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Phelps Faces Weed Charges in SC
SC sheriff investigating Phelps' pot pipe photo, considers marijuana charge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Olympic superstar Michael Phelps could face criminal charges as part of the fallout from a photo that surfaced showing the swimmer smoking from a marijuana pipe at a University of South Carolina house party. A spokesman for Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, who is known for his tough stance on drugs, said Tuesday the department was investigating. "Our narcotics division is reviewing the information that we have, and they're investigating what charges, if any, will be filed," said Lt. Chris Cowan, a spokesman for agency. The photo first shown in British tabloid News of the World on Sunday was snapped during a November party while Phelps was visiting the university, according to the paper. Phelps, 23, and his team have not disputed the photo's accuracy. Phelps has issued a public apology, acknowledging "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after the photo appeared. One of Phelps' agents, Drew Johnson, said Tuesday authorities had not contacted the swimmer. "So we really can't speculate," he said. Last fall, Phelps was introduced to large applause at South Carolina's football game with Arkansas. He met with players and visited with Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier, who gave Phelps one of the ball coach's trademark visors. Phelps also spoke at a university class on sports' role in society. Where exactly the party occurred isn't clear. The university said its police have no evidence it was on campus, and city police said they won't pursue criminal charges unless more information comes forward. The Richland County sheriff can pursue charges as long as the party was in the county, the spokesman said. "The bottom line is, if he broke the law, and he did it in Richland County, he's going to be charged," Cowan said. "And there's no difference between Michael Phelps and several other people that we arrest for the same type of a charge everyday." Under South Carolina law, possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor that carries a fine up to $200 and 30 days in jail for the first offense. Possession of paraphernalia is a $500 fine. The Richland County sheriff has long sought to fight drug crimes. He rose from patrol officer to captain of the narcotics division in the early 1990s, after the television series "Miami Vice" made its splash. Lott played the part well. He wore stylish suits and had long hair then. He drove a Porsche seized from a drug dealer and even worked undercover with federal agents in Florida. ___ Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins and Pete Iacobelli in Columbia, and Paul Newberry in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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For one thing it's not even a clear shot of his face. It says Phelps hasn't disputed that it's him but I don't think he's admitted it either, and I don't think he would if he got charged. Another thing, you can't see the bowl or the weed (assuming there was some) or any smoke in the picture that I saw. So at the worst it's a paraphernalia charge. On that note, how backwards is it to have the paraphernalia fine be 2.5 times what the drug penalty is? For shame, south carolina Leon Lott sounds like a dick, even for a cop.
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what a douche sheriff
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^ yeah it sounds like him trying to get his name in the papers as a "tough on drugs" type, with a weak-at-best case against the most famous person he's ever threatened.
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Winners don`t use.... hold on a moment....
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Michael Phelps, Hypocrisy, & American Drug Policy
Big Bong Theory By Sally Jenkins
CN Source: Washington Post February 03, 2009 Washington, DC So Michael Phelps dove headfirst into the bong water. Is anyone really surprised, after all those laps? There has always been something submerged and escapist about the world's greatest swimmer. When presented with a chamber containing a hazy translucent liquid, he did what's become second nature to him. He buried his face in it. I'm just sorry I wasn't at that University of South Carolina house party to witness Squid Boy's binge firsthand -- not that I would ever make such a staggering misstep myself. continued... dove headfirst into the bong water to witness Squid Boy's binge "...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races." - Harry J. Anslinger - America's 1st Drug Czar (FDR - JFK) ![]() Does Embattled Phelps Deserve a Break? CN Source: Associated Press February 03, 2009 New York A young man appears to be smoking pot at a party. Big deal, right? Our new president has freely admitted doing just that in his youth - inhaling, too - and it didn't derail him one bit. So should we expect more of Michael Phelps? It depends on what we want and expect our youthful role models to be: perfect, or flawed like the rest of us. And so as the Olympic swimmer's many corporate sponsors were wrestling with their options Monday, a day after an embarrassing photo emerged of the decorated athlete appearing to inhale from a bong, some were looking at the bright side. continued... Deserve a Break? Embattled? 8 Gold Medals... Olympic swimmer's many corporate sponsors... "Casual drug users should be taken out and shot." - Daryl DARE Gates - Former LAPD Chief ![]() Michael Phelps, Hypocrisy, & American Drug Policy By John V. Santore CN Source: Huffington Post February 02, 2009 USA Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was recently photographed using a marijuana bong at the home of a friend. The photographic evidence made a denial impossible, which led to release of the following statement today... full story "In a republic like ours, people often think that the proper response to an unjust law is to try to use the political process to change the law, but to obey and respect the law until it is changed. But if the law is itself clearly unjust, and the lawmaking process is not designed to quickly obliterate such unjust laws, then the law deserves no respect — break the law." - Henry David Thoreau ![]() "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again." "Republic . . . it means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose." -- John Wayne ![]() Facebook: Michael Phelps's Notes Michael you owe NO ONE an apology. Especially the Hypocrites and Apologists. You did not make a mistake. You toked a bong. The entire Cannabis prohibition is the result of a lie. The legal alternatives are far more de-habilitating. Have the courage of your convictions. The only time you owe anything is in the pool. Off the clock means you are an American with a Constitution guaranteeing your Free Speech. Too bad Wall Street and Madison Avenue run on Fascism. Many wise people have used cannabis for many reasons over the centuries. It reduces stress, unlike booze that inebriates into a comatose state. The smoke is an expectorant that helps open small airways and keep dangerous SMOG and pollutants from causing lung damage and cancer. When a government outlaws research and hides past studies from the people, and even the schools. When they give away the Treasury and make wars behind our backs. Especially war on some citizens over certain drugs and plants. It is high time the people stood up and just said no. Appeasing liars perpetuating cannabis prohibition is not good for the 3000 kids sodomized in juvi prison. Or the thousands of kids getting chemically poisoned from pesticides sprayed in drug war zones and farm lands. Not used on Hemp that is lumped into the mix. Non psychoactive narcotic burlap, blue jeans and a nutritional source of Omega 3 in its seed. Now making up 98% of the nations "marijuana" eradication program. Protecting the kids with more fraud? Saving them from stronger fiber than trees produce? Can't tell a jury your doctor said try it cause the judge says it ain't medicine. In spite of the 300 joints Uncle Sam rolls each month for the remaining IND patients. NO-ConPromise! Be well, DdC Celebrity Stoners: American High Society NFL Buzzkill "Insanity [is] ... Continuing to do the same things and expecting different results." -- Albert Einstein We are calling for a World Wide BOYCOTT, of any and all companies dropping ads on the grounds of enough hypocrisy! Should Michael Phelps apologize for being photographed with a bong? Craig Ferguson thinks not. ![]() CBS Vid The Late Late Show - 02/02/09 The Whole Michael Phelps Controversy
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this is what is wrong with people.
hes not hurting anyone yet our police/ sheriffs are willing to waste tax money on going ahead and pressing charges on a non violent crime that literally hurts no one.
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What Michael Phelps Should Have Said
Smoking pot shouldn't be a crime. Or the public's business. Radley Balko | February 2, 2009 Dear America, I take it back. I don’t apologize. Because you know what? It’s none of your goddamned business. I work my ass off 10 months a year. It’s that hard work that gave you all those gooey feelings of patriotism last summer. If during my brief window of down time I want to relax, enjoy myself, and partake of a substance that’s a hell of a lot less bad for me than alcohol, tobacco, or, frankly, most of the prescription drugs most of you are taking, well, you can spare me the lecture. I put myself through hell. I make my body do things nature never really intended us to endure. All world-class athletes do. We do it because you love to watch us push ourselves as far as we can possibly go. Some of us get hurt. Sometimes permanently. You’re watching the Super Bowl tonight. You’re watching 300 pound men smash each while running at full speed, in full pads. You know what the average life expectancy of an NFL player is? Fifty-five. That’s about 20 years shorter than your average non-NFL player. Yet you watch. And cheer. And you jump up spill your beer when a linebacker lays out a wide receiver on a crossing route across the middle. The harder he gets hit, the louder and more enthusiastically you scream. Yet you all get bent out of shape when Ricky Williams, or I, or Josh Howard smoke a little dope to relax. Why? Because the idiots you’ve elected to make your laws have, without a shred of evidence, beat it into your head that smoking marijuana is something akin to drinking antifreeze, and done only by dirty hippies and sex offenders. You’ll have to pardon my cynicism. But I call bullshit. You don’t give a damn about my health. You just get a voyeuristic thrill from watching an elite athlete fall from grace–all the better if you get to exercise a little moral righteousness in the process. And it’s hypocritical righteousness at that, given that 40 percent of you have tried pot at least once in your lives. Here’s a crazy thought: If I can smoke a little dope and go on to win 14 Olympic gold medals, maybe pot smokers aren’t doomed to lives of couch surfing and video games, as our moronic government would have us believe. In fact, the list of successful pot smokers includes not just world class athletes like me, Howard, Williams, and others, it includes Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, the last three U.S. presidents, several Supreme Court justices, and luminaries and success stories from all sectors of business and the arts, sciences, and humanities. So go ahead. Ban me from the next Olympics. Yank my endorsement deals. Stick your collective noses in the air and get all indignant on me. While you’re at it, keep arresting cancer and AIDS patients who dare to smoke the stuff because it deadens their pain, or enables them to eat. Keep sending in goon squads to kick down doors and shoot little old ladies, maim innocent toddlers, handcuff elderly post-polio patients to their beds at gunpoint, and slaughter the family pet. Tell you what. I’ll make you a deal. I’ll apologize for smoking pot when every politician who ever did drugs and then voted to uphold or strengthen the drug laws marches his ass off to the nearest federal prison to serve out the sentence he wants to impose on everyone else for committing the same crimes he committed. I’ll apologize when the sons, daughters, and nephews of powerful politicians who get caught possessing or dealing drugs in the frat house or prep school get the same treatment as the no-name, probably black kid caught on the corner or the front stoop doing the same thing. Until then, I for one will have none of it. I smoked pot. I liked it. I’ll probably do it again. I refuse to apologize for it, because by apologizing I help perpetuate this stupid lie, this idea that what someone puts into his own body on his own time is any of the government’s damned business. Or any of yours. I’m not going to bend over and allow myself to be propaganda for this wasteful, ridiculous, immoral war. Go ahead and tear me down if you like. But let’s see you rationalize in your next lame ONDCP commercial how the greatest motherfucking swimmer the world has ever seen...is also a proud pot smoker. Yours, Michael Phelps |
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Take away his medals!!! Mark Spitz wouldn't embarrass the country like this. Fucking Michael Phelps!!!
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Kellogg to drop Phelps over pot smoking photo
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. said it won't renew its sponsorhip contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because of a photo that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior — caught on camera and published Sunday in a British tabloid — is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg." The company put Phelps on boxes of its Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. Phelps has kept the backing of many sponsors since the photo surfaced from a November house party at the University of South Carolina. Phelps's agent was not immediately available to comment. Kellogg says its contract with Phelps expires at the end of the month.
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Top travel destinations for Michael Phelps and other marijuana smokers
Posted by The Marijuana News Staff on February 5th, 2009 Divide and Maintain Dysfunction. Michael Phelps - the good stuff DWR: Pete Guither 2.4.9 Yes, there have been a lot of ridiculous columns by entertainment and sports journalists about how Michale Phelps "shames us all" for his horrible action in taking a bong hit, but it's been entertaining to me to read the comments to most of these articles and see the journalists being torn a new one by the public. Some of them have been quite astonished that their readers weren't supporting them in their ritual condemnation of Phelps. Hilarious. Here's a couple of delightful instances where the writers got it right. Andrew Stuttaford at National Review Online's the corner Look, I don't blame Michael Phelps for apologizing. He has a living to earn, so he did what he had to do. In the meantime, I merely note that this broken wreck of a man's failure to win any more than a pathetic fourteen Olympic gold medals (so far) is a terrifying warning of the horrific damage that cannabis can do to someone's health--and a powerful reminder of just how sensible the drug laws really are. ![]() And then, a clear must-read is Kathleen Parker in today's Washington Post: Phelps Takes a Hit She's on fire: And the law is the law. Therein lies the problem. Our marijuana laws have been ludicrous for as long as we've been alive. Almost half of us (42 percent) have tried marijuana at least once, according to a report published last year in PLoS Medicine, a journal of the Public Library of Science. The U.S., in fact, boasts the highest percentage of pot smokers among 17 nations surveyed, including The Netherlands, where cannabis clouds waft from coffeehouse windows. [...] Other better-known former tokers include our current president and a couple of previous ones, as well as a Supreme Court justice, to name just a few. A complete list would require the slaughter of several mature forests. [...] One recent ad produced by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy says: "Hey, not trying to be your mom, but there aren't many jobs out there for potheads." Whoa, dude, except maybe, like, president of the United States. Once a kid realizes that pot doesn't make him insane -- or likely to become a burrito taster, as the ad further asserts -- he might figure other drug information is equally false. Thanks, Michael, for jump-starting a national conversation by taking a hit on a bong. If it were only that easy for the rest of us... Update: Joe Klein at Time Magazine jumps in: Legalize it, already Kathleen Parker has the precisely correct reaction to the Michael Phelps flap. Marijuana should be legalized and taxed. It's costing the society way too much in terms of law enforcement and hypocrisy. ![]() Monday, February 2, 2009 Updates: Cheye Calvo and Michael Phelps Olympic Champion Michael Phelps Caught With Marijuana Pipe Phelps, who vaulted to international stardom during the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning a record eight gold medals in swimming, has been caught in a very compromising position, according to a report by the British paper News of the World. full story Marijuana Wars In The Workplace US OR: Edu: Fox, Lauren Oregon Daily Emerald 03 Feb 2009 Richland Sheriff Could Charge Phelps US SC: Beam, Adam The State 03 Feb 2009 The United States Is Mired In Adolescent Behaviour CN BC: Editorial: Vancouver Sun 04 Feb 2009 Phelps, Pot And Consequences Editorial: Dallas Morning News 03 Feb 2009 So, Phelps Is Human CN ON: Editorial: Ottawa Citizen 04 Feb 2009 Michael Phelps' Public Stoning US CO: Harsanyi, David Denver Post 03 Feb 2009 DEA Chief: Winners Occasionally Use Drugs September 9, 1997 | Issue 32•06 WASHINGTON, DC In a surprise announcement with wide-ranging implications for U.S. narcotics policy, Drug Enforcement Administration director Thomas Constantine acknowledged Monday that some winners "may occasionally" use drugs. Phelps unites pot smokers By David Edwards CNN’s Jeanne Moos reported that the photo of Michael Phelps smoking a bong has united pot smokers on the internet. This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast Feb. 4, 2009. Former Olympian defends Phelps for bong use ![]() 72% want Obama to end DEA raids DWR: Pete Guither 2.4.9 According to a California NORML press release: While the DEA continues to stage medical marijuana raids in California, nearly three-quarters of voters think President Obama should honor his campaign pledge to end the raids, according to a poll of 1,053 likely voters by Zogby International. In a question sponsored by NORML, voters were asked: During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would stop federal raids against medical marijuana providers in the 13 states where medical marijuana has become legal. Should President Obama keep his word to end such raids? Response: * Yes - 72% * No - 21% * Not sure - 7%. Yes votes outnumbered No by over 2 to 1 in all geographic, political, and demographic groups. The poll, conducted Jan 29-31, had a margin error of +/-3.1%. The question is, of course, designed to encourage a "Yes" vote (that's not unusual in commissioned polls), but it's still an impressive number and very useful to make a good point. |
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that chikas accent is the greatest! my stupid grandmother was talking about this earlier and how she saying phelps should be punished cuz hes "setting a bad example for kids and they need to know doing something bad will get them in trouble" im just thinking that it isnt phelps job to teach americas youth what to do and what not to do. its their dumbass parents job and they would rather sit around and point fingers at celebs doing drugs and movies and games and say thats why thier kids are little assholes....idk just a rant
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^^ not to mention its people like her who make smoking pot something you can get in trouble FOR.
vicious circle.
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It's too bad he didn't really write that himself. You guys have a promise from me: If ever I get famous for any worthwhile cause, whether music, activism, or what have you, and I get busted for pot, I WILL issue a non-apology like the letter above, to the world. I will use my high-visibility to "pull a Rosa Parks," if you will. Even in a "lenient" state like Ohio where simple possession results in a $100 fine, I would refuse. And I would milk my celeb status for all it's worth to get the media talking about how asinine these laws are. "In a republic like ours, people often think that the proper response to an unjust law is to try to use the political process to change the law, but to obey and respect the law until it is changed. But if the law is itself clearly unjust, and the lawmaking process is not designed to quickly obliterate such unjust laws, then the law deserves no respect — break the law." - Henry David Thoreau And if there are any govt agents or pro-drug war cops reading this current post of mine: I suggest you go kill yourselves.
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8 arrested in Michael Phelps case
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Holy crap. Sheriff Lott is certifiable. Lott says the picture indicated a law was being broken in his jurisdiction. He said he couldn't ignore the violation just because Phelps is rich and famous. We've now learned that since investigators began trying to build a case, they've made eight arrests: seven for drug possession and one for distribution. These are arrests that resulted as the sheriff's department served search warrants. We've also learned that the department has located and confiscated that bong. COPsAgainstGanjawar "No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - P.J. O'Rourke: Writer ![]() Phelps Swimming Suspension Michael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for three months over that picture of him smoking pot from a bong. “This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so may people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero,” USA Swimming said in a statement Thursday. The organization has also cut off financial support to 23-year-old for the duration of his suspension. Word is Phelps will not fight the suspension, which he says is ‘Fair.’ Kellogg’s Breaks Endorsement Deal With Olympian Michael Phelps Beijing to bongs ![]() Michael Phelps Talks Possible Early Retirement In Wake Of The Marijuana Photos In his first interview since a photo surfaced showing him smoking marijuana from a pipe at a college party last November, 14-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps says he is contemplating whether or not he will compete in the 2012 Games due to his shame over the public scandal. Here is some of Phelps Interview with the Baltimore Sun: “This is a decision of mine that I’m not going to make today and I’m not going to make tomorrow,” Phelps said. “It’s going to require a lot of time and energy and a lot of thinking for myself - but also talking to Bob and talking to my family and just deciding what I want to do. “Yeah, there are still goals that I have in the pool, 100 percent. But I’m not going to let anything stand in my way. If I decide to walk away, I’ll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it’s now, if it’s four years, who knows. But it is something I need to think about and decide what I want to do.” Read the rest of Phelp’s Interview with the Baltimore Sun here. Merriam-Webster sham·ing: to force by causing to feel guilty <shamed into confessing> Releasing Guilt and Shame This essence powerfully cleanses the psyche, dissolving all sense of guilt, shame, or remorse. ReleasingGuiltandSha me.htm Crime, Shame and Reintegration Braithwaite explains that the desire to avoid shame aids in the development of conscience and social bonds. He distinguishes between two types of shame: stigmatizing shame which rejects and permanently labels offenders and reintegrative shame which only rejects the offender's deed but not the offender himself. Conferences encourage positive personal change in offenders because unlike courts, conferences allow offenders to shed their offender label and be reintegrated into the community. Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse Formed in 1982 MAMA's approach is based on personal responsibility, informed decision making, and respect for human dignity. ![]() "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, Nazi Air Force (Luftwaffe) commander, the Nuremberg Trials Nazism or Drug Cops SCAPEGOATING - Blaming social problems on a cultural, racial, or behaviorial group. PREJUDICE - Selling the public on the idea that all members of the targeted group are 'bad' people. LIES - 'Facts', which cannot be verified, and pseudo scientific studies are used as propaganda against the targeted group. History is rewritten. NO PUBLIC DEBATE - "These people have no right to have their viewpoiunt aired." and " Anyone who disagrees or questions us must be one of them!" Why is Ganja Illegal DEHUMANIZATION - Characterizing all members of a targeted group as subhuman and typically capable of monstrous deeds and/or crimes. PROTECT OUR CHILDREN - "They corrupt, seduce and or destroy our children." CIVIL LIBERTIES SACRIFICED - "We must give up some of our freedoms, liberties, and rights in order to combat this menace to society." Leary-v-US Marihuana Tax Act violated his privilege against self-incrimination LEGAL DESCRIMINATION - Laws criminalize members of targeted group and they may be denied jobs, the right to own property and/or be restricted as to where they may live or go. famm INFORMERS - Citizens are urged to 'turn in' friends, neighbors, co- workers and family members. SECRET POLICE - Non-uniformed police squads set up to wage war on targeted groups utilizing deception, infiltration, espionage and entrapment. Joseph McNamara Collection CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY - Property and assets are seized from people who are members of targeted group. Property may be divided between the informer and the state. REMOVAL FROM SOCIETY - Prisons, rehabilitation camps,'hospitals', executions and genocide... ("kill them all" "Zero Tolerance") "Arbitrary and capricious" is legal language that was used by DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young in 1988 to conclude that DEA was obligated under the Controlled Substances Act to reschedule marijuana as a prescription medicine. DEA Chief Administrator Robert Bonner proceeded to arbitrarily and capriciously disregard Judge Young's well researched and reasoned decision, which the Act allowed him to do. JPWaldo Smoked Schwag...Fry the Liars! Why is Marijuana Illegal?
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