By Missippi Hippy on August 19, 2009
[I just had to post this, as it is flying around the internet and apparently landed in Missippi Hippy's inbox. There is no Congressman Sal Dennison; this whole story is a fake. But the way it has spread around the internet says something about both the popularity of marijuana and the labyrinthine ways of House legislation. -- "R"R]
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Sal Dennison (D-OH) successfully inserted an amendment into a House bill, which would legalize marijuana for his own personal use.
“I thought I’d give it a shot,” said Dennison, referring to how he snuck the one-sentence amendment into a bill on highway funding. “It was more of an experiment, to see if anyone would notice.”
Apparently, no one did.
HR 4885, “The Highway Improvement and Pot Legalization for Representative Dennison Act” passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Obama on Monday. Rep. Dennison is now the only American citizen legally allowed to use marijuana for any purpose, recreational or medicinal.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Sal Dennison
I have been told that when a story starts with the words, "I was born...", ya knew you were in trouble, so... here is me.
I was born in 1955, in a medium sized city in West Virginia. This is where I lived until I joined the military in 1975. This is also where, at the age of 15, I started toking.
My military career was spent keeping my front in place... work hard and play hard. I was deeply "in the closet" for the entire 20 years, with one exception.
I successfully steered a US Naval vessel to pay for a "party"... 'nuff said.
I was married for a while (24 years) and raised 4 children after a divorce through their teenage years, successfully.
I have 5 kids. Two of them nurses or nurses to be. Two of them are US Marines. The other one is a US Soldier.
I also have 11 grandchildren.
Other than my 20 years in the military, I am a musician (Jazz/Blues) playing sax and violin (sex & violence), photographer, poet, writer, farmer, beer brewer, chandler, mead maker, carpenter, did some work in the adult entertainment industry for 6 years, daddy and grampa. I now live off the land in Northwestern Minnesota and in my spare time I fight for cannabis legalization.
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Im not even from the states and as a pot smoker i dont really care about legalisation (its bad for business…) but i want to see hundreds of people fired for that.
This article kinda demonstrates how “pork belly” spending happens. A legislator will add a one line entry into a bill for $$Millions$$ for, say… a bridge to nowhere… and the bill passes because the legislators don’t take the time to read the entire bill.
I got a huge laugh outta this one and had to share it.