YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

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And now another encouraging word from the War on Drugs:

For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America's biggest cash crop. Now they're citing government statistics to prove it.

A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops.

I do not regard this as a particularly celebratory event. I prefer books myself. However, I think this does suggest the insensibility of expending a lot of law enforcement resources on criminalizing marijuana use. Regulate and tax, my friends, regulate and tax! I know government can do that.

(Source: Eric Bailey for The Los Angeles Times)

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YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

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And now another encouraging word from the War on Drugs:

For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America's biggest cash crop. Now they're citing government statistics to prove it.

A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops.

I do not regard this as a particularly celebratory event. I prefer books myself. However, I think this does suggest the insensibility of expending a lot of law enforcement resources on criminalizing marijuana use. Regulate and tax, my friends, regulate and tax! I know government can do that.

(Source: Eric Bailey for The Los Angeles Times)

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Charlie Brown Christmas: The Alternate Ending

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This is one of the reasons why I love LiveJournal and the Internet. I snagged this video from a fellow LJer. For those of us who are less than happy with the holiday tidings, here is something to suck out the rest of the romance of Christmas:

Charlie Brown Christmas: The Alternate Ending

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This is one of the reasons why I love LiveJournal and the Internet. I snagged this video from a fellow LJer. For those of us who are less than happy with the holiday tidings, here is something to suck out the rest of the romance of Christmas:

End of the Road

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The woman when she saw him put her arms around him and held him. Oh, she said, I am so glad to see you. She would talk to him sometimes about God. He tried to talk to God, but the best thing was to talk to his father and he did talk to him and he didnt forget. The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.

-- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Divine inspiration held Monk off on rushing to the last page of "The Road." A full emotional reserve of energy was put to good use. Congratulations, Mr. McCarthy, you got Monk to cry. And you're a guy!

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End of the Road

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The woman when she saw him put her arms around him and held him. Oh, she said, I am so glad to see you. She would talk to him sometimes about God. He tried to talk to God, but the best thing was to talk to his father and he did talk to him and he didnt forget. The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.

-- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Divine inspiration held Monk off on rushing to the last page of "The Road." A full emotional reserve of energy was put to good use. Congratulations, Mr. McCarthy, you got Monk to cry. And you're a guy!

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