earend tax dollars going towards a tobacco farmer who is recieveing money for NOT working. Thats a republican idea by the way. The list of corporate welfare is endless, from the Drug Companies to the oil companies etc etc etc. Oh yeah, while these corporations rake in your hard earned tax dollars, the CEO's are making millions per year in cash, and millions more in stock. At you, the tax payers expence. What do they buy? Huge boats, million dollar homes, three or four nice cars with a house in Europe, etc etc. Where do you live? how many boats? cars? How do you feel about people making two hundred times your pay, while receiving welfare from the government?
Like i said before. I suggest that you stop being so reactionary and do some solid reasearch on your own. You fucking sound like Bret Hume dude.

dai*ma
We got politicians running races on corporate cash
Now dont tell me they dont turn around and kiss those peoples ass
Lets blame our troubles on the poor sounds like some kind of hitler remedy
Here in the wasteland of the fee...i mean free :dance:

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The rich should get tax breaks, they pay most of the taxes, dipshit. Besides that, it allows for the recycling of money back into corporations and increases jobs. Those people busted their ass to get where they are, and they SHOULD reap the benefits. I make plenty of money myself right out of school, so I don't have anything to complain about because I busted my as as well, and will be rewarded for it in the future.

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Originally Posted by tadaa

The rich should get tax breaks, they pay most of the taxes, dipshit. Besides that, it allows for the recycling of money back into corporations and increases jobs. Those people busted their ass to get where they are, and they SHOULD reap the benefits. I make plenty of money myself right out of school, so I don't have anything to complain about because I busted my as as well, and will be rewarded for it in the future.

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LMAO work their ass off!!!!!! haa haa so does the person on the assembly line, in the field, in the factory, but to suugest these plutocrats deserve two hundre times the workers pay is a stretch. LMAO!!! you aint no liberal pal. you're a greedy capitalist. Get out of the closet:dance:

Me a dip shit? i've been called worse. I am sure that if you too work hard your vocabulary will also prosper. Keep up the good work.

dai*ma
Will work for food
Will die for oil
We kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaire gets to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
Let'em eat jelly beans, let'em eat cake
Let'em eat shit, what ever it takes
They can join the airforce, or join the corps
while the rich make money
off bush's illegal war

I suggest that you find something to fuck other than your inflatable Bill O'Reilly doll, The shit he's whispering in your ear aint cuttin it.:dance: :dance:
They earned it !!!! lmao
I rekon you are i have nothing left to say to one another.
they earned it!!! fuck thats funny:dance: :dance:

I gotta (at least partially) agree with tadaa on the tax issue. A lot, but not all, of the rich corporate executives do work their asses off. If what they did was so easy, everyone would be doing it.

My father is a VP at a large high tech company here in Silicon Valley. He certainly doesn't make millions a year but many folks out there would consider him rich. I have no problems saying that he has earned every penny of what he has. He came from a pretty poor family of Hungarian immigrants and somehow managed to go to a top Ivy Leage school on a full scholarship He got an ee degree and after graduation went to work as an entry level salesman. He worked his ass off and over the course of 30 years worked his way up through the ranks.

All this was done through hard work. He goes to work early and comes home late. Many nights, as soon as he gets home, he gets on the phone and goes right back to work. He was away on business for a great deal of my childhood, something that he now greatly regrets. Right now he is in Asia. He'll be back on Friday and then a week later goes back to Asia for another 2 weeks. Anyone who has done this type of travel knows it is exhausting, especially for a 59 yo.

Beyond the hard work, there is the mental strain that this type of job places on someone. The decisions my father makes effect not only his job, but the jobs of hundreds of other people. He has had to fire good friends and husbands with expectant wifes. I can't vouch for all execs but I know he takes this very hard. I have watched my father battle chronic insomnia over the years. I have also seen him lying in a hospital bed, body full of tubes, after a triple bypass due to heart disease brought on by chronic stress. I also watched as, for many months, he left the house every day at 4:00am so that he could get his radiation and chemo, to treat prostate cancer, before going to work for another 10-12 hours.

Beyond what I have seen with my father, I have my own exeperience. I'm not a top exec and don't want to be. I am, however, your basic "white collar" worker who spends most of the day at my desk, on the phone, or in a meeting. While I was in college, however, I worked numerous "blue collar" jobs, everything from stuffing boxes in a factory to construction. One thing I can tell you, I'm a lot more exhausted at the end of the day now then I ever was doing those jobs.

Sure, not all CEO's and other top execs deserve what they get, but the vast majority do. And, like I said earlier, if what they did was so easy everyone would be doing it.

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Originally Posted by daima

LMAO work their ass off!!!!!! haa haa so does the person on the assembly line, in the field, in the factory, but to suugest these plutocrats deserve two hundre times the workers pay is a stretch. LMAO!!! you aint no liberal pal. you're a greedy capitalist. Get out of the closet:dance:

Me a dip shit? i've been called worse. I am sure that if you too work hard your vocabulary will also prosper. Keep up the good work.

dai*ma
Will work for food
Will die for oil
We kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaire gets to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
Let'em eat jelly beans, let'em eat cake
Let'em eat shit, what ever it takes
They can join the airforce, or join the corps
while the rich make money
off bush's illegal war

I suggest that you find something to fuck other than your inflatable Bill O'Reilly doll, The shit he's whispering in your ear aint cuttin it.:dance: :dance:
They earned it !!!! lmao
I rekon you are i have nothing left to say to one another.
they earned it!!! fuck thats funny:dance: :dance:

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The people on the assembly line don't have a masters or phd in their field, or they wouldn't be working the fucking unskilled labor jobs. UN SKILLED, that's why they get paid dogshit.

I agree, plus when i was that young getting high wasnt needed. I had to much fun just being a kid. I wish i could go back to when i was 8...............those were the days

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Originally Posted by Fengzi

I gotta (at least partially) agree with tadaa on the tax issue. A lot, but not all, of the rich corporate executives do work their asses off. If what they did was so easy, everyone would be doing it.

My father is a VP at a large high tech company here in Silicon Valley. He certainly doesn't make millions a year but many folks out there would consider him rich. I have no problems saying that he has earned every penny of what he has. He came from a pretty poor family of Hungarian immigrants and somehow managed to go to a top Ivy Leage school on a full scholarship He got an ee degree and after graduation went to work as an entry level salesman. He worked his ass off and over the course of 30 years worked his way up through the ranks.

All this was done through hard work. He goes to work early and comes home late. Many nights, as soon as he gets home, he gets on the phone and goes right back to work. He was away on business for a great deal of my childhood, something that he now greatly regrets. Right now he is in Asia. He'll be back on Friday and then a week later goes back to Asia for another 2 weeks. Anyone who has done this type of travel knows it is exhausting, especially for a 59 yo.

Beyond the hard work, there is the mental strain that this type of job places on someone. The decisions my father makes effect not only his job, but the jobs of hundreds of other people. He has had to fire good friends and husbands with expectant wifes. I can't vouch for all execs but I know he takes this very hard. I have watched my father battle chronic insomnia over the years. I have also seen him lying in a hospital bed, body full of tubes, after a triple bypass due to heart disease brought on by chronic stress. I also watched as, for many months, he left the house every day at 4:00am so that he could get his radiation and chemo, to treat prostate cancer, before going to work for another 10-12 hours.

Beyond what I have seen with my father, I have my own exeperience. I'm not a top exec and don't want to be. I am, however, your basic "white collar" worker who spends most of the day at my desk, on the phone, or in a meeting. While I was in college, however, I worked numerous "blue collar" jobs, everything from stuffing boxes in a factory to construction. One thing I can tell you, I'm a lot more exhausted at the end of the day now then I ever was doing those jobs.

Sure, not all CEO's and other top execs deserve what they get, but the vast majority do. And, like I said earlier, if what they did was so easy everyone would be doing it.

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We should hook up in the future. I own a piece of property off Lawence Expressway & El Camino, in Santa Clara. My daughter lives there while she attends Santa Clara University. I am in san Francisco.
You mentioned your father being ill. I hope that things go well for you all.
I dont believe that now is the time to debate your father, or and how easy it is, or isnt for all to be put in such positions.
My grand father played the Mandolin over the radio in Manhattan when he first arrived from Austria, and then became one of NYC's finest Taylors.
dai*ma:stoned:

dai*ma

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Originally Posted by daima

We should hook up in the future. I own a piece of property off Lawence Expressway & El Camino, in Santa Clara. My daughter lives there while she attends Santa Clara University. I am in san Francisco.
You mentioned your father being ill. I hope that things go well for you all.
I dont believe that now is the time to debate your father, or and how easy it is, or isnt for all to be put in such positions.
My grand father played the Mandolin over the radio in Manhattan when he first arrived from Austria, and then became one of NYC's finest Taylors.
dai*ma:stoned:

dai*ma

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Hey Daima, hell yeah, we should definitely get together some time. Lawrence & El Camino is only about a mile from where I work. Plus I do get up to the city pretty reguarly. I love it down here but SF is just so much more...uh.. well , you know.

My Father is actually doing quite well now. The triple bypass he had a few years back did wonders for him and his cancer has been in remission for more than 3 years now. Thanks for your well wishes though.

Parents drink and smoke cigs in front of their kids like no big deal, to not do the same with weed would just mean that you've bought into the anti-drug BS. Thats not a bad thing and I understand, but learn to think for yourself.

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Originally Posted by Fengzi

Hey Daima, hell yeah, we should definitely get together some time. Lawrence & El Camino is only about a mile from where I work. Plus I do get up to the city pretty reguarly. I love it down here but SF is just so much more...uh.. well , you know.

My Father is actually doing quite well now. The triple bypass he had a few years back did wonders for him and his cancer has been in remission for more than 3 years now. Thanks for your well wishes though.

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I will be in L.A. for a while, (Playboy Mansion:thumbsup: ), but i'll seek you out when i get back to SF. Great news about your pop. I'm happy to hear he's doing well.

420 Peace,
dai*ma
My bubble hash will make you lose your way back to the valley:D

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Originally Posted by EciRonTog

Parents drink and smoke cigs in front of their kids like no big deal, to not do the same with weed would just mean that you've bought into the anti-drug BS. Thats not a bad thing and I understand, but learn to think for yourself.

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BAD PARENTS!!! BAD!!!:D
dai*ma

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Originally Posted by EciRonTog

Parents drink and smoke cigs in front of their kids like no big deal, to not do the same with weed would just mean that you've bought into the anti-drug BS. Thats not a bad thing and I understand, but learn to think for yourself.

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I never drink in front of my kid, and when I smoke, I go outside so he isn't plagued by the second hand smoke.

Not all parents that drink, and smoke do it in front of their children. Just so you know. :smokin:

well... you guys do know that bongs and pipes arnt only used for weed right, and usaly head shops dont only sell pipes and bongs, they also sell ciggerets.

I once babysat a 10 year old boy when I was like 15 and I rolled a joint in front of him (eek) but I told him that I was rolling my own cigarette because there are less chemicals. Then I told him to never smoke because it's very addictive and you can't stop once you start. I told him how I used to think that I wouldn't get addicted but just like everyone said it happened to me. Then I went outside alone and got high.

Just thought I'd share my similar story hah.