Pot Wars - Battlefield California

[Rusty Trichome]

Yeah...it get's old listening to the anal-retentive types label cannabis as a gateway drug. No mention of sugar, over the counter childrens cold and flu medicines as the major exposures in early development. Seems it's the old " if you say it often enough, it becomes fact" bullshit.

I am curious whom among our community will be squashed like bugs were we to try and enter the cannabis distribution networks forming as we speak. Ya know...the new mega-corporations addressing all of the consumers needs through intimidation, corporate tax shelters and stepping on competition like Microsoft and it's early competitors. (it's the American way)

Good luck with the poorly-named proposition though. :thumbsup: Would like to have seen a more responsible title for the measure. Something like: The Cheech and Chong ammendment, or The Bong Bill. This way folks would take the measure more seriously, ya know...?

Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on 03-06-2010. Pot Wars - Battlefield California as a native Californian I support Prop 420 :stoned: because it will eliminate the medical records Californians must have now in order to be legal and, if successful, will likely be a model for other states to follow :cool: (my guess, Washington , Oregon, Colorado, you know ... the really cool states. :jointsmile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNt8Igam7E Rating: 5

[boaz]

Good luck with the poorly-named proposition though. :thumbsup: Would like to have seen a more responsible title for the measure. Something like: The Cheech and Chong ammendment, or The Bong Bill. This way folks would take the measure more seriously, ya know...?

uhhhh, point of clarification here: It is NOT really being titled Prop 420, I was just having some fun. It has not been given a number yet, as far as know.

[boaz]

... the really cool states. :jointsmile:

or Oklahoma or Arizona, it doesn't matter. imp:

[BlazeLove108]

I will be about time. I just hope they legalize it in a way that does not drive the price crazy with taxes.
:rastasmoke:

I actually think most of the taxes would be for the industrial grade hemp. And crap weed. Think of like this: a pack of camel lights costs less than a pouch of Sir Walter Ragliegh ciggarette tobacco. They're both from North Carolina, but one is grown by basically a boutique/"small shop" grower, the other by RJ Reynolds.

Most people who don't know the difference will never care about the difference, even though the difference is huge.

I think it will be the same with weed. I think lots of people will buy Marlboro Gold (I mean, hell, they already tax the crap out of tobacco, so yeah, $10-$15/pack doesn't sound so scary) and maybe a few people will opt for John Rolfe's Super-Secret-Sunkissed-Stash, but the pouch of John Rolfe will still go farther.

Seriously, it should be legal. And not just because i'm from Virginia. I mean, yeah, we'd probably be the ones growing it, but still. It'd be awesome.

[Micsog]

hey what i said are facts they have done us wrong they will continue to do so
until we try to stop them then they are gonna try an commit genocide on all of us (all that are poor and believe we should live in peace)


PEACE NOT PROFIT !!!!

[boaz]

... It has not been given a number yet, as far as I know.

but the Official Title of the Initiative was the "Tax and Regulate Cannabis Act of 2010". I'm no expert but the major difference between this peoples' Prop vs. the Cali congress version is that the tax is optional and local whereas the legislatures version the tax would be mandatory and state wide.

But they both would give all adult Californian's the legal right to raise their own cannabis without the need to keep records for the feds to seize at will. This is the real heart of the matter, in my opinion.

I say best of luck Cali with this. :greenthumb: I'd vote for it I still lived there. :twocents:

[boaz]

I actually think most of the taxes would be for the industrial grade hemp. And crap weed. Think of like this: a pack of camel lights costs less than a pouch of Sir Walter Ragliegh ciggarette tobacco. They're both from North Carolina, but one is grown by basically a boutique/"small shop" grower, the other by RJ Reynolds.

Most people who don't know the difference will never care about the difference, even though the difference is huge.

I think it will be the same with weed. I think lots of people will buy Marlboro Gold (I mean, hell, they already tax the crap out of tobacco, so yeah, $10-$15/pack doesn't sound so scary) and maybe a few people will opt for John Rolfe's Super-Secret-Sunkissed-Stash, but the pouch of John Rolfe will still go farther.

Seriously, it should be legal. And not just because i'm from Virginia. I mean, yeah, we'd probably be the ones growing it, but still. It'd be awesome.

I think your right. Who would buy "taxed" weed when they legally grow their own in peace? :rasta: but still, I imagine a LOT of people would and the sales tax revenues generated by grow supplies, that would be huge, either way. imp: its a win win for all. :rastasmoke:

[boaz]

... Since Ricks connection in Nicaragua (the one that set him up for capture) was involved with the Iran-Contra scandal, you connect Rick with the CIA? ...

Yes. If person A has connection to person B who has connection to agency C, then could you not say, logically, that person A has connection to agency C? Not trying to be a wise ass, just seriously asking.


but, just watch this, the CIA director says there has NEVER been any conspiracies, EVER. case closed. :rastasmoke: Even the boners admit to a lot of this stuff. :stoned:

but on a lighter note, this girl was really hot back then. :smokin:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgwIBXMNho[/YOUTUBE]

[Rusty Trichome]

Yes. If person A has connection to person B who has connection to agency C, then could you not say, logically, that person A has connection to agency C? Not trying to be a wise ass, just seriously asking.

Only if you want to stretch the connection beyond it's legitimate link. (like most conspoiracy theories are forced to do, to make their paranoia or hatred fit)

If I purchase my groceries from the wife of a cop. Does that mean I am doing business with the cop...?
If I'm purchasing my gas from a station that get's it's gas on the open market, and the source country is a terror sponsor, am I too a terrorist?
<for those that are unsure...the answer is no>

Now if you were to reliably prove the connection, I'd admit the connection. But regardless, the scumbag deserves the initial sentence. I have no remorse for that sack of shit whatsoever. (nor the other's listed, for that matter)

[boaz]

...If I purchase my groceries from the wife of a cop. Does that mean I am doing business with the cop...?
...

Well, if said groceries were purchased by the wife from the cop, then yes. But I really don't want to argue about it. I think we can all agree that they are all scumbags. :jointsmile:

but back on topic, does anyone know of any other states that will have legalization on the ballot this nov. besides ca?