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Radley Balko on what Phelps should say

By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 2, 2009


As my British friends say, “spot on!”  Radley Balko at The Agitator has nailed it with a sledgehammer:

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 per 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.

Go read the whole thing, it’s brilliant, especially the “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” part.  The comments are pretty good, too, especially this one from Eric Ogunbase:

You know who I feel bad for? Everyone who competed against him in the pool.

“You mean I’ve been training my whole life for these events and I STILL got my ass kicked by a dude who smokes the chronic?!”

Also, my diary at DailyKos could use some comments and recommendations.  Let’s bump this one up!

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I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.

4 responses to “Radley Balko on what Phelps should say”

  1. "Radical" Russ
    "Radical" Russ
    February 3, 2009 at 5:01 pm |

    Oops, guess I’ll have to fix that…

  2. Brett
    Brett
    February 3, 2009 at 4:43 pm |

    where is the link to the whole article?

  3. r1b4z01d
    r1b4z01d
    February 3, 2009 at 5:58 am |

    See this is why he did apologize, stupid yes. If he didn’t you think he would race again? This is America they would probably take is medals away from him.

  4. Zombie Fetus
    Zombie Fetus
    February 2, 2009 at 4:11 pm |

    Bwahaha. I’m stoned as fuck.

    ALL day in class I talked about this. People were actually FREAKED- all over. The media is breaking him down, and none of them give him any slack.

    Get some NORML’s on CNN and give him a break.
    He’s going to be scared as hell to ever smoke a bowl again!

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