Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Bong Hits 4 Posterity School's Fight To Censor Poster Ensures We'll Never Forget It by Beth Bragg When it comes to Bong Hits 4 Jesus, here's some Advice 4 Dummies: If the phrase poses such a threat to the health and future of any teenager exposed to it, then stop making a federal case out of it. If the Juneau School Board, in its infinite stubbornness, is so worried that the message waved on a banner four years ago at a nonschool event will lead high school kids down the path to illegal drug use, why does it insist on giving the message such tremendous exposure? Google "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" and you'll get 14,100 hits. Included among them is proof positive that the message has become part of the vernacular: It has its own Wikipedia entry. And all Joe Frederick wanted was to catch the eye of a TV cameraman. 10:48:02 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

Congressman Jerry Weller, one of the lesser known bad guys in the drug war This lying scumbag is my Congressman (I have experience with him slandering me in the last election merely because I endorsed his opponent). The Congressman and the Dictator's Daughter Illinois Republican Jerry Weller is one of the most powerful men in Congress when it comes to Latin America. His wife is the most powerful woman in Guatemala's controversial FRG party. [...] Two months after his marriage Weller, ignoring calls for him to resign, became vice chairman of the western hemisphere subcommittee. [...] "The western hemisphere subcommittee has been one of the only ones overseeing U.S. drug policy, and it has been the main one making U.S. drug policy," says Adam Isacson of the watchdog group Center for International Policy. "It has huge influence." His seat, unfortunately, is not considered competitive in the upcoming race, but I have hopes. 9:32:22 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []