Also, folks, it’s tumblr Tuesday, and though I don’t like to beg for your precious, precious recommendations, it would be nice of you to recommend us in the Non-Profit section.
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Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use author on O’Reilly Factor
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Data is how we’ll win this debate. Let’s get out there, let’s get through the fog of misinformation.
A lot of people on tumblr here seem to be getting in arguments about what is more important, legalizing gay marriage or legalizing marijuana. Guys, guys! You’re never going to have to make this decision. There’s no genie who’s been used twice and can only grant you one more. Washington’s not going to give you some ultimatum. Obama’s not gonna call and ask if you want one or the other, but not both. This isn’t a fast food side order, there’s no point in discussing what’s more important. Please, relax. Heated arguments are OK, when they matter. This doesn’t matter. You can want both, or neither or one or the other, but you don’t have to pick one. kthnxbi.
Exactly. So Massachusetts: let’s get together and walk that badunkadunk back up to the State House and tell them how you feel. It’s about time we got a second serving of liberty cabbage and freedom fries up here.
Our unofficial statement to the state legislators of Massachusetts.
Submitted by searchingforasign
non-binding ballot question given to a selection of cities in Massachusetts asking “Should the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would allow the state to regulate and tax marijuana in the same manner as alcohol?”
152/153 precincts reporting
In favour of allowing the state to regulate and tax marijuana in the same manner as alcohol: 106,940 (about 61.3%)
Not in favour of allowing the state to regulate and tax marijuana in the same manner as alcohol: 67,495 (about 38.7%)
Total Number of Votes: 174,435
Updated: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2010/general/by_county/local/MA_Question.html?SITE=MASPD&SECTION=POLITICS
Let’s use this as a jumping-off point. Unanimous approval, and the counties who voted don’t include liberal holdouts like Cambridge and Back Bay, or trustifarian mainstays on the South Shore and Cape Cod.
Call your representatives, tell them what’s up.
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What have you been up to?
Oh, you feel left out because everybody’s been focused on California lately? Mmmhm. I see. And they stole the decriminalization law that everybody worked so hard to pass last election? Well that’s no reason to be bummed out! Where California fails, Massachusetts succeeds. I mean, which state was the first to end the ban on same-sex marriage? That’s right! But what about California, didn’t they have it as well? Well, until the people voted it down. I sense a pattern. California can stop thinking they’re ahead of the curve, because Massachusetts has been seeing tomorrow since the shot heard ‘round the world.
And not just because of the time zone.
So you with the VW van, over at Hampshire College, yes, you. Put down the Roor for a second, and peep this shit. Once you finish this bowl/paragraph (I knew you weren’t really going to put down the bong), take a day-bag and fill up the van with gas and munchkins and drive East. Pick up people from Revere to Provincetown, and when you get there, stand on the shore, smoke a spliff, and watch the sun rise over the Atlantic, and know that a new day has come to Massachusetts. With your help, we will make it more than a day, but an age.
Peace,
Legalize It.
